You Don't Know Me!
Gigantic/Opium/Bomb Benefit Bash
Wednesday, Aug. 26th
Bowery Electric
327 Bowery (at 2nd St.)
7pm - 12am

An End-of-Summer Benefit Party presented by Gigantic, Opium and BOMB Magazines, hosted by Bowery Electric

BOMB Magazine http://www.bombsite.com/
Opium Magazine http://www.opiummagazine.com/
Gigantic Magazine http://giganticmag.wordpress.com/

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Join some of New York's most innovative artists and creative minds in celebrating a joint end-of-summer literary magazine benefit party.

The event will feature multiple short programs -- performances, micro-readings and video installations -- to be presented variety style throughout the night as curated by the three magazines.

Come party with artists, writers, magazine editors, agents, book publishers, bloggers, and new media types.

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Pre-sale access to VIP Cocktail Hour 7-8pm featuring special guest performance by performance artist Kalup Linzy. http://www.kaluplinzy.net/

To purchase $10 pre-sale tickets:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/77929

VIP Admission (at door): $12

General Admission tickets: $6. 8pm-midnight

Featuring:
-Short plays directed by Ben Greenman and Bob Powers.
-The Dog House Band, featuring bluegrass musician/writers David Gates and Sven Birkerts and special guest John Wesley Harding.
http://thedoghouseband.blogspot.com
- performance by Joseph Keckler. http://www.myspace.com/josephkeckler
- performance by James J. Williams III http://envoyenterprises.com/artists_pages/williams.htm
- Featured band: The Library Is On Fire
http://www.myspace.com/thelibraryisonfire

Upstairs: all-night DJ set by Catherine Pierce

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All donations and ticket sales for the night are tax-deductible. You will be directly supporting these independent magazines and furthering their dialog on literature, film, music, the visual and performing arts.