0:00 difference [Music] 0:15 [Music] 0:28 Becky from the hometown Explorer here at the international nice Festival in Norwalk we are here with Janet Evelyn 0:35 who is the originator and organizer of the event so Janet give us a little bit of the history and how this all started 0:40 so the Norwalk International cultural it's cultural exchange was started eight 0:47 years ago and um I'm the founder and the executive 0:52 director of the Norwalk International cultural exchange which also spells nice 0:59 and so that was one of the ideas behind it and because we're a cultural exchange 1:05 we just felt an event or any event with the acronym nice on it it's just nice 1:11 and and so we thought that people would really like the idea of a nice festival 1:18 and particular one that really worked to bring many different cultures together 1:26 at the same time and in the same place oftentimes when we started there were a 1:33 number of festivals that were happening in Norwalk that were pretty much siled and a lot of 1:40 them had dissipated over the years so at the time there weren't many uh 1:46 uh many events going on in town or and specifically many uh Multicultural types 1:54 of events so at the time we found we had an opportunity our Festival was done uh 2:01 verse one was in 2016 and actually it was such an appropriate time it was such 2:08 an opportunity for us because at the time there was so much divisiveness in 2:16 our communities and in our national National discourse and Nationals psyche 2:23 as well at the time you know a lot of that was going on and so a lot of people when we we thought that the nice 2:30 Festival was a really good way to really reinforce that you know we are a nation 2:36 of many different cultures and this nation is a Melting Pot and this is how 2:42 this nation was built and so um we we seize the opportunity then in 2:49 2016 to Stage the first night's festival and bring all of these different cultures and groups together 2:56 well how many countries are we featuring this year in the seventh year well you know it's a one-day Festival we do have 3:03 two stages and uh I will have to tell you in terms of our culinary arts 3:09 because the festival is presented through the visual arts the culinary arts and the Performing Arts so there's 3:17 only so much that you can fit on two stages in a 24-hour period but what we also do 3:25 have here we have every single country the flag of every single country that is 3:32 a member of the United Nations represented in the flags in this park so 3:38 even if they're not with us in terms of a culinary a food offering or a 3:45 Performing Arts offering their spirit is definitely here because we are celebrating their culture as well 3:53 awesome all right well thank you so much and I look forward to coming next year [Music] 4:05 foreign [Music] 4:22 [Music] 4:29 [Music] 4:40 [Music] 4:46 [Music] 4:56 hello [Music] 5:08 [Music] 5:18 foreign 5:25 [Music] 5:43 [Music] please [Music] 6:22 so today 6:30 [Music] 6:44 foreign thank you very much 6:50 [Music] 6:57 Becky from the hometown Explorer here with Bistro buddy at the international nice Festival in Norwalk so we're here 7:02 with Beau from Space Cat Brewing Sopo uh tell us a little bit about space cat and all the types of beers that you guys have and maybe some of the events that 7:08 you guys have going on awesome yeah so we've been going for almost about three years now we're located at 57 Chestnut 7:14 Street right down in South Norwalk right down the road from the train station we're in this beautiful old manufacturing building that's been 7:20 restored yeah it's really cool we have we neighbor with a local kombucha company as well and we have a full tap 7:27 room and bar open we have different food trucks that come every night and kind of Park in our parking lot to highlight 7:32 local vendors since we don't have a kitchen of our own we like to have like local folks come in and kind of like spread their food around with us and we 7:39 do a lot of like a local events as well um I know we're doing this today we just did pride in the park in Norwalk a 7:44 couple weeks ago we'll go out to like farmers markets to get our word out I know in September we're going to be working at the oyster festival in 7:51 Norwalk as well and then awesome and then if you guys are having any local liquor stores on the weekends as well we like to Center 7:57 people out there to kind of like spread the word a little bit see what we're doing yeah it's a fun time yeah we like to spread our message as far as we can 8:03 around here but still keep it a little local all right that's awesome so where can people find you guys online so we're 8:09 going to be at space cab Brewing on Instagram and then at our website at just spacecapbrewing.com 8:15 awesome all right Bo thank you so much for talking with us thank you for having me it was wonderful 8:20 thank you [Music] 8:33 [Music] 8:42 [Music] 8:52 [Music] 9:01 [Music] 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health and 13:59 Tranquility to the user awesome and so what are some of the different things that you brought with you and just kind 14:06 of go over a little bit so a wide variety of candles I have my Lux candles the 10 ounce everyday candles Deluxe 14:14 candles do come with a wooden Wick and a lot of people love the wooden Wicks because they crackle but besides 14:20 that they are a naturally sustainably sourced product so they don't emit any fumes I also have my Zodiac collection 14:29 over here I have my floral Reds diffusers so it's a nice option if you 14:34 don't want to worry about the flame of a candle but you still want scent in your space I also have 14:40 car diffusers that are reusable goat milk soaps and some shower steamers 14:47 awesome so where can people find you guys online so I do have a website it's uh 14:54 www.helpinghandsfortrquility.com I'm also on Instagram at the same Helping Hands for tranquility there's a link on 15:00 my bio for the website and and I do a lot of events in Connecticut I branched 15:07 out to New York Massachusetts Rhode Island just trying to get the brand out there even more 15:14 that's awesome do you guys do you do any farmers markets as well yeah so I do pop in um at the Walnut Beach farmers market 15:21 in Milford so that's the only farmers market right now that I'm doing well that's awesome 15:26 all right well thank you so much for talking with us thank you [Music] 15:56 [Laughter] 16:02 [Music] 16:32 thank you [Music] 16:56 foreign [Music] 17:16 [Laughter] [Music] 17:29 foreign 17:39 [Applause] thank you [Music] 17:58 [Applause] 18:06 give it up come on keep going Mariah 18:13 [Music] yes yes thank you thank you so much 18:21 you all right okay do me a favor if you have not visited the food 18:28 [Music] 18:51 [Music] foreign [Music] 19:02 [Music] 19:13 [Music] 19:49 thank you 19:58 foreign [Music] 20:07 [Music] foreign [Music] 20:20 [Music] 20:42 [Music] 20:54 foreign 21:13 [Music] 21:26 [Music] 21:34 oh yeah 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[Music] 29:27 don't worry 29:33 [Laughter] 29:40 Becky from the hometown Explorer here at the international nice festival with Bistro buddy we're here with Ralph and 29:45 Nica's from Black Bottle so guys uh tell us a little bit about your business yeah so black bottle with a drinkware company 29:50 based out of Bridgeport Connecticut so what we decided to do that you know normally when you see a water bottle out in the world normally there's a blank 29:56 bottle with a logo we decided to do a little bit more right so what that looks like is uh we have our logo right on the 30:02 front Black Bottle the black actually stands for Bonafide love Advanced and cultural change and the way that we do that is through words of affirmations 30:08 right so you have to just start find yourself surprise yourself rise above our lives because we know how important it is to see those words every day so 30:15 the idea is you know once you have it sitting down on your counter uh you're looking at it motivation inspires you to continue to do all the things that you 30:21 wanted to do throughout the day and more right and with that we also have a program where we give back oh man I let me just kind of take over and talk a 30:27 little about that yeah giving back and making an impact is a huge part of what we do so for every 500 bottle that we 30:32 sell uh we actually take the opportunity to sponsor you know a youth within our community so right now we partner with a 30:38 local organization by the name of vcy yo um and for every 500 bottle like I said so we go ahead and we have kids with 30:44 their financial literacy and their business Acumen so so far for this year we've sponsored two kids a young lady 30:49 and a young young man so far um Jonathan who we've helped with his um investing account 30:55 um and Diane which we helped her with her savings account and this is a way for us to pay it forward and also help 31:00 to promote financial literacy within our community so that's one of the ways that we give back and make an impact it's 31:06 awesome guys so where can people find you guys online so we have our website so www.blackbattle.com we also want 31:12 fanatics.com you can find us on the mbastore.com also um and then I believe oh and also 31:18 Instagram all we have all social media so Instagram Facebook uh YouTube all of it so feel free as well because the key 31:24 the key thing is it's not black b-l-a-c-k it's Blacc battle so if you look at if you look at Blacc you'll find 31:31 us yeah awesome all right well thank you guys so much for talking with us thank you guys have a great night 31:38 [Music] 31:45 [Music] 31:52 foreign [Music] 32:05 [Music] 32:14 [Music] 32:21 foreign [Music] 32:40 [Applause] [Music] 32:51 [Applause] don't understand 32:56 [Music] 33:03 [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] 33:10 [Music] 33:25 heaven [Applause] [Music] 33:45 [Music] oh my God 33:52 [Music] 34:06 ready ready 34:14 [Music] 34:36 remember together [Music] 34:52 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