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July’s events feature no fewer than ten live bands, including The Fiery Furnaces, Erika Wennerstrom of The Heartless Bastards, and Assembly of Dust. There’s also stand-up comedy, storytelling, spelling, a new press, a new news site, and tales of old loves lost. Every summer you swear you’ll go to more cool events. Do it now, here.
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Important Note About Membership Benefits Remember, as a Housing Works Member, you get a 10% discount on top of any other discounts or sales that may be going on at our stores (may exclude special events). Friends get 10% off only at the Bookstore, and Advocates and above get 10% off at all of our retail locations. So keep shopping and saving! To upgrade to a higher membership level, email Membership or call 347-473-7454.
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Here is Washington Irving’s timeless tale of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman in an edition that features illustrations nearly as immortal as the story itself. These are of course Arthur Rackham’s, the great British book illustrator who has provided the iconic images of so many fairy and folk tales. This edition, from 1928, contains a color frontispiece and 7 more beautiful color plates of the haunting tableau of Irving’s classic. The book also has…
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This month, HWBC rocks with two amazing Live From Home Concerts. We’re proudly featuring Vienna Teng, Diane Birch, and Coralie Clément and Elizabeth & the Catapult and Miracles of Modern Science. Not radical enough for you? Join us for a panel on building a radical queer movement 40 years on from Stonewall. Or just come hear stories read by hot young novelists—or tell them yourself at our monthly Moth StorySLAM.
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Partnership with Amie St. and Headless Heroes Extended Through June – Get Music and Support Housing Works! Last month, online music store Amie Street and indie super-group Headless Heroes generously agreed to donate 25% of online sales of the band’s new album, The Silence of Love, to support Housing Works’ services for low-income New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS. And now, they’ve extended this great promotion until the end of June! Download the album…
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Two extraordinary books featuring coloring lithographs by Pablo Picasso have recently come in to Housing Works. The first is Verve’s Picasso and the Human Comedy, printed in Paris in 1954 and brought out in America by Harcourt, Brace and Company (issues 29/30). This folio sized collection contains 180 plates, including 16 original Picasso lithographs (one is shown in the image above). The black-and-white plates are heliogravures printed by Draeger Freres (brother of the the famous…
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Robert Verdi Shopping Event Calling all members at all membership levels! Please RSVP to join us at the Chelsea Thrift Shop (143 West 17th St.) for a very special shopping event featuring over 1,000 items donated by Robert Verdi & Friends. Amie Street and Headless Heroes Partner with Housing Works Online music store Amie Street and indie super-group Headless Heroes have generously agreed to donate 25% of online sales of the band’s new album, The…
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June brings back our beloved Open Air Street Fair, plus comedy, storytelling, music, and readings about film and food. After all, Housing Work Bookstore Cafe is “curating the kinds of shows one would be hard-pressed to find staged at the local Barnes & Noble” according to the New York Post.
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