The Mountain Goats, Rock Plaza Central, comedian/Daily Show correspondent John Oliver, and many more will take the stage at Brooklyn-based charitable organization Supersnack’s third annual benefit concert and gala next Friday to raise funds for AIDSWalk. Supersnack says its purpose “is to add insult to injury – and then even more insult – in order to make a difference.” Supersnack charity organizers plan to raise $50,000 for AIDSWalk, the largest AIDS fundraising event in the world. Tickets can also be won by e-mailing rsvp@thmusebox.net with the subject line “Supersnack”. A winner will be selected at random and notified on Thursday, May 16th .
“Supersnack's Big Third Ball: An Evening of Music, Hilarity, and Hitting AIDS Where It Hurts" will take place on Friday, May 16th at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at the Supersnack website, www.supersnack.org/.
100% of the proceeds from Supersnack's Big Third Ball will go to AIDS Walk New York, benefiting Gay Men's Health Crisis and 60 other tri-state area AIDS service organizations. Supersnack volunteers, Redhook Ale Brewery, Goose Island Brewery, boomBOOM Presents, and The MuseBox make the benefit possible.
Featured performers will include: The Mountain Goats, Rock Plaza Central, and John Oliver ("The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"). Also appearing will be author Sarah Bunting ("Television Without Pity") and comedians Dave Hill (MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, MOJO, UCB) and Rob Lathan (Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre, MTV’s "Human Giant") and a gaggle of performances by additional musicians, comedians, writers, performance artists, and poets. The benefit will be hosted by national sex educators, authors and funny persons Gwenn Barringer and Shawn Decker ("My Pet Virus").
About Supersnack: Supersnack is a tax-exempt 501c3-pending charitable organization dedicated to preserving the "fun" in volunteer and the "smart" in community. They have raised nearly 60,000 dollars for AIDSWalk --raising $33,000 in 2007 alone, with no single gift of more than $500. Their mission is to fight everything bad in the world by working to fund research for cures, stopping cruelty (animal, human, earth), and by letting everyone know that making a difference is just as easy as deciding you're going to. For more info visit: www.supersnack.org/.
About AIDS Walk New York: Since 1986, AIDS Walk New York has raised $97 million for HIV programs and services in the tri-state area, and has grown into the largest AIDS fundraising event in the world. In 2007 alone, 45,000 participants, many of whom were members of 2,400 corporate and community teams, raised a record sum of more than $6.8 million for Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) and 60 other tri-state area AIDS service organizations. www.aidwalk.net. |
