The Save St. Brigid's Charity Concert

Official Release:

Don’t Let it Go!!!

In 2004, the Archdiocese of New York closed the historic St. Brigid's Church on E. 9th and Avenue B, and attempted to demolish the building in the name of profit.

This past summer, we won a temporary restraining order against the demolition permit. But the clock is ticking......

Join us Sunday, Nov. 5th, 2006 from 6-9 p.m. at Solas
(232 E. 9th Street, btw. 2^nd and 3rd Aves.)
for an evening of music, performance and prizes and help landmark this cultural and historic jewel of the East Village!

New pieces by NYC poets Jessica Elizabeth and Maria Nieves!

Author Peter Selgin will read from his essay as published in
"Our Roots Are Deep With Passion: Creative Non-Fiction Collects New Essays by Italian-American Writers"

Performance by M. Shanghai String Band!
"The banjos spit fire, the acoustics soothe the soul, and the vocals tell honest tales...a perfect combo of old time American folk and the music as it stands today...a musical performance that is enduring..."

$10 Suggested Donation

St. Brigid's cornerstone was laid on Sept. 10th, 1848 and is known as the "Famine Irish" church for its importance to the City's Irish Immigrants of the time. St. Brigid's is an important and historic architectural monument to the immigrant history of the Lower East Side, and has served numerous immigrant communities over the last 150 years.

www.savestbrigid.org

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The Save St. Brigid's Charity Concert

Official Release:

Don’t Let it Go!!!

In 2004, the Archdiocese of New York closed the historic St. Brigid's Church on E. 9th and Avenue B, and attempted to demolish the building in the name of profit.

This past summer, we won a temporary restraining order against the demolition permit. But the clock is ticking......

Join us Sunday, Nov. 5th, 2006 from 6-9 p.m. at Solas
(232 E. 9th Street, btw. 2^nd and 3rd Aves.)
for an evening of music, performance and prizes and help landmark this cultural and historic jewel of the East Village!

New pieces by NYC poets Jessica Elizabeth and Maria Nieves!

Author Peter Selgin will read from his essay as published in
"Our Roots Are Deep With Passion: Creative Non-Fiction Collects New Essays by Italian-American Writers"

Performance by M. Shanghai String Band!
"The banjos spit fire, the acoustics soothe the soul, and the vocals tell honest tales...a perfect combo of old time American folk and the music as it stands today...a musical performance that is enduring..."

$10 Suggested Donation

St. Brigid's cornerstone was laid on Sept. 10th, 1848 and is known as the "Famine Irish" church for its importance to the City's Irish Immigrants of the time. St. Brigid's is an important and historic architectural monument to the immigrant history of the Lower East Side, and has served numerous immigrant communities over the last 150 years.

www.savestbrigid.org

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Save St. Brigid's! Donations Needed!

Part of what comes with being an art historian is an affinity for all things old and meaningful. With the loss of St. Ann's Armenian church to the dastardly NYU housing committee earlier this year, I thought it was high time I put whatever resources I could into helping save structures around the city, like St. Ann's, whose destruction would be an incredible loss to the city and its future generations.

The next building on the chopping block is St. Brigid's church in the East Village. With $7million needed in repairs, the Catholic Church wishes to tear down the beautiful building. But is it really necessary to destroy 158 years of New York history?

With the immigration of so many Irish to New York during the great famine, many workers found jobs down on the docks of the East Village. A temporary chapel was built there for them but soon a larger building was needed. Irish immigrant and architect Patrick Keely was commissioned to design the new church on the corner of 8th st and ave B. The building is currently thought to be the oldest Keely structure in the city. St. Brigid's corner stone was laid in 1848. You can read further about the history of the church at the Save St.Bridgid's website.

On Sunday November 5th, the Committee to Save St. Brigid's will be holding a benefit at Solas in the Village. The fantastic M Shanghai String Band will be playing and I am hoping to drum up some donations to raffle off. So if you have anything you would like to send to me to give away, please drop an email to Kellas@gmail.com and I will give you an address. I am talking concert tickets, cds, signed whatever. Anything you have laying around the office.

Official release:
St. Brigid's Benefit
Date: Sunday, Nov 5, from 6 - 9 PM
Location: Solas (the Irish word for 'light'), a lounge at 232 E. 9th St between 2nd and 3rd Aves., upstairs.(212-375-0297)
The donation at the door will be $10. There will be food and entertainment of various sorts.
Also, we'll be holding a raffle. Raffle tickets will be around a dollar - five dollars.

Download M Shanghai's
'Money Up'
and
'Devil, you and me'

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Save St. Brigid's! Donations Needed!

Part of what comes with being an art historian is an affinity for all things old and meaningful. With the loss of St. Ann's Armenian church to the dastardly NYU housing committee earlier this year, I thought it was high time I put whatever resources I could into helping save structures around the city, like St. Ann's, whose destruction would be an incredible loss to the city and its future generations.

The next building on the chopping block is St. Brigid's church in the East Village. With $7million needed in repairs, the Catholic Church wishes to tear down the beautiful building. But is it really necessary to destroy 158 years of New York history?

With the immigration of so many Irish to New York during the great famine, many workers found jobs down on the docks of the East Village. A temporary chapel was built there for them but soon a larger building was needed. Irish immigrant and architect Patrick Keely was commissioned to design the new church on the corner of 8th st and ave B. The building is currently thought to be the oldest Keely structure in the city. St. Brigid's corner stone was laid in 1848. You can read further about the history of the church at the Save St.Bridgid's website.

On Sunday November 5th, the Committee to Save St. Brigid's will be holding a benefit at Solas in the Village. The fantastic M Shanghai String Band will be playing and I am hoping to drum up some donations to raffle off. So if you have anything you would like to send to me to give away, please drop an email to Kellas@gmail.com and I will give you an address. I am talking concert tickets, cds, signed whatever. Anything you have laying around the office.

Official release:
St. Brigid's Benefit
Date: Sunday, Nov 5, from 6 - 9 PM
Location: Solas (the Irish word for 'light'), a lounge at 232 E. 9th St between 2nd and 3rd Aves., upstairs.(212-375-0297)
The donation at the door will be $10. There will be food and entertainment of various sorts.
Also, we'll be holding a raffle. Raffle tickets will be around a dollar - five dollars.

Download M Shanghai's
'Money Up'
and
'Devil, you and me'

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