The ROCKET MARKET saw some excitement on the day before Bloomsday when a fire heavily damaged the second-floor office, but the market is open, and events are going on as planned. The summer music series was already scheduled to kick off this Saturday, May 16, and it will kick off in tongue-in-cheek style at 6 pm with an event that’s being dubbed the “Firepalooza Outdoor Music Festival,” featuring Darin Hildebrand and Kevin Long.
On Friday evenings, the Market holds wine classes (with beer thrown in once a month for variety) hosted by wine manager — or “wine savant” — Carl Carlsteen, and the lineup for the rest of May is looking particularly intriguing. This week (May 15), inspired by economic stimuli and bargain hunting, Carlsteen presents the Troubled Wine Assets Relief Program, a sampling of 10 quality wines that cost no more than $10 per bottle. Wine students will get to sample each of the 10 wines, along with cheese and La Brea breads, for $20.
Next week (May 22), Carlsteen explores the world of white wines, just in time for (we hope) the onset of warmer weather. To close out the month (May 29), he presents a cabernet sauvignon smack down — eight cabs, spanning the globe, sampled blind. Think you know your ABCs? (That’s Australia, Bordeaux and Chile.) Take up the challenge, and emerge victorious. — ANN M. COLFORD
Wine classes at the Rocket Market, 726 E. 43rd Ave., are in session on Fridays, starting at 7 pm. Cost per class varies from $20-$25. Preregistration requested. Call 343-2253.
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