Poverty Sucks! Parties for a Cause

Event Rescheduled!

2008-10-17T14:32:00.002-04:00

Hello! We've rescheduled the second Poverty Sucks fundraiser, thanks to the generous folks at the Knitting Factory, to November 8! Please see details below, and please contact Laurel at laurel.af at gmail dot com if you're interested in donating any auction items. Thanks folks!

WE'RE BACK!

2008-09-30T17:28:00.002-04:00

Hey everyone! After a short hiatus, Poverty Sucks is BACK with a new event: THE DANCE PARTY to benefit Kamay at Puso, an award-winning nonprofit that assists toxic waste victims in Madapdap, Philippines! We hope to see you and your butt there shakin'!

Ultra hot female DJ team Sistamatik performs: blaze your ears with DJ Vettie Vette, Brina Payne, EB-1.
A silent auction with awesome prizes will be open for your bids.
You will dance triumphantly.
You will empower sick kids and their hardworking parents with your hardcore partying.
YES. YES. YES.

$5-$10 sliding scale entry, NO DRINK MINIMUM!
BRING FRIENDS!

155 Lounge at 155 Eighth Ave. between 17th and 18th St. in Manhattan.
Take the A, C, E, L to 14th st. or the 1 to 18th St.

http://www.kamayatpuso.org
http://sistamatikdjs.wordpress.com/

*Can't come to the event? Did I invite you and you're very far away? Do you still want to help? Check out the Paypal tab on the right, or email me to find out how to mail a check! You can also contact me to find out how to donate to the silent auction! laurel dot af at gmail!

A Tremendous Salamat (Thank you)

2008-06-18T17:41:00.003-04:00

The Poverty Sucks comedy fundraiser took place Wednesday last week, and it was killer! A brilliant rendition of a Beauty and the Beast song (Hillary-style), why we love and don't love orphans, acceptance of incontinence, an explanation of how Tiger Woods is really Filipino, Arty Knickerbocker's greatest hits, and a rogue Andy Warhol painting were some of the Poverty-defeating highlights of the evening. And audience members were victorious with the raffle-- the odds were excellent!

And with combined audience generosity and private donations associated with the event, we were able to raise $1,180 total! That's 50,920 Philippine pesos for the Special Fund for Madapdap, according to yesterday's exchange rate!

A special thanks to all of the awesome performers and audience members, and much gratitude to all of the wonderful folks who donated from afar via PayPal or personal check. If you still want to contribute, it's never too late-- click on the ChipIn or scroll down for a mailing address!

Maraming salamat!

Oh and also!

2008-06-11T10:48:00.001-04:00

It's not noted on our ChipIn, but thanks to the publicity surrounding this event, we've already raised $350 in private mailed donations for the Madapdap kids! Ever-closer to reaching our goal of $1000 in donations! Thanks everyone!

T-Minus TODAY!

2008-06-11T09:46:00.002-04:00

Here it is, folks! Poverty may suck every day, but today is the day to catch POVERTY SUCKS, our awesome beyond awesome comedy fundraiser. There will be raucously funny mayhem, courtesy of Gabe Pacheco, 27 Kidneys, Reuben Williams, Kevin Nadal, Impending Moustache and T.R.U.C.K.S. There will be some sick jams, courtesy of DJ Vettie Vette. There will be cheap drinks, courtesy of the amazingly generous folks at the Horse Trade, who've also donated the space. There will be righteous raffle prizes given out by funnywoman Sheela Shrinivas that you will not want to miss (did we mention that iPod Touch? that $200 portrait sitting session? those gift certificates to Macy's and Community Bookstore? yeah yo!). And there will be some massive poverty suckage, reduced through your help.

POVERTY SUCKS will take place tonight, June 11th, at 7pm at the Under St. Marks Theater. Join us!

Again, all the money from POVERTY SUCKS will benefit Tagalog On Site's Madapdap clinic, which provides social services, medical assistance, advocacy and leadership training and educational opportunities to Filipinos affected by toxic waste dumping and the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's eruption. For more info, check out the clinic's site at http://www.kamayatpuso.org.

I hope to see you all at POVERTY SUCKS tonight, but if for some reason you can't come--you live overseas, your thesis is due, or (gasp) you're allergic to comedy, for example--please consider donating directly to the clinic. You can find a link to donate via PayPal at http://povertysucks.blogspot.com.

If you don't do PayPal-- you and PayPal had a falling out, went on an awkward first date, vote for different parties, etc, you can send a check (made out to Tagalog On Site) to:

Laurel Fantauzzo, AHMM
11th Fl.
475 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10016

Questions? Comments? Think you'd be interested in helping with other POVERTY SUCKS events? Please get in touch with me, the producer, Laurel Fantauzzo, at laurel dot af at gmail dot com.

Mabuhay at Salamat!

another small press note

2008-06-04T13:30:00.002-04:00

Big ups to Time Out NY for listing us!

Click here to read it!

small press note

2008-06-03T14:14:00.002-04:00

Thanks to Filipinas Magazine for including Poverty Sucks in its community listings!

See it here.

27 Kidneys Wants You

2008-05-21T09:54:00.005-04:00

Poverty Sucks sketch troupe 27 Kidneys unearthed this hard-hitting McCain military PSA footage. Shocking!...or maybe not.

Come see 27 Kidneys at the Poverty Sucks fundraiser on June 11!

Raffle Centerpiece: iPOD TOUCH

2008-05-19T11:45:00.004-04:00

So that deity of Mac-repair and friend of all non-profit auctions everywhere, Tekserve, donated a brand new 16gig iPod Touch to the Poverty Sucks fundraiser raffle! A $399 value, whoa! Raffle tickets will be $2, buy 5 get 6 ($10 buys 6 tickets). A bargain, a bargain!

Would you be interested in entering the raffle from afar, in case you're unable to make the fundraiser on June 11 in Manhattan? If so, you can send checks to me and I can write your name down on the tickets and let you know if you win.

Make checks out to: Kamay at Puso Inc. (that's where all the raffle money is going, yo!) And don't forget to send me your address so I can mail you your winnings!

Mail to:

Laurel Fantauzzo
AHMM, 11th Fl.
475 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10016

And I'll enter your tickets. Good luck and thanks!

P.S. There are also gift certificates and book packages and such being awarded too, final full list to come!

P.P.S. In case you don't trust PayPal to make online donations, you can send all donations through the mail using the above info too!

Madapdap kids

2008-05-12T15:58:00.001-04:00

Here's another chance for you to get to know the kids we're helping out with the POVERTY SUCKS comedy fundraiser. This video's 80 seconds long.

Cabtrastrophe-- featuring members of REUBEN WILLIAMS

2008-05-12T15:33:00.001-04:00

Check out this epic video CABTASTROPHE, featuring several members of PS headliner Reuben Williams, including Charlie Sanders and a teeny Eugene Cordero.

Raffle item: one hour portrait or headshot session!

2008-05-12T14:45:00.005-04:00

Photographer Jenny Boyle has donated a one-hour portrait or headshot session to the Poverty Sucks raffle! This may range from headshots to group shots to boyfriend/girlfriend, boyfriend/boyfriend, girlfriend/girlfriend, or doggie/kitty/owner shots. This is worth like $200 bucks you struggling actor/ romantic twenty-something/ broke pet-owner!! You know you want to join in the fundraiser raffle now.

http://www.talkingeyephotography.com

Impending Moustache

2008-05-10T08:45:00.001-04:00

A hard-hitting expose from the Impending Moustache. Did you know POVERTY SUCKS host Gabe Pacheco also doubles as a junior interrogator?

Kevin Nadal

2008-05-10T08:36:00.003-04:00

Just in time for Mother's Day, Kevin Nadal has a few words about his mom.

Woo!

Raffle items!

2008-05-09T12:09:00.003-04:00

In addition to an awesome venue, deliciously hilarious performers and cheap alcoholic drinks, we're holding a raffle! So far, we've got:

A gift certificate from Community Bookstore in Park Slope, Brooklyn
A gift certificate to Macy's
2 pairs of tickets to the Asia Society Museum
A special treat from Toys in Babeland

...and much more to come!

Do you want to donate your iPod, services, or products to the raffle? Hit up Poverty Sucks' producer at laurel dot af at gmail dot com!

Eugene Cordero, your new balladeer

2008-05-09T11:54:00.002-04:00

Get a sweet, sweet taste of Eugene Cordero, a Poverty Sucks performer and member of our fundraiser headliner, Reuben Williams.

The Madapdap Kids

2008-05-09T11:45:00.002-04:00

Take a second to get to know the Madapdap kids. This is a video by Kamay at Puso, another organization that also sends money straight to the Madapdap clinic run by Tagalog On Site.

THE FULL LINEUP

2008-05-09T11:30:00.004-04:00

Hello! After a month of mad planning, we have an AWESOME lineup of comedy ready to hit ya on June 11. You can click on their links to the right! That's right! In order of appearance on June 11, here we are:

In the sketch corner, we have...
Impending Moustache!
and
27 Kidneys!

In the stand-up corner, we have...
Kevin Nadal!
and host Gabe Pacheco!

In the Improv corner, we have...
T.R.U.C.K.S.
and headliner
REUBEN WILLIAMS!!!

And on the turntables for awesome hip hop and old school mixes, look no further than
DJ VETTIE VETTE!

Are you bummed you can't come to the show? Look to your right again- there's a handy link where you can donate money to the kids at Madapdap anyway. Safe, no-hassle, and 100% of it will go straight to their clinic. Matamis! (Sweet!)

June 11, 2008: POVERTY SUCKS!

2008-04-09T12:15:00.000-04:00

Hi everyone!

This is a blog for POVERTY SUCKS, a comedy fundraiser for toxic waste victims in the Philippines.

POVERTY SUCKS will take place at Under St. Mark's Theatre, starting at 7pm on Wednesday, June 11, 2008.

For more information about the cause, please visit http://www.kamayatpuso.org.

Thank you to Horse Trade theatre group for donating the space!

Full lineup to come soon!