Greenpoint Benefit To Raise Money For American Civil Liberties Union

GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN — Greenpoint's Brooklyn Bazaar is hosting a concert benefit to raise money for the American Civil Liberties Union this weekend called "No Enemies to the Left: A Comedy and Music Filled Benefit." Bands playing will be Wet, Alex Cameron, Free the Mind, Kitty Cash (DJ set) and Bec Adams (another DJ set).

Comedians to perform will be Jo Firestone, Sharron Paul, COCOON CENTRAL DANCE TEAM and Sam Taggart. Speakers include journalist Sarah Jaffe and Ben Wizner, director of the ACLU's Speech, Privacy and Technology Project.

The ACLU will be auctioning off goodies from companies like Jacobin Magazine, The New Inquiry, Brooklyn Institute for Social Research and others. Co-sponsored by The Doula Project, New York Communities for Change and Make the Road New York, cover is $25 and doors open at 6:30 p.m. If you're under 18, you have to be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

The ACLU received a major spike in donations last weekend ($24 million in online donations) after President Donald Trump passed an executive order banning immigration from several Muslim-majority countries. The ACLU represented several of those affected by the ban, and the New York Civil Liberties Union got a federal Brooklyn judge to issue an indefinite stay on the ban in New York state.

ACLU: No Enemies To The Left happens on Saturday, Feb. 4 from 6:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. at Brooklyn Bazaar on 150 Greenpoint Ave. in Brooklyn. Find more information here.

Lead photo via ACLU