Tickets on Sale for Raise the Roof!

Get your tickets now for Raise the Roof, a benefit concert for the Northside Town Hall Community and Cultural Center. The show is October 28, 2009, at the Music Hall of Williamsburg and the bands are They Might Be Giants, Nada Surf (acoustic), and Chares Bissell of the Wrens--an amazing lineup that we are very excited about.

The Northside Town Hall Community and Cultural Center is a joint project of two longtime North Brooklyn neighborhood groups, Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG) and The People's Firehouse, Inc (PFI.) Located on the site of the former Engine Company 212 firehouse in Williamsburg, the firehouse will serve as a home for these organizations to continue to serve, organize, and advocate for the community.

PFI will continue to operate programs in housing/property management, tenant advocacy, energy efficiency and home weatherization, fire prevention assistance, workforce development services, computer training, and English as a Second Language.

NAG will operate ongoing programs in the areas of community planning and development, preserving local jobs, improving the State Park (whose establishment NAG led), fighting against low-income tenant displacement and harassment, assuring that local construction is performed safely and legally, and other issues to help preserve and enhance the community.

The show will have special guests, games of skill, art happenings, and other exciting things--get your tickets now!