Mandela Day is an annual celebration of Nelson Mandela’s life and a global call to action for people to recognize their individual power to make an imprint and change the world around them.

Celebrate the launch of The Faster Times, a new type of newspaper for a new type of world. www.TheFasterTimes.com

This Asian antiques importer is offering 30% off gorgeous collector furnishings! A portion of the proceeds will benefit Housing Works.

Kick-off July 15th, 5-8pm, through July 18th

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

Calling all members – come to this special shopping event to get great merchandise and support Housing Works!

Are you a member? If not, become a member online, at any Thrift Shop location, or at the Bookstore to receive exclusive benefits, including discounts off of our already priced-down merchandise.

This Saturday, Housing Works Warehouse Sale!
10-4pm
Directions are listed under our events section.
$20=stuff your own bag of clothes.
Stop by and say Hi and Shop.

$20-Stuff a bag of clothes!

Warehouse Clothing Sale Saturday, July 11th
10AM-4PM

This Saturday, Housing Works Warehouse Sale!
10-4pm
Directions are listed under our events section.
$20=stuff your own bag of clothes.
Stop by and say Hi and Shop.

This Saturday, Housing Works Warehouse Sale!
10-4pm
Directions are listed under our events section.
$20=stuff your own bag of clothes.
Stop by and say Hi and Shop.

From Junot Diaz, Lynda Barry, Gary Shteyngart, and Kate Christensen to popular up-and-comers like Dan Kennedy, Wendy McClure, and Brock Clarke,_ Love Is a Four-Letter Word_ is a contemporary collection of true stories of seduction, heartbreak, and regret. Fearlessly revealing their shattered hearts and crushed egos; their indiscretions and indignities; their delusions, desperation, and disappointments, these talented writers capture the dark side of love in prose ranging from comic to poetic, poignant to cringe-inducing.

BROCK CLARKE is the author of two novels, An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers’ Homes in New England and The Ordinary White Boy and two short story collections, Carrying the Torch and What We Won’t Do. He has twice been a finalist for the National Magazine Award in fiction. His fiction and essays have appeared in the Virginia Quarterly Review,the Believer, One Story, Southern Review, Georgia Review, the New York Times, and New England Review; in the Pushcart Prize and New Stories from the South annual anthologies; and on NPR’s Selected Shorts. He is a 2008 NEA fellow in fiction, and teaches at the University of Cincinnati.

DAN KENNEDY is the author of the national best seller Rock On: An Office Power Balladand Loser Goes First: My Thirty-Something Years of Dumb Luck and Minor Humiliation,a regular contributor at GQ, and a long-standing writer at McSweeneys.net. He resides in New York City where he frequently performs onstage as part of the Moth storytelling collective. He is currently writing and developing the pilot of Rock On for HBO.

WENDY MCCLURE is a columnist for BUST magazine and was a frequent contributor to the “True-Life Tales” feature in the New York Times Magazine. She is the author of the memoir I’m Not the New Me and the humor book The Amazing Mackerel Pudding Plan,and her work has appeared in several anthologies, including Sleepaway: Writings on Summer Camp. She has an MFA in poetry from the Iowa Writer’s Workshop and lives in Chicago, where she works as a children’s book editor and maintains a Weblog at Poundy.com.

MAUD NEWTON is a writer and blogger who grew up in Miami and now lives in a section of Brooklyn, New York, that has avoided gentrification into a hipster wonderland. Her essay, “Conversations You Have at Twenty,” won second prize in the 2008StoryQuarterly/Narrative Love Story Contest. Her essays and stories have also appeared inSwink, Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood, storySouth, Eyeshot, Maisonneuve, Pindeldyboz, Ducts, and the anthology When I Was a Loser, and she has written for the New York Times Book Review, the American Prospect, the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Gawker, VH1’s Best Week Ever blog, and other publications and Web sites, including her own. In 2004 the City College of New York chose her as the recipient of its Irwin and Alice Stark Short Fiction Award.

SAÏD SAYRAFIEZADEH is the author of When Skateboards Will Be Free, a memoir about growing up communist in the United States. His essays and short stories have appeared in the Paris Review, Granta, and Open City, among others.

AMANDA STERN is the author of the novel The Long Haul. Her nonfiction has been featured in the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, the East Hampton Star,the Believer, and Paste. She’s published fiction in the literary journals Swink, the Saint Ann’s Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Spinning Jenny, and Five Chapters, among other places. In 2003 she created the popular Happy Ending Music and Reading Series in New York City. She lives in Brooklyn and is at work on her second novel.

An evening of music and comedy from The Lowbrow Reader.

The New York City Spelling Bee — a new, adults-only spelling bee offering erudite fun to all — is a glamorous offshoot of the Williamsburg Spelling Bee, which has scintillated Brooklyn since 2004. Co-hosts bobbyblue and Jennifer Dziura have now brought the logophilia to the great isle of Manhattan. Relive or redeem your grade school humiliations, but with beer! $10, free popcorn, cash bar, great prizes.

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

Members get in free!

Are you a member? If not, become a member online, at any Thrift Shop location, or at the Bookstore to receive exclusive benefits, including discounts off of our already priced-down merchandise.

Ampersand Books welcomes readers:

Adam Gallari
Ashley Gamell
Evan R. Burton
Melissa Broder

to celebrate the release of their first two full-length books:

Under What Stars
poetry by Ryan J. Davidson

and

do something! do something! do something!
a novel by Joseph Riippi

Live From Down Home brings free Americana music back to the bookstore with Jones Street Station, Scary Mansion, and Kristen Andreassen.

Hearing Assembly of Dust has the flush of meeting a stranger who will inform your life in profound & happy ways, someone whose wise council might help you see the world in a fresh light. They possess the same tuneful philosophizing as storytellers like The Band, Paul Simon and Crosby, Stills & Nash, giving the listener good songs playing on a daydream radio. Led by Reid Genauer, they make great homespun music. Parts are gentle and tempered with an earthy wisdom that understands whiskey & tears are often the best cures. Other moments find a more forceful voice supported by topnotch musicianship & blistering emotion. Formed in 2002 after Genauer left cult jam stars Strangefolk, AOD is made up of some of the finest East Coast musicians going.

Though only twenty-three, David McMillin has experienced a lifetime of love and loss, of good times and heartbreak. He’s been quietly touring the country for almost two years (headlining shows and supporting artists like Shelby Lynne, Josh Ritter, Tristan Prettyman, Marc Cohn, Ryan Bingham, Martin Sexton and Shawn Mullins), steadily following the road that the original troubadours took. Some call his music folk or blues, others say it’s alt. country. He’s got his own name for it: “old-fashioned whiskey and cigarettes rock and roll.”

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

Members at the Advocate level and above are entitled to one free pair of Live From Home tickets during their membership year.

In addition, the first three Friend-level members who respond each get a free pair of tickets to this show.

Are you a member? If not, become a member online, at any Thrift Shop location, or at the Bookstore to receive exclusive benefits, including discounts off of our already priced-down merchandise.

Thriller writers Sebastian Fitzek and Karen Dionne read from their most recent works and discuss thrillers and thriller writing. Co-sponsored by the German Consulate General and the German Book Office.

Sebastian Fitzek is the head of entertainment at a popular Berlin radio station. Therapy _is his first thriller. It was an overwhelming success in Germany and has been translated into twenty-two languages. Fitzek is also the author of _Mindbreaker, Amok, and The Child. He lives in Berlin with his girlfriend and several animals. Visit his website at www.sebastianfitzek.de.

Karen Dionne, who the author of the thriller Freezing Point. Karen is a member of Sisters in Crime, the Mystery Writers of America, and the International Thriller Writers, where she serves as Debut Author Committee Chair. She and her husband live in Detroit’s northern suburbs. Freezing Point is her first novel and was published by Jove in 2008. Visit her website at www.karendionne.net.

Receive an Additional 25% Off at the Register during this 2 Day SALE.
Housing Works Thrifts appreciates its customers and wants to give a
little something back. Save on ALL in store merchandise at all of our
9 Thrift locations throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Enjoy travels to beachy destinations within your own neighborhood thrifts. Think Hampton’s, Yuppies, Preppy, Polo, Prince Harry. Fashions for the intellegent and fashionable Male with a little something for the ladies too. Featuring accessories as well as household goods and furniture. Fashion show at 7pm featuring sexy men in some of Housing Works most sylish finds. Bring friends to enjoy this fabulous fashion event with Dj, Drinks and Dudes.

Thursday July 23 Thrifts proudly presents the collaboration of Gramercy Thrift & Online Editor’s Choice Paper Magazine’s. Editors present Underground 80s Fashion, 6-9 pm.
Choose from selections of 80’s goods at great prices.

Carefully curated selection of vintage clothing, accessories and house wares, every month!

Saturday Morning Savings. 40% Off all in store merchandise from 8-12pm. Early Bird Catches the Sales!! Save on a great selection of Housewares, Men and Women’s
apparel, jewelry, accessories and More.. Wake Up and see what all the fuss is about.

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

As a Member receive an additional 10% Off.

Are you a member? If not, become a member online, at any Thrift Shop location, or at the Bookstore to receive exclusive benefits, including discounts off of our already priced-down merchandise.

Housing Work proudly presents “Gallery HW”. Every Thursday Night the Newest Art Finds as 25% Off.
From 4-7pm gain access to Photo’s, Paintings and Prints and incredible low prices. Surprising Finds in many styles and genres.
Add “Gallery HW” to your Chelsea gallery travels.

“Good art is not what it looks like, but what it does to us.” ~ Roy Adzak

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

Members Receive an additional 10% at register as part of the benefits.

Are you a member? If not, become a member online, at any Thrift Shop location, or at the Bookstore to receive exclusive benefits, including discounts off of our already priced-down merchandise.

Come Celebrate Membership and Save.
40% off all merchandise at our West Village Thrift Shop

Located At:
245 West 10th Street
btwn: Bleeker and Hudson
212-352-1618

For More Information On How To Become A Member:
Email membership@housingworks.org or call 347-473-7454 for more information.

MEMBERSHIP SAVES MORE THAN JUST MONEY.
MEMBERSHIP SAVES LIVES.

When you donate to Housing Works, shop at one of our stores, or give online, you are giving a second chance to the more than 2,500 homeless HIV-positive New Yorkers we serve each year. Your support helps our clients access the medical services, housing, and employment that allows them to get back on their feet and help others do the same.

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

Members Only Preview Event. 40% off All Merchandise.

*See our Membership Program On-Line.

Are you a member? If not, become a member online, at any Thrift Shop location, or at the Bookstore to receive exclusive benefits, including discounts off of our already priced-down merchandise.

13th Street weekend activites and events offer clients who are enrolled in the program an opportunity to participate in weekend activites during the entire month of June. 13th Street ADHC is open 7 days-a-week…Monday through Sunday’s…from 9:00 to 3:00. Weekend events offer the clients an opportunity to come in on weekends and participate in regular programming as well as to partake in fun, social and interactive activities.

HIV Treatment Adherence Training is a one day in-service workshop for case managers, social workers and other health professionals working with HIV positive clients.
Dr. Vaty Poitevien, Medical Director at Housing Works 13th Street Primary Care Clinic/Adult Day health Care Center will discuss the following:

• Overview of HIV medication adherence and factors that impact adherene, ssuch as side effects, scheduling and HIV disclosure
• How to discuss and assess treatment adherence with clients
  Tools and resources for promoting adherence

The training is scheduled for 6/25/09 from 3:15 to 5:00 and will be held at our West Village Primary Care Clinic located at 320 West 13th Street, New York 10014 4th Floor.

To register for this training kindly call Jose M. Cruz, at (212) 645-8111 ext. 210 or send an e-mail at cruz@housingworks.org.

All Housing Works Members (at any level) are invited to save 40% off everything at the West Village Thrift Shop.

Two hours only, 7-9 PM, Wednesday, July 15.

Located at:
245 West 10th Street
btwn. Bleecker and Hudson
212-352-1618

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

All Housing Works Members are invited to save 40% off everything at the West Village Thrift Shop for two hours only, 7-9 PM. Come celebrate membership and save!

Are you a member? If not, become a member online, at any Thrift Shop location, or at the Bookstore to receive exclusive benefits, including discounts off of our already priced-down merchandise.

Receive 50% off on Furniture, Housewares, Men and Women’s clothing and accessories, jewelry ,books and More. Come Uptown and see what all the fuss is about!!

1730 2nd Avenue

M-F 11am – 7pm

Saturday 10am – 6pm

Sunday Noon – 5pm

212-722-8306

Shop internationally at ALL of our fabulous thrift shops and at ShopHousingWorks.com! Clothing, wares, and accessories from America, Asia, India, and the Middle East to satisfy your travel bug.

While shopping global treasures, be sure to get your passport stamped at each location you visit!

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

Buy from at least three thrift shops and receive a trial Housing Works Membership, which gives you 10% off for a whole month!

Are you a member? If not, become a member online, at any Thrift Shop location, or at the Bookstore to receive exclusive benefits, including discounts off of our already priced-down merchandise.

Housing Works
@ 13th street
Presents
Platinum Summer kick-off
and
Fundraiser

Save the Date:
Friday June 19th, 2009
7pm – 11pm

Located: 320 West 13th street
(btwn 8th & 9th Aves) 4th floor
$5.00 per person

Special Performances
And
Fashion Show
Refreshments will be served

Bring a friend and have a freestyle evening
Dance the night away

Your Hostess for the evening…..
Ms. Sunshine

Click here to download flyer

Tickets are $5 each available at the door.

Our usual monthly 30% off sale extends all week. Stock up on great books for your beach vacation—or just your commute.

Housing Works
East New York
Health Care Center
Celebrates it’s 11th Anniversary Kick-off with a health fair focused on Youth and HIV/AIDS!

Come and celebrate with the East New York Community!
Free Entertainment, Food, Music, Network Zone, Workshops and more!

For more Information, contact Johnny Guaylupo or Via email Guaylupo@housingworks.org
or call 718 8127 8700 ext 130

Take the A or C train to Euclid Avenue, Q8 from Jamaica, B12 to Foutain, B15 to Fountain!

Stock up for summer! All literary fiction, plus Sci Fi, Fantasy, Mystery, and Horror is $1, $3, or $4.

(Sale doesn’t apply to children’s, graphic novels, anthology, galleys, or rare books)

Live From Home presents a concert with Elizabeth & the Catapult and Miracles of Modern Science.

“Elizabeth & the Catapult have managed to hurl themselves pretty far through word-of-mouth buzz….led by vocalist Elizabeth Ziman and her Aimee Mann–like drawl, has built a loyal local fanbase via jazzy, buoyant pop songs; they’re now making frequent appearances on NPR’s Studio 360. Check out jaunty earworm “Momma’s Boy,” off their self-titled EP—these three won’t be flying under the radar for long.” -The Village Voice

“Miracles of Modern Science play consummate major-key space-pop that sounds like something new.” -Wired

Housing Works Members get free tickets to events like this.
Are you a member? If not, become a member online, at any Thrift Shop location, or at the Bookstore to receive exclusive benefits, including free tickets and discounts off of our already priced-down merchandise. Housing Works Members support our life-saving services for low-income and homeless New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS.

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

Live From Home presents a concert with Elizabeth & the Catapult and Miracles of Modern Science.

Members at the Advocate level and above are entitled to one free pair of Live From Home tickets during their membership year and may redeem their tickets by emailing Rachel.

In addition, the first three Friend-level members to email Rachel each get a free pair of tickets to this show.

Are you a member? If not, become a member online, at any Thrift Shop location, or at the Bookstore to receive exclusive benefits, including discounts off of our already priced-down merchandise.

Please join us for a panel discussion and book launch to celebrate the publication of Martin Duberman’s Waiting to Land: A (Mostly) Political Memoir.

Moderated by Laura Flanders

with
Martin Duberman
Richard Kim
Joseph DeFilippis
Marcia Gallo

Book signing to follow

Sponsored by
The New Press
The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS)
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
Queers for Economic Justice
The Nation
The Indypendent

Get it straight from the source, shop mountains of clothing and accessories and fill $20 all-you-can-stuff bags.

Live From Home presents a concert with Vienna Teng, Diane Birch, and Coralie Clément.

Vienna Teng is a songwriter, singer and pianist with four critically acclaimed albums that have landed her on three Billboard charts and in Amazon.com’s top ten. She’s opened for the likes of India Arie, Joan Baez and Madeleine Peyroux and has appeared on NPR and The Late Show with David Letterman. Her brand of sophisticated, piano-driven pop has been gathering accolades ever since: “seductive and transcendent” (Amazon.com), “gorgeously conceived… accomplished yet understated” (Paste), “singular among her peers” (Variety). Her fourth album, Inland Territory (Rounder), is a tour de force musically and lyrically, a complex and deeply thoughtful work from an artist cut loose from limitations.

Diane Birch has lived all over the world, including Zimbabwe, South Africa and Australia, and cultivated a very individual style that defies categorization. The buzz is building as Music Week announced, “Diane has a voice and songwriting ability that will connect with truly global audiences.” S-Curve Records will release BibleBelt June 2, 2009.

Coralie Clément is in NYC from Paris — a rare event — to perform at Central Park’s SummerStage during Fete de la Musique. She’s French, she roller skates, and her new album Toystore (June 16) was made with all toy instruments.

Housing Works Members can get free tickets to events like this.

Are you a member? If not, become a member online, at any Thrift Shop location, or at the Bookstore to receive exclusive benefits, including free tickets and discounts off of our already priced-down merchandise.

Check out: Membership Benefits.

Questions about membership? Email membership@housingworks.org or call 347-473-7454 for more information.

MEMBERSHIP SAVES MORE THAN JUST MONEY.
MEMBERSHIP SAVES LIVES.

Housing Works Members support our life-saving services for low-income and homeless New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS.

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

Live From Home presents a concert with Vienna Teng, Diane Birch, and Coralie Clément.

Members at the Advocate level and above are entitled to one free pair of Live From Home tickets during their membership year and may redeem their tickets by emailing Rachel.

In addition, the first three Friend-level members to email Rachel each get a free pair of tickets to this show.

Are you a member? If not, become a member online, at any Thrift Shop location, or at the Bookstore to receive exclusive benefits, including discounts off of our already priced-down merchandise.

Join us for a very special shopping event featuring over 1,000 items donated by Robert Verdi & Friends.

Items donated by

Jonathan Adler, Steven Alan, John Bartlett, Bobby Berk, Brian Boye, Collin Cowe, Patrick Doddy, Simon Doonan, Jamie Drake, Rodney Keenan, Carson Kressley, Richie Rich, Nathan Thomas, Robert Verdiy

Rainbow sales at the stores, all week long will lead up to a grand celebration at the Chelsea and West Village stores on Saturday, in honor of Gay Pride week
Each day, different sales on colors of the rainbow. Come by the stores to know which color is on sale!

Jewelry Promotion – Select from our best new and vintage jewelry. Members at the Advocate level and above get a special 20% discount off jewelry!

Plus, check out a special turquoise surprise at the Upper West Thrift Shop.

Are you a member? If not, become a member online or at any Thrift Shop location to receive exclusive benefits, including discounts off of our already priced-down merchandise.

Check out: Membership Benefits.

Questions about membership? Email membership@housingworks.org or call 347-473-7454 for more information.

MEMBERSHIP SAVES MORE THAN JUST MONEY.
MEMBERSHIP SAVES LIVES.

Housing Works Members support our life-saving services for low-income and homeless New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS.

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

Jewelry Promotion – Select from our best new and vintage jewelry. Members at the Advocate level and above get a special 20% discount off jewelry!

Plus, check out a special turquoise surprise at the Upper West Thrift Shop.

Are you a member? If not, become a member online, at any Thrift Shop location, or at the Bookstore to receive exclusive benefits, including discounts off of our already priced-down merchandise.

Store wide sale! 25% everything, at all 9 thrift shops

All Housing Works Members (at any level) are invited to save 40% off everything at the Gramercy Thrift Shop for two hours only, 7-9 PM, Wednesday, June 17.

Are you a member? If not, become a member online, at any Thrift Shop location, or at this shopping event to receive exclusive benefits, including discounts off of our already priced-down merchandise and access to this and other members-only sales.

Check out: Membership Benefits.

Questions about membership? Email membership@housingworks.org or call 347-473-7454 for more information.

MEMBERSHIP SAVES MORE THAN JUST MONEY.
MEMBERSHIP SAVES LIVES.

Housing Works Members support our life-saving services for low-income and homeless New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS.

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

All members (at any level) are invited to save 40% off everything at the Gramercy Thrift Shop for two hours only, 7-9 PM.

Are you a member? If not, become a member online, at any Thrift Shop location, or at the Bookstore to receive exclusive benefits, including discounts off of our already priced-down merchandise.

Come early and get special 40% discount on everything in store, from 9am – noon

A reading with poet, editor and spoken word artist Emanuel Xavier, to celebrate the 10th Anniversary release of his autobiographical novel, Christ Like, (Rebel Satori Press) This autobiographical novel is a quintessential New York City book filled with Santeros, transsexuals and voguing queens.

Xavier is one of the most significant voices to emerge from the neo-Nuyorican poetry movement using political, sexual and religious themes throughout his work. He has been featured on HBO’s Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry and on In The Life on PBS.

A reading with the authors Samantha Hunt, Rachel Kushner and Nathaniel Rich.

Life As We Show It: Writing on Film with editor Masha Tupitsyn and contributors Lynne Tillman and Wayne Koestenbaum.

Alimentum Journal celebrates the launch of Issue 8 with Mark Kurlansky, Elizabeth Swados, James Sturz and Michael Hearst.

Join BOMB Magazine and Granta Magazine for a kick-off party to celebrate BookExpo America. Free admission with book donation, RSVP by May 25.

Granta is offering friends of Housing Works a special subscription discount!

The Fifth Annual Housing Works Open Air Street Fair! Cobblestoned Crosby Street between Prince and Houston in SoHo is closed to cars and thousands of donated books, records, and CDs will be sold for $1 a piece. Plus clothing, shoes, and accessories from Housing Works Thrift Shops, Sixpoint Craft Ale from Puck Fair, and ice cream from Van Leeuwen !

BOOKS, MOVIES, MUSIC: Thousands of books, records, CDs, and more. Every genre: modern fiction and classics; art books, cookbooks, children’s books, and more, plus rare and vintage books—including a silent auction for an 1869 copy of Victor Hugo’s The Man Who Laughs and a signed copy of Paulo Coelho’s Be Like The River Flow.

CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES: The Street Fair features exclusive merchandise from Housing Works Thrift Shops, offered on an “all-you-can-stuff” $20 a bag basis, including shoes and accessories. Designer clothes included!

MEMBERSHIP: Come to the membership table and become a Housing Works Member! Those who join at the Street Fair receive a free “all-you-can-stuff” Housing Works tote bag, in addition to exclusive year-round benefits. Check out Housing Works Membership Benefits.

One block can make a big difference: All profits go to Housing Works, which provides lifesaving services for homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS.

Meet and greet with Stan Williams, The Elegant Thrifter and author of The Find: The Housing Works Book of Decorating With Thrift Shop Treasures, Flea Market Objects, and Vintage Details, and shop, shop, shop!

Housing Works’ Gramercy Shop present Bride on a Buck—a one-stop shop special evening where brides and their bridesmaids, mothers and guests have an chance to buy a well-edited selection of mostly brand new designer wedding and formal gowns (Vera Wang, Gucci, Marchesa and more at up to 75% off retail cost)! Yoriko Powell shoes, accessories and veils also available. Also, check out event planning options, photographers, makeup artists and more. Hors d’oeuvres, beverages, makeovers and gift bags await! Can’t make it Wednesday evening? The sale continues all day Thursday, June 11th.

Come DANCE! with us at Church Street School’s annual benefit

Hear Ingrid Michaelson perform live
Andrew W.K. and DH Rehka spin all night

Enjoy specialty cocktails and great wines
Catering by Tarallucci e Vino

Come out and DANCE! in support of children’s arts education in Lower Manhattan

For more information or to buy tickets, visit www.churchstreetschool.org

A book party for Burn This Book, edited by Toni Morrison. Hosted by HarperCollins Emerging Professionals.

Press conference exposing Mayor Bloomberg’s health-budget hypocrisy: The mayor refuses to say where $1 billion in federal Medicaid stimulus went in his new budget; meanwhile he’s making nearly $10 million in cuts to New York City AIDS services and nearly $20 million to public health services overall.

Cuts will mean elimination of community-based case managers upon whom poor New Yorkers living with AIDS depend for access to a range of lifesaving services including housing and medical care. Cuts will also mean scaled-back HIV prevention efforts and scaled-back food pantry and meals programs.

Housing Works Members at the Advocate level and above get 20% off all sale prices throughout the weekend at all Housing Works Thrift Shops. So go shopping and get double your usual 10% discount!

Are you a member? If not, become a member online or at any Thrift Shop location to receive discounts off of our already priced-down merchandise.

Check out: Membership Benefits.

Questions about membership? Email membership@housingworks.org or call 347-473-7454 for more information.

All profits from Housing Works Thrift Shops and the Bookstore Café go to Housing Works’ lifesaving services for homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS.

SPIN Presents Liner Notes with Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman

SPIN Magazine and Housing Works host an evening of music and literature with a reading by author Neil Gaiman (Coraline; The Graveyard Book) and performance by musician Amanda Palmer to highlight the mutual effects of music and literature and celebrate the upcoming release of Palmer’s photo book Who Killed Amanda Palmer, with text by Neil Gaiman and photos by Kyle Cassidy & Co.

This show is sold out.

We will be putting out extra books so you can stock up for your summer vacation reading. Buy 1 get 1 free… buy 10, get 5 free!

Carefully curated selection of vintage clothing, accessories and house wares, every month!

Watch us flex our interior design muscle at the thrifts this weekend. Offering you some of our best furniture, lamps, art and house wares for your home.

Yorkville hosts discount days in May. Thursday and Friday only – entire store 50% off!

Join contributors, readers, and friends of Esopus —including guest deejay Britta Phillips—to celebrate the release of issue 12.

Thirty percent off all Art and Design books this weekend at the bookstore.

The 10th Annual Literary Magazine Fair with the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, when all lit mags are only $2! Hundreds of lit mags published by regional and national independent publishers on sale with a brigade of editors and publishers to meet and greet!

Some of the many magazines include: 6×6, AGNI, Alimentum, Aufgabe, Bellevue Literary Review, The Dirty Goat, Fence, The Idaho Review, jubilat, Lips, LIT, Literal Latté, The Literary Review, Lumina, Magick Mirror Communications, One Story, Open Face Sandwich, The Pinch, Raritan, Saltgrass, St. Petersburg Review…and more!

Philip Alcabess (Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics From The Black Death To Avian Flu) and Harriet Washington (Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present) will discuss how race-fears shape the way people see and distort public health. With discussion, book signing and reception.

Housing Works plays a major role in advocating for the rights of transgender New Yorkers, who are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS.

The Gender Expression and Nondiscrimination Act (GENDA) would prevent discrimination against transgender people and discrimination on the basis of gender identity, passed in the Assembly this year. Now with the Dems in control of the Senate, there’s a better-than-even chance that this overdue bill, sponsored by Sen. Tom Duane, could finally become law in New York State.

Housing Works will be attending the Empire State Pride Agenda Equality and Justice Day on April 28, where GENDA will be one of the key bills legislators will be lobbied about.

A reading for McSweeney’s Voice of Witness Out of Exile: Narratives From the Abducted and Displaced People of Sudan. Voice of Witness* is an oral history series dedicated to illuminating human rights crises around the world.

Craig Walzer, the editor of Out of Exile, will present the book that he compiled by traveling extensively throughout Egypt, Sudan, Kenya and the US, conducting research and interviews.

A reading with the writers Susan Wheeler (Assorted Poems, FSG) and Jean Hanff Korelitz (Admission, Grand Central). Followed by Q&A and signing.

A night of Powerful Women hosted by Maud Newton, with writers Marlon James (The Book of Night Women) and Marie Mockett (Picking Bones from Ash) and the photographer Stephanie Keith (Brooklyn Voodoo).

They’ll be ““exploring unusual manifestations of female power”:http://maudnewton.com/blog/?cat=77” along with quizzes, prizes and more!

Housing Works Thrift Shops has opened a new store in SoHo! To celebrate, we’re throwing a party at the new store at 130 Crosby St. on Saturday, April 25, 10 AM to 7 PM, featuring a DJ, refreshments from The Works Catering, Housing Works T-shirts (with purchase), as well as dozens of the clothing and furniture finds for which Housing Works Thrift Shops are famous.

Some of what we’re saving for the Grand Opening event:

Dior logo bean bags, $125 each
Ostrich leather couch, $500
Marc Jacobs denim zip jacket, $70
Diane von Furstenberg dress, $90
Marni leather purse, $150
Vivienne Westwood stilettos, $110
Moschino platform pumps, $100
Etro men’s dress shirt, $65
Prada men’s sharkskin pants, $80

ATTENTION MEMBERS: We are letting all Housing Works Members (at all membership levels – Friend and above) in one hour before the general public to give them VIP early access to the fabulous selection of merchandise at the new SoHo store on Saturday, April 25, 9 AM to 10 AM. And of course, Advocate-level members and above always get 10% off their purchases at our thrift shops. This exclusive Preview Sale is for members only, so you must have a valid temporary or permanent Housing Works Membership Card to get in.

Are you a member? If not, become a member online, at any Thrift Shop location, or come to the SoHo Thrift Shop Grand Opening Party and join right at the event to get in early and receive a 10% discount off of our already priced-down merchandise.

Columbia Journal presents True Stories. David Shields, Rachel Zucker and David Ebershoff will discuss what constitutes “truth” in a creative work. moderated by Brenda Wineapple. With reception.

A reading with the poet Charles Barasch from his new book, Dreams of the Presidents. Followed by Q&A and signing.

During April Discount Days, Thursday, April 23 to Sunday, April 26, all merchandise at all Housing Works Thrift Shops (except SoHo) is 40% off. Come on over, shop all you want, and save big time!

ATTENTION MEMBERS: Leading up to April Discount Days, Housing Works is having exclusive VIP 40% Off Preview Sales open to all members (at all membership levels – Friend and above). All members get 40% off the night before the sale starts for the general public. Advocate-level members and above get 10% off the already 40%-off sale prices! These Preview Sales take place simultaneously at the Brooklyn (122 Montague St.) and Gramercy (157 E. 23rd St.) Thrift Shops on Wednesday, April 22, 7:30 PM to 9 PM. These Preview Sales are for members only, so you must have a valid temporary or permanent Housing Works Membership Card to get in.

Are you a member? If not, become a member online, at any Thrift Shop location, or come to these Preview Sales and join right at the event to get in and receive a 10% discount off of our already priced-down merchandise.

Shop spectacular rooms by the country’s top designers. Featuring brand new housewares, furniture, and linens, all available at charitable prices.

Open both Friday and Saturday, 10am to 6pm.

ATTENTION MEMBERS: Housing Works Members at the Advocate level and above get 10% off their purchases on the last day of Design on a Dime: Saturday, May 9, 2009, 10am to 6pm.

Are you a member? If not, become a member online, at any Thrift Shop location, or come to Design on a Dime and join right at the event.

Check out: Membership Benefits and Ways to Give

Questions about membership? Email membership@housingworks.org or call 347-473-7454 for more information.

Go green in the spring. Find all things reused, recycled and green at the Chelsea Thrift Shop on Saturday, April 18, 10am to 6pm. And please, bring your own bag!

Housing Works/Satya Tree of Life Necklaces will be for sale and come with a free, one-month, Advocate-level Housing Works Membership. Current Advocate-level and above members save 10% on in-store necklace purchases, as part of their usual 10% off membership discount on all purchases at all Housing Works Thrift Shops.

There will also be more information about Housing Works, ways to give, and upcoming membership events.

Are you a member? If not, become a member online, at any Thrift Shop location, or come to the Chelsea Thrift Shop on Saturday and join right at the event to receive a 10% discount off of our already priced-down merchandise.

Check out: Membership Benefits.

Questions about membership? Email membership@housingworks.org or call 347-473-7454 for more information.

All profits from Housing Works Thrift Shops and the Bookstore Café go to Housing Works’ lifesaving services for homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS.

Take 30% off all cookbooks all weekend long! We’ve been saving some of the best cookbooks for this sale, whether you are just learning to make toast or looking for an out of print volume, we’ve got a cookbook for you!

Housing Works Thrift Shops’ 5th Annual Design on a Dime fundraising event will kick off with a VIP reception on May 7th, from 6–9 pm at the Metropolitan Pavilion (125 West 18th Street) Guests will get the first public look at the room vignettes, enjoy exclusive preview shopping, cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and live entertainment.

Ticket Levels

Platinum – $5000

Includes eight tickets to the opening night reception, a listing in the event program, access to the VIP lounge, a personal shopper the night of the event, and an autographed copy of “The Find: The Housing Works Book of Decorating With Thrift Shop Treasures, Flea Market Objects, and Vintage Details” by Stan Williams

Gold – $2500

Includes six tickets to the opening night reception, a listing in the event program, access to the VIP lounge, and an autographed copy of “The Find” by Stan Williams

Silver – $1000

Includes four tickets to the opening night reception, a listing in the event program, access to the VIP lounge, and a one-month trial membership to Housing Works with shopping discounts and other benefits

Bronze – $500

Includes two tickets to the opening night reception and a listing in the event program

Blue – $150

Includes one ticket to the opening night reception

If you’re having trouble paying online or would rather pay over the phone call us at 212-645-8111 ×164

Online Ticketing is closed, but tickets will be on sale at the door.

Monthly vintage sale at Gramercy store. Retro kitchenware, distressed leather, bell bottoms and more!

In a never before seen or heard collaboration with The Dirty Projectors, Björk will perform a suite of new music composed for her by David Longstreth of The Dirty Projectors. The suite, written for five voices, will pair Björk with the Projectors (Dave Longstreth, Amber Coffman, Angel Deradoorian, and Haley Dekle).

In 2008, the Dirty Projectors covered Björk’s “Hyperballad” for a Stereogum tribute CD, a track-by-track covers project that also includes Liars, No Age, High Places, and members of Grizzly Bear, among others. Housing Works Board Member and Stereogum Senior Writer Brandon Stosuy, who knew of Björk and David Longstreth’s admiration for each other’s work, approached the artists about performing together at Housing Works. It is their first collaboration.

With two opening acts selected by Bjork and The Dirty Projectors: Ólöf Arnalds and Kurt Weisman

The secret is out, save on a special shipment of designer merchandise at all 8 thrift shop locations.

Go thrifting this weekend and save! Save 25% off everything at ALL 8 Housing Works Thrift Stores.

Each store will be getting a special shipment of designer merchandise saturday just for the event with even more exposed on Sunday! Don’t miss it ;-)

Tickets will be available at the door at 7pm.

Housing Works Bookstore presents a benefit concert with Jolie Holland and opening act Ana Egge.

Jolie Holland co-founded the folk outfit, the Be Good Tanyas in the late 90’s. Holland went solo in 2001 and recorded a collection of demos that later became released as Catalpa. The demos garnered praise worldwide from fans, press and fellow musicians, including Tom Waits who nominated Holland’s Catalpa _for the esteemed Shortlist music prize. Her debut LP, _Escondida, came out in 2004 and immediately established Holland as one of the nation’s most important young songwriters. Her newest album, The Living and the Dead was released in October 2008

“There’s an old and durable American myth being served in Ms. Holland’s persona: the folk singer who’s from everywhere and nowhere…when she sings she becomes a hungry museum of stray voices…” –Ben Ratliff, New York Times

Lucinda Williams once called her “a folk Nina Simone.” But Ana Egge is more country than that. Rolling Stone reviewed her newest album, Road to my Love “the singer–songwriter crafts homespun hymns on her sixth disc to sing with your bare feet on the dashboard. Egge’s rootsy pedal–steel pop recalls singers like Shawn Colvin, but her sharply observed tales of the overlooked and underpaid feel utterly of the moment.”

Every Monday Morning at 11:30, kids 3 & under and their moms, dads, grandparents, and sitters, are invited to join us for free stories and songs in the children’s book section.

The Academy of American Poets presents a night of poetry in celebration of American Poet’s publication. Readings from poets Saskia Hamilton (Divide These, Graywolf Press) Jeffrey Yang (An Aquarium, Graywolf), and Charlie Smith (Word Comix, Norton, 2009). With book signing and reception.

A reading with Cadillac Man (The Land of Lost Souls) and Matthew Aaron Goodman (Hold Love Strong). Introduced by Will Blythe (To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever). With Q&A and signing.

Come hear new work by Lizzie Skurnick, Maud Newton and Kate Christensen.. With Q&A, signing, and quizzes!

Join us for a reading with some of the acclaimed alumni of The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Lee Briccetti, Tom Sleigh, Marie Howe and Yusef Komunyakaa will be reading from their work, followed by Q&A, signing and reception.

A reading with poets Jack Wile*r (Fun Being Me, Cavankerry Press) and *Bhisham Bherwani (The Second Night of the Spirit, Cavankerry Press). With Q&A and signing.

Go wild in patterns! Mix polka dots with paisley with stripes – how does it work? Get free fashion advice from the expert staff and volunteers.

Huge selection of all things patterned. Clothing, shoes and accessories to mix and match.

DL21C presents a talk with Dr. Harold Varmus, President, Memorial Sloan-Ketting Cancer Center, Nobel Prize winner, Former Director of National Institutes of Health, and Science Adviser to President Obama discussing his new book, The Art and Politics of Science. Please RSVP for this event.

Housing Works presents an evening all about Green Weddings with some of New York City’s leaders in the field, to discuss the ins and outs of planning an eco-friendly wedding. With Mireya Navarro, author of Green Wedding: Planning Your Eco-Friendly Celebration, green wedding planner Danielle Venokur, green dress designer (and Project Runway winner) Leanne Marshall, and sustainable chef Mary Cleaver (The Green Table and Cleaver Company).

Page Neal and Anna Barrio, the designers of Bario-Neal Jewelry. will be showing their wedding collection, which promotes fair-trade systems for ethical jewelry, and uses environmentally safe practices.

Several Green and Nuptial related Etsy will be showing their wares, including Wabisabi Brooklyn’s upcycled cufflinks for the green groom, Fubabee’s handmade and eco-conscious invites and LuCrafts’ upcycled and soy candles.

Food provided by The Works Catering in collaboration with Mary Cleaver. Wine provided by Broadbent Selections.

Free copies of Real Simple Weddings! A special event price on Green Wedding: Planning Your Eco-Friendly Celebration!

Hit the Bookstore to see DJs Andrew WK and $mall ¢hange face-off in an epic DJ battle. The catch? They can only use the (very) eclectic used records and CDs for sale in the store. From the best of Lawrence Welk to vintage Tijuana Brass and Grace Jones, they’ll spin to impress a panel of judges including Pete Holmes, the music snobs of Flavorpill and you, the audience. Help their chances by bringing an album to donate, which also snags you a free beer!

*$10 goes to benefit Housing Works, Inc. *

Tickets available at the door. Doors 8pm.

Join DC Fights Back, Campaign to End AIDS and allies for a march and rally where we demand safe and affordable housing in the District for people living with HIV & AIDS as well as grading the President and his administration’s progress toward the implementation of a comprehensive national HIV & AIDS strategy.

– Rally Starting at Barney Circle SE at 10:30am

– March across Sousa Bridge, Pennsylvania Avenue, to Minnesota Avenue

– March continues on 22nd Street SE to Nicholson Street SE

– March concludes in Anacostia Park

AIDS activists from around the country are marking President Obama’s 50th day in office next Wednesday by issuing an AIDS report card to Obama, as well as to their own city and state governments. The results for New York City and State officials? New York City is flunking and New York State isn’t far behind.

Join hundreds of AIDS activists grade Paterson and Bloomberg’s abysmal response to the AIDS epidemic.

The city’s three largest AIDS groups—Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Harlem United and Housing Works—will participate in a rally of more than 400 people to bring attention to the report cards being issued to Obama, New York City and New York State.

Similar rallies and report cards are being issued by Campaign to End AIDS chapters in eight cities across the country.

A reading with the Ampersand Review. Contributing readers will be Joseph Riippi., Kirsten Andesrson, Noah Blake, Ashley Gamell, Sarah Moon
and Ryan J. Davidson.

Satya Jewelry has specially designed a necklace to benefit Housing Works and support its lifesaving services for homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS. In celebration of this partnership and to introduce the Housing Works Tree of Life necklace, Satya Jewelry will host an exclusive sale and reception at its West Village store. Beth and Satya, owners, long-time friends, and designers of the new piece, will attend and have generously agreed to donate all proceeds from the sale of the necklace to Housing Works. Plus, those who purchase the necklace will be eligible for a free, temporary Housing Works Membership.

Everything at Satya West Village – including Satya Jewelry and Satya Home – will be on sale for 20% off during this event, and 10% of the night’s proceeds will go to Housing Works.

Light hors d’oeuvres and drinks will be served.

Admission is free. RSVP is required – please RSVP to Daniel Wilson at d.wilson@housingworks.org or 347-473-7454.

Can’t attend but still want to purchase the Housing Works Tree of Life necklace? Starting March 24th, the piece will be available for purchase online at Satya Jewelry, at Shop Housing Works Online, and in all four Satya NYC boutiques – West Village, NoLita, Upper West Side, and Upper East Side.

Our very first online Spring Preview Sale, featuring over 200 items all released to the public at the same time.

Learn more about spring previews

A comedy series hosted by Jessi Klein and Pete Holmes. With special guests every week.

Help us clear out for our spring preview sales!

50% off all winter coats and cold weather accessories.

Only at Chelsea, Gramercy, Yorkville Thrift Shops

We are proud to announce that Housing Works Thrift Shops has a new location at 72 Warren Street in Tribeca!

We are opening our doors to the public for the very first time today at noon.

Housing Works Thrift Shops is New York City’s beloved chain of upscale charity thrift stores. Not only do we offer unrivaled secondhand furniture, clothing, artwork and accessories in a boutique setting, all of our profits go to our parent company Housing Works, Inc.

Here’s how you can get involved:

Shop! You’ll find unbelievable deals on name-brand and vintage clothing, accessories, furniture, artwork, books and more. All profits go to help needy New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS.

Donate!: We sell great merchandise because of the generosity of New Yorkers like yourself. Donate clothing, furniture, artwork, books and more any time we are open. Or inquire about a pick-up at 212-366-0820 (furniture only).

Volunteer!: Our stores depend upon volunteers, so please contact us about volunteering today. Call 212-645-8111×161.

All children’s books on sale this weekend, 30% off hardcovers and $1 for soft cover books. Books for all ages from picture books to young adult.

Every spring, we at Housing Works Thrift Shops completely empty our stores and restock them with firstrate merchandise that we’ve been saving up over the winter. Then we have a blow-out Spring Preview sale where you get first crack at the unbelievably cool loot.

Housing Works Members get in free or it’s $10 at the door.

Learn more about our spring previews

Every spring, we at Housing Works Thrift Shops completely empty our stores and restock them with firstrate merchandise that we’ve been saving up over the winter. Then we have a blow-out Spring Preview sale where you get first crack at the unbelievably cool loot.

Housing Works Members get in free or it’s $10 at the door.

Learn more about our spring previews

Every spring, we at Housing Works Thrift Shops completely empty our stores and restock them with firstrate merchandise that we’ve been saving up over the winter. Then we have a blow-out Spring Preview sale where you get first crack at the unbelievably cool loot.

Housing Works Members get in free or it’s $10 at the door.

Learn more about our spring previews

Every spring, we at Housing Works Thrift Shops completely empty our stores and restock them with firstrate merchandise that we’ve been saving up over the winter. Then we have a blow-out Spring Preview sale where you get first crack at the unbelievably cool loot.

Housing Works Members get in free or it’s $10 at the door.

Learn more about our spring previews

Every spring, we at Housing Works Thrift Shops completely empty our stores and restock them with firstrate merchandise that we’ve been saving up over the winter. Then we have a blow-out Spring Preview sale where you get first crack at the unbelievably cool loot.

Housing Works Members get in free or it’s $10 at the door.

Learn more about our spring previews