New York Launch Event

Event Date: 
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 – 7:00pm
Location: 
BookCourt: 163 Court St Brooklyn, NY

We’re celebrating the release of Issue 01 in New York! Join us on May 10th at BookCourt in Brooklyn for readings by contributors Fiona Maazel and Ted Conover.  Meet other local TC contributors, editors, and Brooklyn-based designer Gabriele Wilson, who will be taking postcard suggestions for the next cover (we supply the postcards; you supply the suggestions). The event begins at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Meet us afterward at 61 Local (61 Bergen Street) for drinks and some fun.

Come pick up your very own copy of red hot issue 01!

New York Launch Event

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