Before you migrate for the holidays or hibernate for the winter, check out what's happening in the East End --- our last Fourth Friday of the year! It's a funky Christmas in the East End, and you are invited.

Date:   12/17/2006 5:03:46 PM ( 18 y ago)

East End Fourth Fridays!....
Friday, December 22nd
Victory Grill, 1106 East 11th



Before you migrate for the holidays or hibernate for the winter, check out what's happening in the East End --- our last Fourth Friday of the year! It's a funky Christmas in the East End, and you are invited.

DiverseArts teams up with the Victory Grill to present a special holiday edition of 4th Fridays! It's a holiday party, with good food, live poetry, music, dancing, prizes, and a late night groove fest featuring the Latin Funk-Hop of Brown Out...and basically, a lot of fun on a winter's night.
DiverseArts and The Victory Grill want this to be the best holiday party of the year. And to make sure it's a hot time, we are moving it -- indoors!

Music line-up:
featuring Brown Out

Live Poetry: Ivanho, Thom the World Poet and friends
Word/Jazz Low Stars w/ special guest artists, WinoVino
Live DJs spinning grooves, and dancing all night long
Free before 8pm. $5-10 cover after.

Bring some cash for our 50/50 raffle -- half the proceeds will benefit DiverseArts and the other half will go to a lucky winner -- could be YOU! Bring canned goods to exchange for a free entry in our raffle. Food donations will go to Blackland and Rosewood Neighborhood Centers.

There'll be good food, holiday treats, and and the best party in the 'hood. And there will be free beer-nog from Live Oak Brewery...
Come party with us!



East End Fourth Fridays! is a unique, art and culture driven monthly cooperative marketing event that showcases the very specific cultural attributes and historical identity of Austin’s East End—the Soul in the heart of the City. It is our goal to bring together many of the neighborhood's fine artists, businesses, cultural, civic, commercial and governmental groups in a monthly event designed to bring a relaxed open-air market experience to the newly revitalized East End.

Musical guests, fine artist showcases, vendor markets and other performances are just a few of the attractions featured for East End Fourth Fridays! For more information on sponsorship and participation, contact Harold McMillan at DiverseArts 512.477.9438.



East End Fourth Fridays! is produced by Harold McMillan and DiverseArts, in association with: East End Merchants Alliance, East End IBIZ District, Austin Independent Business Alliance, Rootz-n-Routes Collective:2006.

DiverseArts is sponsored by Balcones Recycling, Trudy's Restaurants, Austin Radiological Association, Shiflet Group Architects, Wells Fargo, and DiverseArts Program Underwriters Circle. Print Media Sponsors: The Good Life Magazine, Austin Chronicle, The Villager and Nokoa. Web Media Sponsor: soulciti.com. Broadcast Media sponsor: KAZI-FM


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Kenny Dorham’s Backyard/DiverseArts East End Performing Arts Park
1106 East 11th Street, just east of the historic Victory Grill
Named for legendary jazz trumpeter and East Austinite, Kenny Dorham’s Backyard is DiverseArts’ outdoor music venue, located in the heart of the historic East End cultural district, just down the street from Kenny Dorham’s last Austin home.





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awareness and appreciation of the arts here in Austin, and has been doing exactly that
since 1994.

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