Brooklyn‘s Murmrr Theatre is internet hosting a benefit event on December 1, one month after anti-semitic graffiti was found at the synagogue, Union Temple, which houses the venue. Proceeds from the “Love Speech” occasion will go to to the Southern Poverty Law Center and to Union Temple. Musicians performing embrace Frankie Cosmos, Algiers, Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo, Vagabon, Xenia Rubinos, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Brian Chase, and Cornelia Murr. There may even be comedy and readings from Meredith Graves (of Perfect Pussy) and Jaboukie Young-White of “The Daily Show,” plus particular visitors together with “Democracy Now!” host Amy Goodman. In addition, Battles’ Ian Williams, Deafheaven’s George Clarke, and others will DJ the afterparty.
The occasion additionally contains a raffle and a silent textual content public sale. You can bid through textual content on guitars signed by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, Nile Rodgers (of CHIC), Pixies, and Courtney Barnett, plus a 10-disc Blu-ray box set of David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks,” and two VIP tickets to Pitchfork Music Festival 2019. The raffle consists of vinyl LPs and merch from Mom + Pop, Sacred Bones, Matador, Partisan, PIAS, Sub Pop, and Secretly Canadian, in addition to data signed by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Kim Gordon, and John Carpenter. More info could be discovered here.
Tickets for “Love Speech” are on sale now for $25. Find them here.
Pitchfork Radio Host Elia Einhorn and Pitchfork Senior Editor Stacey Anderson are two of the organizers of “Love Speech.”
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