(January 5: $pread Magazine reading at Red Umbrella...

(January 5: $pread Magazine reading at Red Umbrella Diaries)

Join $pread magazine contributors, editors, readers, and fans to celebrate the five year run of this sex worker produced, all-volunteer, quarterly magazine. Though $pread is sadly shutting down, we are going out with a bang. Get copies of the gorgeous final issue of the magazine, which explores race and the sex industry, and hear contributors Violet Stonefish and Andrea Ritchie read their pieces from the issue. We'll also be joined by$pread editors and contributors who will read from the magazine and share stories about the project.

Hosted by Audacia Ray
Happy Ending, 302 Broome Street between Forsyth and Eldridge, in New York City
Doors at 7 pm, event from 8-10
21 and up – FREE

The Red Umbrella Project (RedUP) has roots in $pread magazine – RedUP's founder, Audacia Ray, was a $pread editor from 2005 – 2008, and her involvement with the magazine laid the foundation for the work around media, advocacy, and personal storytelling that RedUP now does.