Events
BOOKS THROUGH BARS MONTHLY SCRABBLE AFTERNOON
Sunday, March 4th · 4pm – 8pm
Location: Freebird Books
Play Scrabble and send books to people in prison.
* Beginners board & advanced board
* Beverages & snacks on hand
* Cover charge: 1 PAPERBACK DICTIONARY
One out of every four letters sent to Books Through Bars asks for a dictionary. We send out hundreds every year — we need yours! (Not Scrabble dictionaries: regular English dictionaries.)
Play Scrabble, cheer on your friends, eat, drink, see the BTB space and read some letters.
WHERE: Freebird Bookstore
123 Columbia Street, between Kane & DeGraw
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
Map: http://tinyurl.com/4k4te7q
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Books Through Bars Annual Bingo Fundraiser
WHEN: Saturday Jan. 28th. Doors open @ 7pm
WHERE: The Brecht Forum –
451West Street (that’s the West Side Highway) between Bank & Bethune Streets
Featuring SISTER LOUD MELISSA
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Join Books Through Bars for our annual Bingo Fundraiser.
Prizes include: Anthology film archives, Book Thug Nation, Bluestockings, the IFC Center, the Feminist Press, and many more!
Free entry; $1 per card to play. Beverages will be available. ALL PROCEEDS used to buy postage to send free books to prisoners.
http://booksthroughbarsnyc.org/
The Brecht Forum is accessible by the A, C, E, L, 1, 2, 3 trains.
BOOKS THROUGH BARS MONTHLY SCRABBLE AFTERNOON
Sunday, December 4th · 2pm – 6pm
Location: Freebird Books
Play Scrabble and send books to people in prison.
* Beginners board & advanced board
* Beverages & snacks on hand
* Cover charge: 1 PAPERBACK DICTIONARY
One out of every four letters sent to Books Through Bars asks for a dictionary. We send out hundreds every year — we need yours! (Not Scrabble dictionaries: regular English dictionaries.)
Play Scrabble, cheer on your friends, eat, drink, see the BTB space and read some letters.
WHERE: Freebird Bookstore
123 Columbia Street, between Kane & DeGraw
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
Map: http://tinyurl.com/4k4te7q
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Insurgent Theatre’s IN THE BELLY
IN THE BELLY depicts long term solitary confinement to critique the entire US prison system. This collaboratively developed piece draws from many prisoner accounts, audience feedback, and close study of history, including ideas from Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish.
Insurgent Theatre strives to connect performing arts with radical struggles, to make theatre that is relevant, engaging, challenging and useful for those who confront the US police state and the global capitalist empire. Insurgent Theatre has been making original theatre since 2003 and frequently tours the country.
WHERE: ABC No Rio: 156 Rivington Street (http://www.abcnorio.org/)
Sliding Scale: $5 – $20
Proceeds from this performance will support NYC Books Through Bars and Ohio Prisoners via RedBird Prison Abolition.
Second Sundays Summer Books-B-Q II
The 2nd in a series of monthly cookouts at Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St)
Sunday, July 10, 2011
4PM – 8PM
$10 donation gets you a plate of food. All proceeds go towards NYC Books Through Bars
Plus: donate a paperback dictionary (English, or Spanish-English) to Books Through Bars, and receive a pint of Yuengling OR a well shot courtesy of Pete’s
Burgers, dogs, veggie burgers with plenty of homemade sides and goodies. (Vegetarian and vegan options included!)
Raffle prizes! And: join the Desk Set in thanking co-founder Maria Falgoust for her years of service to libraries and literacy before she says good-bye to Brooklyn!
About the Desk Set
The Desk Set is a group of New York City area librarians, archivists, bibliophiles and other bookish types who meet informally to explore and enjoy literary resources, connect with like-minded folks, and raise money for institutions who promote literacy. More info here: http://thedeskset.org/
http://justseeds.org/criticalresistance/
Sunday, February 20 · 4:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Freebird Books
Play Scrabble and send books to people in prison.
* Beginners board & expert board
* Beverages & snacks on hand
* Cover charge: 1 PAPERBACK DICTIONARY
One out of every four letters sent to Books Through Bars asks for a dictionary. We send out hundreds every year — we need yours! (Not Scrabble dictionaries: regular English dictionaries.)
Play Scrabble, cheer on your friends, eat, drink, see the BTB space and read some letters.
WHERE: Freebird Books
123 Columbia Street, between Kane & DeGraw
Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
Click here for a map.
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- Books Through Bars Annual Bingo Fundraiser
- Bingo + Halloween = BINGO-WEEN
- Featuring SISTER LOUD MELISSA and D.J. “No Flag” D. Powell
- WHEN: Friday 10/22 @ 7pm
- WHERE: ABC No Rio. 156 Rivington St. Lower East Side
- Books Through Bars BINGO Night 2010
Join Books Through Bars for our annual Bingo Fundraiser.
Prizes include: $100 tattoo from NY Adorned, IFC year-long membership, magnificent meals at Pure Food & Wine and Caravan of Dreams, sex toys from Babeland!, accordion serenade, membership at Anthology Film Archives, massage, knitted goods, Film Aficionado membership at BAM, Film Forum membership, good eats from Foodswings, tickets to the Rubin Museum, graphic novel package, and more! Costumes encouraged.
Free entry; $1 per card to play. Beverages will be available. ALL PROCEEDS used to buy postage to send free books to prisoners.
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10/13 Book Launch: The Hidden 1970s: Histories of Radicalism
missed this event? click here for an mp3 of the talk.
Join the editor & contributors to the new book The Hidden 1970s: Histories of Radicalism (published by Rutgers Univ., Sept 2010) at Freebird Bookstore for a conversation focusing on the importance of prisoner support in the left-wing social movements of the 1970s.
Featuring Dan Berger, Vikki Law, Andy Cornell, Matt Meyer, and perhaps other contributors. The book will be available for sale from the authors at this event. Bring a paperback dictionary and/or small contribution towards postage costs for Books Through Bars, who send books free to people in prison across the country. A tour of the BTB space will follow the talk.
WHEN:
Wednesday October 13th at 7:30pm
WHERE:
Freebird Books:123 Columbia Street, between Kane & DeGraw Sts., Carroll Gardens/Red Hook, Brooklyn.
Subway: Take F to Bergen and walk on Warren to Court, Court to Kane, down Kane to Columbia. Or, take 2/3/4/5 to Borough Hall, walk along Court to Kane, Kane to Columbia.Bus: take B61 right to Freebird’s front door.
More about the book: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu/acatalog/The_Hidden_1970s.html
More about Books Through Bars NYC: http://www.abcnorio.org/affiliated/btb.html
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