[Brooklyn]

UDP Benefit Party: The First 25 Years
March 19, 2019, 7:00 pm
at The Bell House

UGLY DUCKLING PRESSE: The First 25 Years ~ a benefit party for UDP ~
honoring the work of BURNING DECK PRESS and KEITH & ROSMARIE WALDROP
music & performances by Damon & Naomi, Erica Hunt and Marty Ehrlich, DJ D-Skillz, and more
toasts and tributes by Barbara Epler, Ben Lerner, Susan Bernofsky, UDP authors and translators, and more

Tuesday, March 19, 7-11pm  at  THE BELL HOUSE 149 7th St, Gowanus, Brooklyn
EVENT PROGRAM
7-9pm — Benefit Reception: open bar, hors d’oeuvres from Fancy Nancy, gifts, raffle, toasts and tributes to the Waldrops, live music
9-11pm — After-Party: cash bar, live music, and dance party with DJ D-Skillz

BENEFIT TICKET LEVELS:
(includes access to both the Benefit Reception and the After-Party)
Friend: $100 – one ticket
Supporter: $250 – two tickets, mention in Benefit Program
Benefactor: $500 – four tickets, mention in Benefit Program and our thanks from the stage
Sponsor: $2000 – four tickets, prominent mention in Benefit Program and our thanks from stage
AFTER-PARTY TICKETS:
After-Party access only: $25
If you would like to donate any of your purchased tickets to UDP authors, interns, apprentices or volunteers, you will be able to do this when checking out online.  The non-deductible portion of each benefit ticket is $50. Your donations are deductible to the extent allowed by law. Thank you for your support!
Whether or not you can make it to the benefit, please consider donating to our FUTURE FUND (goal of $25,000) to secure UDP’s ongoing vitality, and give UDP a head start on the next 25 years.
Grateful thanks to the following supporters of this effort:
Sponsors
Blanche Milligan
Andrew Maxwell
Neil Alger
Elise Partridge
Benefit Committee
Antonio Sergio Bessa
Phong Bui
Mallory Catlett
Kyle Dacuyan
Yevgeniy Fiks
Edwin Frank
Peter Freed
Vallejo Gantner
Rebecca Gee
Karen Gisonny
Tim Griffin
Anna Gurton-Wachter
V Hansmann
Katy Lederer
Jonathan Lethem
Candice Madey
New Directions Publishing
Michael Newton
Nicholas Risteen
Marco Roth
Peter Russo
Emmalea Russo
Jay Sanders
Jill Schoolman
Barry Schwabsky
The Segue Foundation
Troy Selvaratnam
Amy Sillman
Ira Silverberg
Cole Swensen
Mac Wellman
Simone White
XØ Projects and The (AO) Can Factory
After-Party Committee
Andrea Abi-Karam
Alexis Almeida
Ian Drieblatt
Ben Fama
Farnoosh Fathi
Clay Hapaz
Caroline Partamian
Rachel Valinsky
Media Partners
The Brooklyn Rail
The Poetry Project