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Picture the Homeless throws fundraising party
 icture the Homeless, an organization founded and led by homeless
people, is throwing its first-ever fundraising party. It will be held on
Saturday, August 16th from 8 PM to midnight at St. Marks
Church St. Marks Church in-the-Bowery at 10th Street and 2nd
Avenue in Manhattan and will offer a terrific night of
music for dancing as well as poetry and rhyme.
Among the featured entertainers will be the Welfare Poets, a
collective of activists, educators, and artists who have been working
together since 1990 to bring information and inspiration to the Welfanos
of the world. Their sharp-edged performances of music incorporates
hip-hop, Latin jazz, bomba, plena and guaguanco.
Also performing will be the Molotov Mouths Outspoken Word
Troupe, a dynamic spoken word poetry collective from San Francisco who
are on their first national book tour. They have a simple mission: to
jump-start creative works of the political imagination in these mad
times. No slogans or dogma, just powerful writing that never forgets
which side of the barricades they're on. Their stories and poems
positively shine with subversive solidarity and will make even your mom
consider joining the revolution!
Appearing as well are The Chords, the doo wop group that was
catapulted into fame in 1954 with their smash hit, "Sh-Boom." Picture
the Homeless member Larry Gadson in one of the current singers.
DJ Skip will also provide music to keep the mood going throughout the
evening.
Tickets for this exciting event can be bought in advance at the
Picture the Homeless office at 170 E. 116th St.,
#1W, 2nd floor in Harlem, or purchased at the door. They are
$15.00. For more information, call (212) 427-2499 or email PictureTheHomeless@att.net.
Donna Lamb can be reached at
dlamb@gis.net.
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