A28 Letter-Writing Dance Party for Impeachment

Saturday, April 28th
Tompkins Square Park (NW corner)
1-4 pm
www.a28.org

A28 Nationwide Impeachment Actions

The Rude Mechanical Orchestra will lead a springtime dance party at the Slocum Memorial Fountain in Tompkins Square Park to ask passersby to write letters to Congress demanding the impeachment of George Bush and Dick Cheney.  We will use the letters to spell out IMPEACH on a giant banner and then send the letters off to Congress along with photos of the event.  Come be a part of history, have a positive impact on our country, and have some fun with us!  (And if you don’t know who your Rep is, please look them up before joining us– you can do so at www.house.gov.)

About A28:

George Bush and Dick Cheney have lied the nation into a war of aggression, are spying in open violation of the law, and have sanctioned the use of torture. These are high crimes and misdemeanors that demand accountability. Since Congress doesn’t seem to get it, on April 28 Americans from Miami, Florida to North Pole, Alaska are going to spell it out for them: IMPEACH!

Folly Day 2007

In honor of the opening of the amusement park rides at Coney Island, it’s

FOLLY DAY 2007

Sunday, April 1st, 3pm

Covering the vast expanse of the Coney Island boardwalk and Astroland, four marching bands will prowl, sputter and strike upon their random encounters with one another while a mobile petting zoo and a troop of piñata-bearing brides prance and preen their way through it all!   This may be the last year EVER that this will happen with such joy and merriment at Coney Island, because, as you may know,  Astroland has been bought out by uber developer THOR equities.

Featuring the stupendous performative contributions of your wonderful friends in:

The Rude Mechanical Orchestra
The What Cheer? Brigade (from Providence!)
The Hungry March Band
Kenny Wollesen’s Himalayas

And stuffins from the good people of Grub!

Come dressed like as an animal and join the petting zoo for extra points!

Background: Folly Day 2006 happened, not coincidentally, on April 1, 2006 and it involved four brass bands (more or less) stomping around Ft. Greene Park in Brooklyn trying to scare the bejeezus out of each other with their ungodly racket. The battle was raging and victory was about to be declared by each of at least three sides when in swarmed a jackbooted army of brides, veils and trains more or less intact, avowed to the sole purpose of sowing still greater mayhem on an otherwise bucolic residential neighborhood. Amid the blood, gore and dissonance, good times were indeed had by all. It’s been said that we should try this again.

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• Upcoming Gigs

  Fri Feb 03 - 04, 12:30- QUORUM FORUM 2012 CLOSING PARTY
  @ Red Lotus Room MAP!
  893 Bergen St
  Brooklyn, NY  
  QuORUM (Queers Organizing for Radical Unity and Mobilization) is a consensus-based collective of radical queers in New York City. We work to strengthen community through organizing sustainable collaborative projects that nurture intentional spaces. The spaces we work in include collective homes, social and cultural events, and other sites of mutual aid. Our work cultivates learning, skill and resource sharing, friendship, and thoughtful communication. We hope to build an empowered queer network that fosters respect, diversity and social justice.
  

  Sat Feb 25, 8pm- SRLP's Small Works for Big Change
  @ Jack Studios MAP!
  601 W 26th St., 12th Fl
  New York, NY  
  The Sylvia Rivera Law Project Collective is thrilled to celebrate our 7th Annual Small Works for Big Change Benefit Art Event
  Saturday, February 25th, 2012 at Jack Studios 6-9PM. *THE BUILDING IS WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
  **BIDDING ENDS AT 8PM SHARP**
  
  Featuring:
  
  MCs Glenn Marla & Kit Yan
  Featuring performances by Alicia Ohs as Madame Wantan, Lana Carroll of The Low and The Lonesome, & Rude Mechanical Orchestra!
  Music by DJ Shomi Noise
  Fabulous art (see Artist List below) and
  Fantastic raffle prizes such as:
  A delicious dinner for 4 by Berlin Reed
  A hair cut from Arrojo Studio
  2 hour vegan cooking lesson from Carmichael Monaco
  Means of Apparel Production t-shirts
  4 hour Word Press Lesson with Collective Pond Creative
  Books from Tristan Taormino, Morty Diamond, NYU and Feminist Press
  A bagel brunch for 10 people from 'bagel boy's' bagel store.
  PLUS! Official After-Party: Hey Queen!
  
  SW4BC has been a wonderful success story for SRLP: in the past 6 years, over 50 organizing host committee members and more than 200 progressive, transgressive, and cutting-edge artists have generously donated over 300 visionary works of art! This vibrant annual celebration reflects the radical spirit of SRLP, as well as the experimental energy of some of New York’s most innovative established and emerging contemporary artists. 100 of the event’s proceeds will benefit SRLP’s crucial work for gender self-determination. The event is free to the public, and will including a silent auction with affordable price points beginning at $10, featuring photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, textile pieces and mixed media installations.