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We are a nonprofit bookstore, cafe, and event space in downtown NYC. All proceeds from every show you attend and everything you buy, down to a record and a PBR, go directly to our mission of fighting AIDS and homelessness. 126 Crosby Street, NYC

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This Sunday, June 3, 10AM to 5PM! Pre-party for BEA at our Open Air Street Fair, a beloved annual tradition. This year it’s bigger and better than ever; we’ll still have the dollar books you know and love, and we’ve made an effort to considerably improve our inventory for this go-round. Plus, we invited our friends: unique prints will be sold by Pageant Book & Print Shop; clothing, shoes and accessories from Housing Works Thrift Shops; contemporary men’s and women’s clothing from Meme’s and cowboy boots and western finery from Space Cowboy; get bikes and biking accessories from Bicycle Habitat; great snacks from our cafe, Hot Bread Kitchen courtesy of Whole Foods Bowery, and food trucks Taïm, Red Hook Lobster Pound, Kimchi Taco Truck, and Coolhaus; an indoor beer hall with specials from Sixpoint; and music curated by Two Boots pizza, our Americana Jamboree partners from Odetta Hartman, The Rad Trads, Cassandra Jenkins, and Jon Bell.
Jon Bell – 12PMOdetta Hartman – 1PM The Rad Trad – 2PMCassandra Jenkins – 3PM
Poster illustration by Andrea Sparacio.
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This Sunday, June 3, 10AM to 5PM! Pre-party for BEA at our Open Air Street Fair, a beloved annual tradition. This year it’s bigger and better than ever; we’ll still have the dollar books you know and love, and we’ve made an effort to considerably improve our inventory for this go-round. Plus, we invited our friends: unique prints will be sold by Pageant Book & Print Shop; clothing, shoes and accessories from Housing Works Thrift Shops; contemporary men’s and women’s clothing from Meme’s and cowboy boots and western finery from Space Cowboy; get bikes and biking accessories from Bicycle Habitat; great snacks from our cafe, Hot Bread Kitchen courtesy of Whole Foods Bowery, and food trucks TaïmRed Hook Lobster PoundKimchi Taco Truck, and Coolhaus; an indoor beer hall with specials from Sixpoint; and music curated by Two Boots pizza, our Americana Jamboree partners from Odetta HartmanThe Rad TradsCassandra Jenkins, and Jon Bell.

Jon Bell – 12PM
Odetta Hartman – 1PM 
The Rad Trad – 2PM
Cassandra Jenkins – 3PM

Poster illustration by Andrea Sparacio.

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Rain or shine!

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