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Holiday shopping has never been as easy as A Memorable Marketplace, where all of your favorite vendors will be together in one place for an open house shopping event. Vendors specialize in jewelry, home décor, scents, arts & crafts, and more. Enjoy complimentary refreshments as well as wine tastings from Seven Springs Winery while fulfilling your holiday shopping list all while benefitting the Alzheimer’s Association Mid-Missouri Chapter. This event is free; we only ask that you come ready to enjoy the holiday season with us. Our 2011 vendors include Arbonne, Celebrating Home, EB Creations, Hand Painted Boxes & Gourds, Hand painted Holidays, Longaberger, Mary Kay, Mustard Seed Fair Trade, Pam and Joetta's crafts, Premier Designs Jewelry, Quilts and Pottery, Sully's Originals, Tastefully Simple, Thirty-One, and Twinwood Carving. All attendees will be entered into a drawing for fabulous door prizes from our generous vendors.A Memorable Marketplace is Tuesday, December 6, 4 – 7 p.m. at the Alzheimer’s Disease Education Center at 2400 Bluff Creek Drive in Columbia. Directions at alz.org/mid-missouri. The event will kick-off with a ribbon cutting with the Columbia Chamber of Commerce at 4 p.m.