Benefit Report & Photos

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Benefit photos - Original announcement - Event flyer - Edwin Johnston Legal Fund webpage - Houston Committee for People's Radio

The benefit concert for the Edwin Johnston Legal Fund was a huge success! The Next Door Art Gallery and Spirits was full to capacity. We raised nearly $400 that evening. Headlining the show was Darryl Cherney of Earth First! Also playing were local muscians Kristi Rae and Ron Burton. Edwin Johnston gave a presentation and ran some videos and Rainbo de Klown spoke about his recent weekend in county jail for protesting in his neighborhood about the need for stop signs. Enjoy the photos of the event below for a taste of the evening's ambience.

Earth First!
Darryl Cherney of Earth First!
Kristi minus her bassist, Ron
Sheila & performer Kristi Rae
On Access TV every other Thursday at 9pm
The GreenWatch TV table
Lovely art!
Sheila & Shannon joke it up with the college profs
A howling good time!
Shot from the hip onstage
A regular art bar
Mixing it up with the little kids in the back room
Who do I make this out to?
Ted cuts a check outside

Original Announcement

Benefit for Edwin Johnston Legal Fund
featuring
Darryl Cherney
of Earth First!

Tuesday, May 22nd from 8-11pm
The Next Door - Art Gallery & Spirits
2010 Waugh Dr. corner of Indiana (get map)

Edwin Johnston was falsely arrested for protesting at KPFT/Pacifica in the Montrose on March 23rd. (more info)
A national legal fund has been set up to defray his legal costs by the Pacifica Listeners Union in Los Angeles. (legal fund info)
Edwin has worked with Darryl in Houston on the issue of the Maxxam Corporation's destruction of old growth forests for a decade. (see JailHurwitz.com)
Darryl wishes to return the favor on Tuesday by performing a benefit to help raise some urgently needed funds to fight Edwin's cases. (see Darryl's music site)

Everyone invited. No one turned away because of lack of funds.

Tentative lineup:
Edwin Johnston (email for more info)
Darryl Cherney, Earth First!
Kristi Rae, local folksinger
Former KPFT volunteers (TBA)
Other musical guests (TBA)
Videos
About the Venue:
The Next Door
Art Gallery/Bar
Beer, liquor, juice, coffee
Paintings & Sculptures
Candlelit Tables
Local artists hangout
Next door to Rudyard's Pub
Mike Bell, prop.
(713) 520-1712
Please attend the
Maxxam Shareholder Meeting Rally
Wednesday, May 23rd, 9am-Noon
The Power Center
12401 South Post Oak
Houston, Texas
Join Earth First!, Julia Butterfly Hill,
John Goodman of the United
Steelworkers of America, Darryl
Cherney and friends.

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