The Common in the City

Event Date: 
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 – 6:30pm8:30pm
Location: 
Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at NYU, 20 Cooper Square

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Join us for drinks and hors d’oeuvres, a reading by Stephen O’Connor from his Issue 03 story “Double Life,” and music by the Dog House Band, featuring writers David Gates, James Wood, Wyatt Mason, Sven Birkerts, and other literary musicians.

Tickets are $50 per person. All proceeds benefit The Common Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit, and our mission to publish place-based literature and art from around the world.

We can’t wait to toast the wonderful writers and artists published in our first issues.

Dog House Band – from Oxford American 

The Common in the City

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