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Friends Michelle Oswald of Carol Stream, left, and Shareen Mullen of Elgin enjoy a beer while shopping at an artisan market event on Sunday, March 8, 2026, at Art History Brewing in Geneva. (David Sharos\/For The Beacon-News)<\/p>\nAdrian Travis of Aurora has had a long history with crystals and found a nice collection of them at an artisan market event at Art History Brewing in Geneva over the weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been drawn to crystals for years. I have hundreds of them, and each crystal represents something different,\u201d Travis said while visiting with a vendor known as That Girl at the Market during the event on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The six-hour event at Art History Brewing in Geneva was offered by the Streetz Artz Alliance group and featured more than a dozen local artisans whose products ranged from hot sauce and custom woodwork to body care products, jewelry, bread, pickles and more.<\/p>\n
Organizers said all vendors were located less than 25 miles from the brewery, making all products and services locally-based.<\/p>\n
Villa Park resident John Streetz, owner of the Artz Alliance group, said the brewery has been involved with shows the past two years and that while it remains a smaller show compared to others he has organized, \u201cthe three or four shows we do a year with them are well-supported.\u201d<\/p>\n
Art History has \u201caward-winning beer and the staff there is amazing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Streetz said the artisans at the event included \u201cpeople who have worked with us for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have people also who have worked with us just recently,\u201d he said. \u201cOne of our goals is to always have a mix of artists that includes newbies. That way, the people who come to shop can find a nice variety and know that there\u2019s going to be something new every time they come.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brewery staff including Chelsea Wisz of Aurora said patrons have enjoyed \u201cshopping while having a beer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a great pairing. I mean, who doesn\u2019t want to shop with a beer in your hand? We like to support local artists and let them display their work,\u201d she said. \u201cOur regulars have really taken to having this extra feature at the brewery. They love it and it definitely creates more foot traffic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Michelle Oswald of Carol Stream held a beer while talking to vendors on Sunday and said she had bought a candle and was looking for more.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving a beer and doing some craft shopping, it\u2019s right up our alley,\u201d Oswald said.<\/p>\n
Oswald said supporting local businesses is important.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat better way to support local entrepreneurs than drinking local beer and supporting local businesses? I\u2019d rather buy local than anywhere else,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Friends Michelle Oswald of Carol Stream, left, and Shareen Mullen of Elgin enjoy a beer while shopping at an artisan market event on Sunday, March 8, 2026, at Art History Brewing in Geneva. (David Sharos\/For The Beacon-News)<\/p>\n
Shareen Mullen of Elgin was likewise enjoying a beer while she shopped, something that she said she \u201chad never done before, but I like the idea.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs far as shopping, I like the variety and I think having a good mixture draws a crowd,\u201d Mullen said at the event. \u201cGiven the space they have here they\u2019ve done a good job.\u201d<\/p>\n
David Sharos is a freelance reporter for The Beacon-News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adrian Travis of Aurora has had a long history with crystals and found a nice collection of them…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[17215,5371,65,17217,17216],"class_list":["post-28459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-geneva","tag-art-history-brewing","tag-craft-beer","tag-geneva","tag-geneva-art-and-craft-show","tag-geneva-beer"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116200664157508860","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}