Drinks & Vets on 4th Anniv. of the War
Monday, March 19th, 2007
Shooting War’s Anthony Lappé hosts his monthly political variety show, “The War Room,” on Tuesday, March 20 at Mo Pitkin’s—and this time it’s a benefit for NYC’s chapter of the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), the nation’s leading antiwar Iraq veterans organization. Come hang with Lappé and comedian Seth Herzog (Vh1) for a night of humor and pathos some four years after we invaded Iraq—and hear what it’s like to be over there from vets. There’s a free reception and book signing with Nina Berman (Purple Hearts: Back from Iraq) and Lori Grinker (Afterwar: Veterans from a World in Conflict) at 8pm, followed by the show at 9. Lappé knows how to throw a party, it’s for a good cause on an important day, and Mo Pitkins is number one.
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Thanks to everyone who helped make Tuesday’s benefit for Iraq Veterans Against the War at Mo Pitkins a roaring success. Comedian Seth Herzog killed (attendees will never look at Wonder Woman the same), veteran Ray Gerber sang passionately about life in Iraq and back and IVAW’s Demond Mullins gave us straight talk about why he decided to dedicate himself to ending the war. [Note: to sign up for Seth’s mailing list email him at sethzog at aol.com] Photographer’s Nina Berman and Lori Grinkler’s generous donations of their powerful books (Purple Hearts and After War) also helped make the event a success. Thanks too to the always gracious Mo’s owners and staff. The night went off w/o a hitch.
In the house last night were a gaggle of downtown movers and Quakers, which included author/sister Anna Lappe, The League’s Gita Drury, Iconoclasts producer Sid Beaumont, American Friends Service Committee’s Jessie Beaumont, author Andrew Boyd, Yes Man Andy Bichlbaum, doc producer Michael Kovnat, editor Leo Cullen, SMITH mogul Larry Smith, Jarhead author Anthony Swofford, downtown connector extraordinaire Ina Howard, weapons investigator Frida Berrigan, and an Emmy-winning network news producer who will go unnamed.