THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!!

Hello BLOGGERS!

Guess what?!?!?!

We made our goal of $20,000 on Indiegogo!! Thanks to all of you and your generosity and your loveliness. We did it!

This helps us beyond measure, financially, in terms of building our network, in terms of boosting our spirits.

Thank you thank you thank you! And your reward is no more pitches to give to our crowd-funding campaign.

And our undying gratitude! xoxoxo

Last Day of our Indiegogo Campaign

What is today, you ask?

Why today is Monday October 28. This means several things...

1. The work week begins.
2. A gorgeous fall day is upon us.
3. We have an amazing RUBY ANNIVERSARY PARTY happening tonight at ROULETTE IN BROOKLYN from 7:00 PM to 9:30 PM.
4. Today is the final day of our five-week Indiegogo campaign

We have a matching grant for our Indiegogo campaign today: Anything you give is doubled...

http://igg.me/at/MillayColony40thAnniversary/x/4385324

Given all of the above, we are very much hoping that you will be visit our campaign, check out the new video featuring the one and only Maria Damon and make a contribution of whatever size works for you. Your contribution will directly support residencies for artists at The Millay Colony.

Thank you in advance!

Matching Grant Opportunity - Double Your Impact

7 DAYS LEFT - Matching Grant Opportunity! Our anonymous patron was so pleased with the response to the match two weeks ago, that there is an another offer to match any donations made over the next seven days up to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS. Millay Friends, simply put: we MUST secure every last penny from this match, and, ultimately, reach our $20,000 goal. We cannot do what we do without your help. Period. Support the Millay Colony at Indiegogo Share this! Tell Friends and friends and followers...

The Millay Colony for the Arts is Celebrating 40 Years!

Join us for our Ruby Anniversary Benefit Party

October 28, 2013 at 7:00 to 9:30 PM

At Roulette Brooklyn

Get your tickets here. 

 

Eleven More Days of Indiegogo...!!!

We have ELEVEN days left in our Indiegogo campaign...!!

Please take a look, get to know us, support us at whatever level is comfortable for you...your support makes it possible for us to bring artists to our gorgeous colony in 2014...

http://igg.me/at/MillayColony40thAnniversary

First Edition of Nabokov's Lolita today on Indiegogo

Lo. Lee. Ta. 

Seriously!

We have a  first edition of Lolita as a brand new perk on our Indiegogo site today, good condition, gorgeous to behold. It will be, oh, the light of your life, the fire of your loins...

http://igg.me/at/MillayColony40thAnniversary

WEEKLY RAFFLE FOR FREE TICKETS TO OUR RUBY ANNIVERSARY PARTY

Enter this week's raffle to win two tickets to our amazing Ruby Anniversary Party at Roulette in Brooklyn on October 28...(live music and dancing! open bar! entertainment!):

The answer to last week's raffle question, "Which fruits did Ms. Millay note that she and her companion were eating on the ferry when she was both very tired and very merry?" was apples and pears!


And the winner was Scott Edward Anderson!

This weeks question is Name one of the fabulous careers that Calliope Nicholas enjoyed prior to becoming the AMAZING Residency Director at The Millay Colony for the Arts -- Calliope, you may not apply!   :)   

Send answers to director@millaycolony.org by 3:00 PM Tuesday, October 22.

And check out the details of the party here:

'http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/496388/emal/4385324'

Letterpress chapbook gorgeousness!!!

Hello literati,

Karen Randall, the most exquisite designer of chapbooks (through Least Weasel and Propolis Press) has put together a hand-crafted, letter-press cover chapbook for our Indiegogo campaign...

Contributors include Christopher Funkhouser, Christina Strong, Alan Sondheim, Joyelle McSweeney,  Harold Abramowitz, Claire Donato and so many more amazing people...

Read all about it HERE;   http://karxpava.com/ill-tempered-rubyist 

And buy it here

YES, FRIENDS BUY IT HERE:  HERE