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Press for Yaymaker
Clubhouse Is the Next Frontier of Social Selling
Want to learn how to make sales using Clubhouse? Yaymaker's Matt Rolnick has shared his experience using the social media tool of the moment, as well as his top tips to get you started. Read the full article on Built In.
Open for Business: Arts And Crafts Business Reimagines Itself Virtually
Anchor Natalie Pasquarella speaks to a local business partner, Tammy Tavarone, about how she has managed to stay open during the Covid-19 pandemic by reimagining events virtually; hosting them over zoom, and shipping needed supplies to customers. Watch Video.
How to Host a Virtual Night To Stay Connected With Your Friends
The premier platform for millennial women includes Yaymaker’s virtual events on their list of ways to stay connected while social distancing. The events allow you to chat with friends over a live stream while creating your project from home. Read More.
Step Up Your Desk Decor Game With a Homemade Terrarium
The lifestyle experts at Life&Style describe the exiting process of building a terrarium at Plant Nite events by Yaymaker. From choosing a contain to arranging plants and decorating, each finished terrarium is as unique as its creator. Read More.
Guide to Team Building Activities in NYC
Tiffany explores how Plant Nite by Yaymaker and other creative, hands-on activities can encourage collaboration between coworkers and make for a better working environment. Read More.
Unique New York Activities
Raina visits Anchor Bar for a plant night with Yaymaker and Improv Asylum for experiences like no other. Watch Video.
Valentine’s Day: Tips for Crafting Gifts
Lifestyle expert Limor Suss stopped by to talk about crafting something special for your loved ones. Read More.
At Yaymaker Events, It’s About Experiences, Not Products
Somerville-based Paint Nite has rebranded itself as Yaymakers, featuring drone-making and candle crafting — part of an economy that values experiences, not just products. Read More.
35 Fun Team Building ActivitiesComing up with fun team building activities for employees can be tricky, especially when typical team building activities tend to induce a chorus of groans and more eye rolls among employees than high-fives. Read More.
Press for Original Paint Nite
A Brush and a Brew
Linda Ciampa takes a look at Paint Nite – a company that has hit on the right mix of creativity and socializing. Watch Video
How These Founders Turned Girls’ Night Out Into a $55 Million Business
Paint Nite set out to re-imagine girls’ night out. Along the way, it discovered that empowering local artists and entrepreneurs could pave the road to hearty sales. Read More
Business advice from some of America’s fastest-growing companies
The stats on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America read like they could be a typo: 640,000 jobs created over the past three years with a growth rate of 490 percent in that time frame. The 5,000 companies’ aggregate revenue was $200 billion in 2015. Read More
Find an Awesome Valentine’s Day Gift for Every Budget
Paint Nite. It’s low-key and relatively inexpensive, and it can serve as a bonding experience if it’s your first time. Read More
From Hands to Heads and Heads to Hearts
No wonder one of the fastest-growing U.S. franchises today is Paint Nite, which runs paint-while-drinking classes for adults. Bloomberg Businessweekexplained in a 2015 story that Paint Nite “throws after-work parties for patrons who are largely lawyers, teachers and tech workers eager for a creative hobby.” Read More
Nightly Business Report: Inc 5000’s Top Companies (Paint Nite)
Highlights from the Inc 5000 Conference in San Antonio. WATCH VIDEO
These are the 10 Fastest-Growing Companies in America in 2016
You’ve heard of hockey-stick growth. These companies live it. Meet America’s 10 fastest-growing companies. Read More
How To Make Money In Trendy Businesses-And Survive When The Trend Ends
But the guys saw a way to tweak the concept: Their competitors all paid for costly studio spaces, so they launched Paint Nite, which instead hosts classes at local bars. READ MORE
How Paint Nite Expanded to 1,600 cities in Four Years
What began as Paint Nite the concept back in 2012 at Clery’s Bar in Boston’s Back Bay has ballooned into Paint Nite the empire just four years later. Read More
How Paint Nite is Saving the American Bar
Most startup creation myths involve seeing a solution to some horrifying problem no one else noticed. Not so for Dan Hermann and Sean McGrail…Read More
What’s Fun in 2017!
It’s trendier than ever to be artsy, thanks to the nationwide DIY movement that Pinterest spawned. Franchises such as Paint Nite have cropped up across the country, making painting a popular activity for birthday parties, bachelorette weekends and girls’ nights out. Read More
Alcohol -Fueled Artistry
Who said painting had to be a quiet and solitary activity? WGBH’s Edgar Herwick takes on Paint Nite. Watch video
Paint Nite Uses Google Apps to Create a Flexible Workplace
Paint Nite offers a different kind of nightlife experience. Guided by a local artist, our customers spend a few hours sipping cocktails and painting at a local bar. Read More
How Paint Nite Expanded to 1,600 Cities in 4 Years
Paint Nite, the company behind the popular guided, social painting events hosted at bars, isn’t really about artistry or even alcohol — it’s about fulfilling a largely untapped need for a social experience, according to CEO Dan Hermann. Read More
How to launch a business with just $10K
Inc. President and Editor-In-Chief Eric Schurenberg on how entrepreneurs can start a business for less than $10,000 and other startups that have made it big. Watch Video
Best-Ever Valentine’s Day Gift Guide
2 Passes to Paint Nite – Paint Nite is a fun night out with friends, where you create art over cocktails at a local bar or restaurant with a professional artist. Read More
Brushes and Beer: Paint Nite Inspiring People of Halifax to Drink Creatively
In pubs around Halifax, paint brushes are becoming as popular as a beer. Paint Nite Halifax sees bar patrons put brushes to canvas for a two-hour, artist-led social painting session. Read More
Paints and Pinot: Why Adults are Heading to Their Local Bars for Art Lessons
If you’ve got a Facebook account, chances are you’ve seen photos of your friends holding up works of art that they’ve painted, often with wine glass in hand. Read More
100 Cool Gifts Under $50 for Everyone on Your List
Paint Nite is the perfect girls’ night out – wine and a masterpiece to take home! Read More
Paint Nite Creating the Perfect Night Out for Some Winnipeggers
Looking for a way to find your creative side? How about trying a Paint Nite with friends and family. Paint Nite Winnipeg is one of 1400 cities taking part in five countries, that offer a two hour painting session with an instructor where you get to transform a blank canvas into an piece of art. Watch Video
Romance that Doesn’t Break the Bank
Get Creative at Paint Nite – Candle-lit dinners and decadent desserts are what we’ve all come to expect from Valentine’s Day, but don’t be afraid to think outside the box and take your date on a less conventional outing. Read More
Fun with Paint Nite!
Grace Dawson, an instructor at Paint Nite, taught Dave how to complete a beautiful painting in less than 10 minutes. Watch Video
Paint Nite is a Party with a Little Paint Thrown In
Peppy music played in the brightly lit sports bar, and laughter and excited chatter resounded as the mostly female audience worked with their canvas and paints. Read More
You are Entitled to a Creative Voice
Last week my dad posted pictures of a Paint Nite he went to at a local cafe. The photos looked like everyone was having a grand ole’ time, his painting was actually really cool. Read More
Patriot Rob Gronkowski Helped Celebrate Anniversary of Paint Nite
Gronkowski helped celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the Boston-based Paint Nite. Read More
Art Activity Aims for Adult Amateurs After Hours
“Take the idea of teaching a class and putting it – really fun – in a bar environment,” said Ariel Azani, owner of The Cupping Room Cafe in New York’s SoHo neighborhood. Read More
Painting Parties Mix Creativity and Cocktails
Some people view a paint party as a fun alternative to the dinner and a movie routine on a weekend night, said Mary Kate Prato, the Westchester manager of Paint Nite events. “Going out and drinking is fun, but doing something else while you drink is even more fun,” she said. Read More
Paint Nite Combines Art Lessons an Alcohol at Bars and Restaurants
The recipe is simple—take one part painting class, add one part bar, and shake. The result: a night of fun in which people paint their faces more often than the canvas. Read More
Cocktails and Canvas: Try Sipping Wine and Swirling Paint for Next R.I. Night Out
With paint-filled plates, mini easels and plastic tablecloths scattered everywhere, it looks like a 9-year-old’s birthday party is about to go down at Johnston’s Bishop Hill Tavern. Read More
Painting the Town: Painting Parties are Spreading Around Tampa Bay
Paint Nite, a company that offers sessions at bars and restaurants, began hosting events in Safety Harbor and Clearwater for the first time this month. Read More
Paint Nite Helps Singles Brush Up Against Other Art Lovers at New York City Bars
Paint Nite, the city’s hottest new happy-hour craze, mixes alcohol with art class in nightly acrylic-on-canvas lessons in bars across Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. Read More
Press for Plant Nite
‘Plant and Sip’ Is the Activity Your Next Girls’ Night Out Needs
Catching up with friends over a cocktail or two is one thing, but when you add gardening to the mix? That’s the social event of the season, as far as we’re concerned. WATCH VIDEO
Plant Nite: Build-your-own terrarium events mix cocktails and creativity
Twice each month, a side room at Fox & Hound in Arlington Heights gets decked out with bright green tablecloths covered with troughs of dirt, buckets of rocks and water spritzers. READ MORE
Cocktails and a take-home terrarium? Sign us up!
The folks behind Paint Nite — the trendy “sip and paint” business, offering group painting lessons paired with wine — recently launched Plant Nite. WATCH VIDEO
DIY Makers: Plant Nite
What blossoms when you mix dirt, plants, friends and cocktails? Plant Nite. WATCH VIDEO
How to Build the Terrarium of Your Dreams
We tapped Courtney Osgood of Plant Nite to come by and show us how to build a really dope terrarium of our own. WATCH VIDEO
Creative Happy Hour with Plant Nite
There’s a new trend taking root in bars and restaurants across the country. It’s called Plant Nite. Deco’s checking out the social night that lets you get your hands dirty and have a good time. WATCH VIDEO
Sips & Succulents: Plant Nites pair DIY mini gardens and drinks
If you’re ready to make the leap into houseplants but aren’t sure where to start, a fun, crafty option is to grab a friend and head to a Plant Nite. READ MORE
Teacher Gifts Under $25
Give your child’s teacher a chance to to relax and get crafty at Plant Nite. READ MORE
Have a drink, create a terrarium, socialize — at Plant Nite
Plant Nite offers fun and easy gardening events in Fresno
The fun gardening session was a Plant Nite event, which has been growing in popularity since the first one was held in Fresno in early January. READ MORE
Plant Nite sprouts in Richmond
A national pop-up party brand has put down local roots. Plant Nite, which pairs gardening and drinking by having patrons creatively pot plants while sipping a beer or glass of wine, hosted its inaugural Richmond shindig last month. READ MORE
Plants and Drinks Together at Last
Plant Nite gives you the opportunity to do some planting while enjoying your favorite alcoholic beverage. WATCH VIDEO
Have you heard of Plant Nite?
I’m pretty sure you’re familiar with Paint Nite. Plant Nite, however, is a different activity in and of itself. Instead of painting a picture, Plant Nite goers create their very own terrariums! READ MORE
R.I ‘Plant Nite’ Combines Gardening, Cocktails
“When I say ‘Plant,’ you say ‘Night,’ ” host David Daykin tells the crowd, as he winds his way through the tables at Jimmy’s Saloon. As music blares, Daykin, microphone in hand, gets participants ready for the night’s events. “When I say ‘Drink,’ you say ‘Up,’ ” he says. READ MORE
Creative Nights Out: Plant Nite
New ways to have a fun night out and let your creative juices flow. Plant Nite is hitting bars and tapping into people’s green thumb. WATCH VIDEO
Dig this: Plant Nite and terrarium-making classes are taking root in bars
First came Paint Nite and the bar parties that blended cocktails and canvases. Now, the next nightlife trend taking root across the country involves getting your hands dirty over drinks by making mini gardens. READ MORE
Pub gatherings encourage creativity in designing terrariums
Launched last year by the founders of Paint Nite, a Boston business that licenses its painting classes at pubs worldwide, the guided-gardening spinoff reached Columbus-area bars in June. READ MORE
Gardening over cocktails: Twin Cities bars branch out with Plant Nite
Plant Nite, an offshoot of the Boston-based Paint Nite, has pivoted from pigments on palettes to dirt in planters. READ MORE
Plant Nite brings a green twist to your evening out