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TWO BOOTS TO HOLD "SAVE THE TRIBES DAY" ON APRIL 26,
 DONATING ALL PROCEEDS OF THE DAY'S PIZZA SALES
 TO A GATHERING OF THE TRIBES
 
 A GATHERING OF THE TRIBES WILL HOST
 OPEN MIC FUNDRAISER THAT EVENING
 AT ITS THREATENED LONGTIME HOME
 
 On April 26, Two Boots Pizza will hold Save the Tribes Day, in which it will
donate all proceeds of the day's pizza sales -- from all 7 of its Manhattan tores --  to A Gathering of the Tribes. The Lower East Side arts
 institution founded 20 years ago by poet, playwright and novelist Steve
 Cannon is on the brink of losing its longtime home at  285 East 3rd St., as
 the building is up for sale.
 
 Culminating Save the Tribes Day, in connection with National Poetry Month,
 Tribes will host an open mic musical performance and poetry reading with
 special guests at 6:00 P.M. Admission is $5 and can be purchased at the
 door.
 
 Steve Cannon bought the building housing A Gathering of the Tribes in 1970
 and sold it in 2004 to help finance the organization's programming. He has
 since paid rent to continue occupying the space, but recently found out that the building is being sold. So many of the artists, poets and musicians
 whose careers have been nurtured by Tribes - along with neighbors such as
 Two Boots - are rallying to help the organization keep its home. You can
 read more about the situation here:
 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/nyregion/07tribes.html About A Gathering of the Tribes

The authorities need to squeeze my block in to the historic district. The gas station on the corner, right next to my building, was just sold for 8 million to developers who know the parcel has been pre-approved for 43,000 square feet of residential development -which must mean, like, a 12 storey building. Within the week the building I live in had its appraised value jump by 2 million dollars !

Right next to me is the Petite Versailles garden and two buildings down from that the building there was sold about two months ago to a developer who scammed rights to re-do it as upscale apartments and also got a code variance to add a luxury penthouse to the top of the building. If you like the oasis of the Petite Versailles you better start spending all the time you can in it now cause it will probably be the object of a court fight in the not too distant future. I'm going to apply to have my building designated as a historic landmark shooting gallery.

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