No, we weren't on City Hall Plaza moshing to the Dropkick Murphys, but we were there to help several of the Government Center vendors who were displaced on Monday, October 1. Dewey Square patrons thus got a taste of Freitas Farms, Silverbrook Farms and the Danish Pastry House, in addition to our Monday regulars including Nourse Farm and When Pigs Fly.Hope you enjoyed the visit, happy to help!

One of our favorite partners at Dewey is the Fort Point Artists Community (FPAC), our neighbors across the channel who rotate arts vendors at the market every Wednesday. They are the original Open Studios event in Boston, and their 28th Annual celebration is October 19-21. Hope you'll visit them and support our local artists!

This season, we've offered music, authors and ethnic vendors from Nuestra Culinary Ventures as part of our "Dewey Live" program. our most recent visitor was Clara Silverstein, who sold and autographed copies of her new book, The Boston Chefs Table. Copies can be ordered via Amazon.com or ecookbooks.com. Try it!

Got an idea for livening up Dewey Square? Let us know! We're always open to new ideas. "Dewey Live" is made possible with the help of our neighbors at State Street.

On Tuesday night, September 25, the Boston Public Market hosted its Annual Chefs Harvest Dinner at more than twenty restaurants around the area. For the fourth year, people were treated to amazing multi-course dinners, chats with the chefs, and gift bags sponsored by our friends at Verrill Farms. A full list of the restaurants, who are so generous to us, is on our website, www.bostonpublicmarket.org.

Thanks also to our sponsors and patrons, including Blue Cross, Fidelity, Plymouth Rock, Mass Development, the Boston Foundation, INNOVA and many companies or individuals who put together tables, bought seats or couldn't make it but sent in donations.

What else can we tell you?

On Friday, September 28, the James Beard Foundation held its "Taste America" event at Veronique in Brookline featuring a number of the best local chefs. BPM was the local group chosen to recieve a donation from the event.

We are working to put together a "focus group" of restaurants and farmers post-market season to discuss how to increase farm to restaurant relationships. Drop us a line if interested in participating.

Thanks to Devra First of the Boston Globe's "Dishing" blog for a nice mention on the night of the Chefs Harvest Dinner.

Congrats to our new President, Don Wiest, who has been leading our site search for a permanent market. Don has an ambitious agenda and plans to move forward quickly towards a permanent public market.