Brooklyn‘s Murmrr Theatre is hosting a benefit event on December 1, one month after anti-semitic graffiti was found at the synagogue, Union Temple, which houses the venue. Proceeds from the “Love Speech” event will go to to the Southern Poverty Law Center and to Union Temple. Musicians performing include Frankie Cosmos, Algiers, Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo, Vagabon, Xenia Rubinos, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Brian Chase, and Cornelia Murr. There will also be comedy and readings from Meredith Graves (of Perfect Pussy) and Jaboukie Young-White of “The Daily Show,” plus special guests including “Democracy Now!” host Amy Goodman. In addition, Battles’ Ian Williams, Deafheaven’s George Clarke, and others will DJ the afterparty.

The event also features a raffle and a silent text auction. You can bid via text on guitars signed by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, Nile Rodgers (of CHIC), Pixies, and Courtney Barnett, plus a 10-disc Blu-ray box set of David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks,” and two VIP tickets to Pitchfork Music Festival 2019. The raffle includes vinyl LPs and merch from Mom + Pop, Sacred Bones, Matador, Partisan, PIAS, Sub Pop, and Secretly Canadian, as well as records signed by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Kim Gordon, and John Carpenter. More information can be found here.

Tickets for “Love Speech” are on sale now for $25. Find them here.

Pitchfork Radio Host Elia Einhorn and Pitchfork Senior Editor Stacey Anderson are two of the organizers of “Love Speech.”


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