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There are more than 100 vendors set up, displaying a multitude of different products and services, including jewelry, clothing, food, fitness advice, and beauty merchandise.
One of the vendors includes Thirty-One Gifts, which sells personalized bags, thermals, gift items and home decor. Michelle Brekky, senior consultant with Thirty-One gifts, said the company attended the expo last year and it was a huge success, so they wanted to come back again this year.
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Another exhbit is Tasteful Essetials, which sells a variety of gluten-free hot sauces, rubs, jams, spices, pickled items and other food products.
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Held against the background of the feminist #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, show producer Virginia Ritchie said the show will highlight how women can take charge of their lives, regardless of their current circumstances.
The event will include so-called PowHER talks, panel presentations featuring women from different spheres of life who will be discussing their experiences in overcoming adversity on the way towards living fuller lives.
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Other presenters include Jill Van Gyn, founder of FATSO Peanut Butter and writer for Eat Magazine, who will be talking about entrepreneurship, and Kristin Greffard, owner and lead instructor of Sheepdog Self-Protection, whose seminar will show women basic fundamental skills with which they will be able to fight during a physical encounter.
Other speakers, such as Dr. Kamran Forghani, an anti-aging expert, and Brad King, author of Fat Wars, will respectively offer medical and nutritional advice.
The event today closes at 5 p.m. Doors reopen Sunday at 10 a.m. and close at 4 p.m. Tickets are $8 for adults, $6 for seniors.
