Friends of First Friday
Board & Brush Creative Studio
Are you a local business or organization who wants to get involved with First Friday with the Arts?
Join us on May 6th, 2025 for a First Friday Mixer!
Meet Our Friends of First Friday
First Friday with the Arts takes place on the First Friday of the month. This event uplifts local businesses and organizations! First Friday will sometimes include stamp cards or other incentives to visit our Friends of First Friday. A business or organization who is a Friend of First Friday is a member of the Arts Council who is dedicated to growing a strong community in Downtown Cape. Our Friends of First Friday often stay open for the full First Friday hours, 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM, so everyone gets the chance to celebrate after work or school. Many businesses offer a fun activity, refreshments, or even live music!
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Cape Girardeau’s only record store and bar. Laid-back bar with music for sale including vinyl records, CDs, and cassettes, plus beer, wine, and cocktails.
113 Broadway St
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701573-803-0809
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Scout Hall brings the community to the table with urban living, local restaurants, retail, and weekly entertainment in the heart of Downtown Cape Girardeau, MO.
Home to Speck, Yuzu, Kenny's Flippin' Burgers, The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, and Cape's newest venue spaces.
420 Broadway St
Cape Girardeau, 63701
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“Our mission is to provide quality inclusive services that help individuals and families turn their potential into reality. Our vision is to be the leading resource for multidisciplinary services in Southeast Missouri. We are guided by measurable outcomes, diversity, and inclusion. Our goal is to provide quality individualized services that empower individuals and families to access the support, trust, and advocacy they need to flourish.”
573-986-4985
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Welcome to The Collective at Scout North – Where Creativity Finds Its Home
Nestled in the heart of Cape Girardeau, The Collective at Scout North is more than just a space—it’s an incubator for creativity, a meeting ground for visionaries, and a canvas for artists, makers, and storytellers of all kinds.
Designed as a membership-based creative clubhouse, The Collective is where ideas come to life, collaborations spark, and artistic expression thrives. Our historic building, filled with the energy of past craftsmanship and reimagined for today’s innovators, is a haven for those who live and breathe creativity.
260 N Middle St
Cape Girardeau, 63701
573-380-3123
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There is so much to see and do in this veteran-owned art gallery! Three of their artists are juried Best of Missouri Hands artists and you can find all sorts of art to buy, including paintings, photos, prints, goat milk soap, note cards, and children's books.
620 Whitelaw Ave
Cape Girardeau, 63701Tuesday - Saturday
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
573-579-1000
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Founded in 1973 by a mother and her gay son, PFLAG was born from the unified front of a family leading with love. An inspiring alliance of LGBTQ+ people and their loved ones continues to fuel PFLAG, fifty years later.PFLAG’s network of hundreds of chapters and more than 325,000 members and supporters are helping create an equitable and inclusive world where every LGBTQ+ person is safe, celebrated, empowered, and loved.
38 North Fountain Street
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
573-542-0496
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Natural Bath, Body, Hair, Face Care + More
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“In 1835, eight people promised to work and worship together as Presbyterians. We invite you to join us in the continued growth of our community at our 10:45 AM Sunday service. Whether you are a faith veteran or a first time visitor, you are welcome!”
235 Broadway St
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701573-335-2579
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Monday - Saturday
9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
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9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
350 N Kingshighway St
Cape Girardeau, 63701
573-249-4020
Want to Become a Friend of First Friday?
Your Friends of First Friday corporate membership allows the Arts Council of Southeast Missouri to continue in our mission to help our community explore, experience, and share in the diversity of the visual, performing, culinary, literary, and healing arts! First Friday with the Arts encourages guests to walk through our beautiful downtown, shop locally, and access art in new ways. We are so excited that you are considering membership and want to remind you of all the awesome things you will have access to.
What are the perks?
Museum Level ($100 a year)
All membership perks of Masterpiece Level (listed below)
Discounted membership for art galleries, museums, and non profits’
Masterpiece ($150 a year)
Friends of First Friday poster or sticker to display at your place of business
Listing on our website in three distinct areas
First Friday with the Arts: Your First Friday activities will be listed monthly
Friends of First Friday: Your logo and business information listed
In the Community: General business information as well as certain non First Friday related programs and events shared
Newsletter spotlights, distributed to 1500+ unique email addresses monthly
Business listed on Friends of First Friday Map (being developed in 2025)
Promotion during “First Friday with the Arts” monthly events
Inclusion in First Friday community events, such as scavenger hunts
Sharing of your relevant social media posts to our profile stories
Invitation to all Members Only nights
Magnum Opus Level ($250 a year)
All membership perks of Masterpiece Level
Option to host art exhibitions in your space with help from our Exhibitions Committee
Invitation to present at Members Only Night once a year
Opportunity to host musicians on First Friday, facilitated by the Arts Council and Scout Hall
Payment Information
Signing up online offers the option to sign up for automatic billing. This means the credit card on file will be charged each year for your membership.
If you would like to pay by cash or check, please visit us during gallery hours! Paying this way means you will be on manual billing and will have to visit us each year to renew your membership.
After Payment
Once you have paid, please fill out the form below so we have all the promotional information about your business or organization. As soon as we receive this information, we can start promoting you!