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R E D book launch + party with Chase Berggrun & Friends


  • Art Cafe + Bar 884-886 Pacific Street Brooklyn, NY, 11238 United States (map)

Join Chase Berggrun ๐Ÿง›โ€โ™€๏ธ & friends to celebrate the launch ๐Ÿš€ of their first book R E D ๐Ÿฆ‡๐Ÿ’ƒโค from Birds, LLC. ๐Ÿพ

With readings & performances by: 
Tommy Pico
Wendy Xu
Wo Chan
Jayson Smith
Emily Skillings
Liz Bowen
Ana Boลพiฤeviฤ‡

as well as great food ๐ŸŒฎ๐Ÿฒ๐ŸŒฏ, drinks ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿน๐Ÿฅƒ, including R E D-themed cocktails habanero margarita & Bloody Mary, music ๐ŸŽต, dancing ๐Ÿ’ƒ, projected silent screenings of Dracula films, unbridled love & joy โค, defiant femme energy, & the blood of the innocent.

๐Ÿฆ‡โค Vampy & goth looks encouraged ๐Ÿฆ‡โค 

In a โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ review, Publisherโ€™s Weekly says of R E D: In Berggrunโ€™s striking debut, a book-length erasure of Bram Stokerโ€™s Dracula, that text becomes fertile soil for cultivating a complex story of sexual awakening, domestic abuse, and liberation. 

Chase Berggrun's book R E D will be available at the launch party at a discounted price, and for more info and to order, visit: http://www.birdsllc.com/catalog/red

Free and open to all

Earlier Event: June 20
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Later Event: September 9
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