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About Me

We put on benefit concerts for causes we care about, and we help people fiind out how they can get involved. We put on a tsunami benefit with Living Color and David Byrne ( among others), a Katrina benefit with 30 bands playing on all three stages, including The Wrens and Nada Surf, and we did a benefit "friendraiser" for the Domino's Sugar Factory with Vic Thrill, The Black Tie Party, The Wau Wau Sisters, and Cheeseburger.

To keep up on what's happening at Domino, click HERE .

We are planning a sweet event for the spring--get ready to have more fun for a good cause than you ever thought possible.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Rockers.

Music:

Cheeseburger, Vic Thrill, Wau Wau Sisters, Hungry March Band, Black Tie Party, Wrens, Breakup Breakdown, Matthew and Ira from Nada Surf (acoustic), The Vibration, The Soft Explosions, Violater, Freshkills, Estevez, Maplewoood, Koester, Ar Duvall, Leaders, Naked Highway, The Redcoats Are Coming, Poorboy Johnson And The Goddamn Rattlesnake, Cordova, Good Night Gun Fight, Heads Up Display, Class, Hopewell, Stalkers, Parts And Labor, Antonius Block, The Choke, Langhorne Slim, The Dead Betties, The Bronx is Burning, The Rats

Heroes:

Schofield Films , Underground Press , Chiara Sullivan, Brooklyn Ale House , Brooklyn Brewery , Waterfront Preservation Alliance , and our genius designer, who is responsible for all of the posters you love so much, subtexture !

My Blog

why domino is an important part of history

This is a great three-part series on Domino's role in our local economy, the history of New York City, and even how it affected the art you see in the Met.Part onePart twoPart threeThis guy's column i...
Posted by Act Local on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 06:37:00 PST

pics!

Send us more!These are from Jonny Leather:The amazing Jackie Roman has a bunch up on her site. Jackie not only took pictures but also worked the event as a volunteer! She is unstoppable.Our new pal Sé...
Posted by Act Local on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:15:00 PST

concert wrapup

Will add more to this later, but first: "" THANK YOU to everyone who volunteered, signed, played, and hung out. It was an amazing day. "" We got 856 signatures!!! That is really amazing considering t...
Posted by Act Local on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:17:00 PST

beer situation (UPDATED)

There will be no beer for sale at the park. Technically, it is illegal to drink in a NYC park, but anyone who has been to McCarren on the weekends knows that this is casually enforcedas long as you d...
Posted by Act Local on Mon, 21 May 2007 05:40:00 PST

about the park

If you haven't been there, Grand Ferry Park is awesome. It is one of the few places where you can be right on the water, and it is kind of scuzzy, which I like. As you can tell from the name, it is wh...
Posted by Act Local on Fri, 18 May 2007 05:42:00 PST

set times! approximate!

All times approximate! Get there early and DONT MISS BLACK TIE PARTY!5:45 nada surf (accoustic)5:00 the wau wau sisters4:15 cheeseburger3:30 vic thrill and the saturn missile2:45 the hungry march band...
Posted by Act Local on Fri, 18 May 2007 05:34:00 PST

don't demo domino

Our cause for Act Local 2.0 is saving the Domino's Sugar Factory from demolition. The Domino's Sugar Refinery is one of the most prominent industrial sites on the East River waterfront. The 19th centu...
Posted by Act Local on Wed, 09 May 2007 07:43:00 PST

act local 2.0

So, as most of you probably know, two men, Jan Huraz and Zygmunt Kilcki, froze to death in Greenpoint on Jan 15th. The same night as Act Local, Hurricane relief edition. It is so terrible to think abo...
Posted by Act Local on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 03:13:00 PST

free SOUND STUDIO SESSION anyone? L@@K at the RAFFLE prizes!!!

for now in the Act Local Raffle. 1. Coupon for movie rentals from Videology 2. Gift bag from Special 3. Gift bag from Mirror, Mirror 4. Coupon for haircut from Michaelangelo Wonderland Beaut...
Posted by Act Local on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 08:08:00 PST

the deal

.. SUNDAY, JANUARY 15th, 2006 : : ACT LOCAL An ALL-DAY EVENT @ The KNITTING FACTORY.. .. .. .. ..'caWHAT IT IS:.. Act Local is a benefit concert to take place January 15, 2006 at the Knitting F...
Posted by Act Local on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 07:57:00 PST