SUPPORT CANTEEN ARTS : OCTOBER 6, 2011 : BROOKLYN
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Join us on Thursday, October 6, 7–10:30 p.m., to support Canteen Arts, Canteen magazine, and canTeens, our Harlem tutoring program. Due to popular demand, our annual fundraiser will again be held in Brooklyn Heights at the fabulous, art-filled home of Brooklyn Museum director Arnold Lehman.
As part of the festivities, Canteen Arts will honor artist Kehinde Wiley.
Enjoy hors d’oeuvres by Crave, cocktails by master mixologist Justin August, literary fortune-telling by the New Yorker‘s Ben Greenman and author Lauren Mechling, free portraits by artist Soosan Silanee, a silent auction, and more.
Host Committee
Nina Collins
Francesca Connolly & Marc Agger
Laura Karetzky
Pam & Arnold Lehman
Paul Morris
Andrea Wolfe
What they’re saying about the Canteen annual NYC fundraiser:
- Paper magazine: “As benefits go, the writerly, casual elegance of the Canteen magazine gala…sparkled like the sequins and pearls of a Hew Locke sculpture.”
- Scallywag & Vagabond: “It was a wonderful evening…. Those of you who don’t know who Canteen magazine is, you ought to.”
- Flavorpill: “Second to putting out a phenomenal literary journal, Canteen magazine throws a good party.”


