ABC No Rio Anniversary
Posted July 28th, 2005 by eliot
This weekend ABC No Rio celebrates its 25th anniversary with a lineup of art, music, and performance that showcases the legendary art/activist squat’s place in Lower East Side culture. The open house Friday night at 7 will feature art by Christopher Cardinale, Fly, and Seth Tobocman, and the weekend continues with a whole host of great events.
ABC No Rio was founded after a collective of artists took over an abandoned building on New Years Eve, 1979 to stage the Real Estate Show, an exhibition about housing and land use issues. The show was shut down by the police, and the city let the artists use an empty storefront at 156 Rivington as a concession. Over 25 years later, the collective that runs ABC No Rio is trying to raise about $150,000 to officially purchase and renovate the building. You can donate here, read more about their history here, and get the full details on the anniversary celebration here.
