image via Arts in Bushwick
After almost ten years of offering open mics, burlesque shows, poetry readings, live music, coffee, and $4 tall boys to a legion of local poets, punks, misfits, and artists, Bushwick’s Goodbye Blue Monday may be singing its swan song.
GBM didn’t make money by offering one of the only free and open-booking policy stages in the city, or by selling $2 PBRs at happy hour. They didn’t make money—instead, they created community.
Now they owe $7,000 in fines to the city, and are reaching out to that community with a gofundme campaign which will be active through March 25.
From Goodbye Blue Monday: “SAVE OUR HOME! Goodbye Blue Monday has been a staple of the Bushwick community for the past ten years as an open venue for all kinds of artists to come and perform. It really is an artists space with a neighborhood vibe. We want very much to keep the DIY dream alive, please share in our hope and spread the word.”
http://www.goodbye-blue-monday.com/
1087 Broadway, between Dodworth and Lawton Streets
Bushwick, Brooklyn
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