For those of you who do not know how the benefit works: Three Atlanta community building projects make a presentation, and then a vote is held deciding which project wins the door money. Also, dinner is provided, so don’t miss out on a great lineup for a good cause.
"When you really dig independent music, whether as a fan or a blogger, there’s almost no better feeling than stumbling upon a promising young band that no one’s ever heard of… especially when that band is as talented and exciting as New Animal. Just two dudes from Atlanta, Kris Hermstad and Derek Burdette have labored over 15 tracks and 75 minutes of music in styles ranging from bedroom pop to exp. psych pop to anthemic kraut rock. The more the merrier — they don’t fit some simple category, no “RIYL” recommendations abound. Seemingly from the heart, or from the mind, or from the gut, but at least from somewhere within. They don’t cop someone else’s sound and fuzz the hell out of it to mask their theft. They aren’t hopping on the latest genre bandwagon. Listen for yourselves!" - iguessimfloating.net
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Small Reactions play nerve pop. Their music has tinges of new wave and post punk; it’s often angular, sometimes surfy, and generally quick.
They've played somewhere in the vicinity of 120 shows. With an average of 45 minutes on stage per show, they have amassed roughly 5, 355 minutes of playing music to an audience. This bio has to be updated with a calculator.
Shows are more akin to movements than a simple collection of songs. Songs, in turn, maintain a sense of careful spontaneity. Small Reactions strive for perpetual motion. Some say it isn’t possible, but it is. Their concerts do, however, wrap up in a timely and orderly fashion.
They live in East Atlanta Village in an old stone house (Rock Bottom) with their cats Toby and Walter. The house was built in 1940 and has a bomb shelter which was added in the 1950s.
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Complimentary soup is being provided by Leroy's Fried Chicken
The organizations that will be presenting are:
Vouched exists to promote small press literature. Simple. We do this in a number of ways:
Guerrilla Book Stores: We set up tables of books at art/literary/craft events, and we sell a select number of small press titles that we love. If a book is on our table, we’ve read it and loved it and want to get it in your hands so you can do the same.
Vouched Presents: We started the reading series to remind people that literature can shake its ass. There are real, alive writers reading here, reading real, alive words. It seems people have forgotten that these days, that literature didn’t stop in the 70s and 80s, or even in the 20s and 30s. If you think words are dead, come let us show you life.
Vouched Online: We try to keep up to date here–where our tables are, when readings are taking place, &c. We also pimp some of our favorite work published around the web, because we believe in online publishing, and we’re glad to help legitimize online journals in our own small way.
To know more, get involved, or just to say hello and talk about books, you can email me at christopher@vouchedbooks.com.
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Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture works to engage the community in developing local food systems through education and food production. Our unique farm campus is located in the heart of down town Atlanta. Through classes, internships, markets and summer camp we raise awareness about the value of local food systems. These methods allow us to engage in community development by providing healthy natural food and increasing horticultural literacy in all the areas we farm.
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WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization committed to uniting artists and community to inspire positive social change.
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Dinner is at 8 pm, the Presentations are at 9 pm and the Performers at 10 pm
$?, All Ages
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