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| 8/22, 8 p.m. |
Yippie Tea Party Protest |
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60s radicals and their sympathizers
serve refreshments outside the mayor's home to protest
the city not giving them a permit for a "camporee" at
Tompkins Square Park or East River Park. Michael Bloomberg's
townhouse, 79th Street and Fifth Avenue. |
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| 8/24, 7 p.m. |
Paula Revere's Ride |
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Greene Dragon and TIME'S UP alert New Yorkers
that "The Republicans are coming!" via this bike ride
down Lexington Avenue, which makes a pitstop at Madison
Square Garden before winding it's way to Webster Hall
for a Counter-RNC Kickoff Party. Bring a bike and wear
red, white, and blue. Sherman Statue, southeast corner
of Central Park. |
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| 8/24, 8 p.m. |
10 Weeks: Don't Get Mad, Get Even! |
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Janeane Garofalo hosts this MoveOn.org
event featuring musical performances by the Roots, Moby,
and Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction. Hammerstein Ballroom,
311 West 34th Street, $25-$150. |
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| 8/24, 8 p.m. |
Welcome to the RNC |
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The Howl festival's closing-night party features smart
folkie Dan Bern and activist groups like the ironists
known as Billionaires for Bush. Webster Hall, 125 East
11th Street, $10. |
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The Museums Of Lower Manhattan |
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Anticipating large numbers of convention-week visitors
to ground zero, a group of fifteen downtown institutions
has come together to offer walking tours and special exhibitions.
Go to nystartshere.com
for more information. |
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| 8/26, 5 p.m. |
Democracy Uprising |
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A group of protesters who marched 258 miles
from the Democratic convention in Boston to New York arrives
in the city. Organized in protest of the two-party system,
the marchers make their way down through the Bronx and
expect to arrive in Columbus Circle at 5 p.m. |
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| 8/26, 7 p.m. |
The Anti-Convention Concert |
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Williamsburg's Warsaw rock club hosts the
first of a pair of shows benefiting Not In Our Name, an
anti-Bush group dedicated to defending civil liberties
and opposing war. Tonight's gig features reggae band John
Brown's Body. Warsaw, 261 Driggs Avenue, Brooklyn, $23.
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| 8/26, 7 p.m. |
The Right Stuff |
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Sample humor: “Now they’re calling illegal aliens undocumented
workers. Soon they’ll be calling burglars unwelcome houseguests.”
Laugh Factory, 669 Eighth Avenue, $20. |
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| Plus: Our
Guide to the City's Politically Charged Artistic Offerings |
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Published on August 19, 2004.
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