Downtown Bloomington Farmer's Market - May
15 through October 30 Every Saturday morning from 7:30 a.m. until noon
Specs special offer - 25% OFF all in-stock
sunglasses on Farmer's Market Saturdays!
September 3 - September 8
Au Revoir Sale!
We'll be heading to Paris soon for the International
Eyewear Show and need to say Au Revoir to our old inventory.
Take advantage of this never before Fall Sale! Details below >
Thursday, September 16 - Smart Women Smart
Money Conference 8:00AM
Doubletree Hotel in Bloomington Learn more >
Specs will be closed Tues. Sept. 21-Tues.
Sept. 28 to attend the international eyewear show
Friday, October 1 - BN Rotary Brats and
Bags Details below >
Friday, October 8 - 4th Annual Mind Bending
Trivia Night at Children's Discovery Museum
Food, drink, fun and Silly Questions! Benefits Children's
Discovery Museum, ISU Redbird Softball, Milner Library. Specs
is a proud sponsor and has a trivia team. To find out how
you can play visit www.childrensdiscoverymuseum.net
Tuesday, October 12 - Saturday, October 17 - Redbird Walk/ISU
Homecoming Week
Enjoy 20% OFF anything
RED at Specs! Eyewear,
Sunglasses, Jewelry, Watches, Accessories
(in-stock items-no special orders please)
Saturday, March 12, 2011 - Ira Glass at the Bloomington Center
for Performing Arts
Sponsored by Specs Around Town Read more >
Specs Around Town is headed
to the fashion capital of the world, Paris, to preview eyewear fashions!
We need to say au revoir to our current
inventory to make room for the new, fabulous eyewear we'll be bringing
back. Receive 25-50% off in stock frames, sunglasses and reading
glasses.
Take advantage of this never before Fall Sale.
Take 25-40% OFF in stock frames, sunglasses
and readers
SHOP EXTENDED HOURS
First Fridays, September 3 . . . 9:30-8pm
25% OFF
Saturday, September 4 . . . 9-2pm 25% OFF
Tuesday, September 7 . . . 9:30-6pm 40% OFF
Wednesday, September 8 . . . 9:30-6pm 40%
OFF
*no special orders-limited to in-stock inventory
Specs will be closed Tues. Sept. 21-Tues. Sept.
28 to attend the international eyewear show
State Treasurer hosts Central Illinois Smart Women Smart Money
Conference
Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias invites
you to sharpen your money management skills Thursday, Sept. 16 at
his office’s Smart Women Smart Money conference at the Doubletree
Hotel in Bloomington. Check-in begins at 8:00am and the program
concludes with the luncheon.
Local speakers will share their knowledge and experience
during three breakout sessions:
Investing is not Rocket Science -- Carol Burroughs of Forward
Financial Planning, LLC
Credit Cards: The New Rules and You -- Michael Hodge of Chestnut
Credit Counseling
Entrepreneurship: The Opportunities and Challenges of Being
Your Own Boss -- Elizabeth Binning of the Small Business Development
Center, Valerie Ross of the Springfield office of the U.S. Small
Business Association, and Julie Kubsch of Specs Around Town
The plenary speaker will be Alice Wood, Founder and
President of Wealth Watchers ® International. Attendees will receive
a complimentary copy of her Wealth Watchers Journal to help track
their daily expenses. The journals will be provided by the Financial
Services Roundtable.
The SWSM conference is presented by Dollars and Sense Inc., a nonprofit
organization. Major sponsors include COUNTRY Financial, State Farm
and VISA.
The conference is free, but pre-registration is required.
Online registration is available at Illinois
Smart Women Smart Money link. Group registrations are encouraged
(10 guests per table). For conference information, email Martha
Rohlfing or call 312-814-1288.
photo by Stuart Mullenberg
Ira Glass - Radio Stories and Other Stories
Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts
Saturday, March 12, 7:30 pm
The Peabody award-winning host of "This American
Life," Ira Glass certainly knows how to tell a story. Glass brings
thought-provoking, hearttugging and hilarious tales to audiences
far and wide. By fi nding voices with his subjects’ own unique perspective
and adding his own thoughts and reflections, Glass’s quirky tales
inspire, amuse and leave a lasting impression.
Plan
some Down time!
The First Friday of each month.
5 8 PM
Join us the First Friday of each month to experience
an evening of dining, shopping, galleries, and general urban hipness.
Restaurants, specialty shops and a host of galleries extend their
hours and offer specials to celebrate art, food and friendship for
this monthly event in the heart of Bloomington. Get off work, grab
your coolest friend and hottest shoes, and come Downtown to see
and be seen.
Its First Friday, Downtown.
Friday, October 1 - Downtown Bloomington
11:30-1:30
Brat lunches - delivery available with purchase
of at least 10 lunches going to the same address
$6 per meal in advance, $7 per meal on day of event
Tickets for sale at Specs!
3:30 Bags Tournament
Teams can enter and pay online Include link for additional info
www.bnsunriserotary.org
Proceeds to benefit Midwest Food Bank
Specs Celebrates 10 years . . .
helping you look great since 1998!
THANKS CENTRAL ILLINOIS
Watch our YouTube video . . .
Specs Around Town was awarded the 2008
President's Award for small business, honoring a business that
has made an outstanding impact on the business community. This prestigious
award recognizes the all around achievements of a small business
(less than 50 employees) that is a member of the McLean County
Chamber of Commerce. Specs was chosen based on its historical
significance, economic growth and development, demonstration of
business leadership, regional and global business understanding
and advancements and service contributions to improve the quality
of life in the community.
Specs Around Town
speaks up for the 3/50 Project in the February 4, 2010 article for
The Pantagraph. To view a reproduction of this article,
click
here.
Specs Around Town
was featured in the Summer 2009 issue of American Concierge
Magazine in an article about the unique shops in downtown
Bloomington! Read the article HERE!
Specs Around Town
is featured in the WGLT July/August 2006 program guide...to
view the article, click
here...
Specs
Around Town's downtown Boutique was featured in
The Pantagraph in an article on November 15, 2001. The Pantagraph
is a daily newspaper that services eight counties and more than
60 communities in Central Illinois. To view a reproduction of this
article, click
here.
On another local note, Specs
Around Town was the spotlighted
in the October 1999 issue of Business to Business-McLean
County's Monthly Business Magazine. This issue focused on Women
in Business. Click
here to view this article.
Specs
Around Townwas
featured in the August 1999 issue of Eyecare Business,
a monthly publication that is circulated to 52,000 eyecare providers
and vendors throughout the world. To view a reproduction of this
article,click
here.