SPECIAL NOTE: The Local 802 new member orientations originally scheduled for Thursday, March 17 will instead occur on Thursday, March 24. For more information, call (212) 245-4802, ext. 143 or click here.
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The electronic newsletter of Local 802March 23, 2016 | Send us comments by clicking here.
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JOIN US TO SUPPORT FELLOW MUSICIANS IN NEED!
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Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra
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WHAT: Live music performance featuring Bill Warfield and the Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra performing compositions that mix funk, contemporary and Latin jazz
WHEN: Thursday, March 31 from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Local 802.WHY: Fundraiser for the Local 802 Musicians' Emergency Relief Fund.ADMISSION: Donate what you want. All donations will help your fellow Local 802 members who are in need. Checks and credit cards accepted at the door. Or donate anytime at www.Local802erf.orgMORE INFO: Contact Andy Schwartz at (212) 245-4802, ext. 110 or click here.
Other upcoming dates: April 12 (Steve Karmen) and April 28 (Jay Leonhart). |
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TODAY AT 11:30 A.M....LIVE-STREAMED HERE
TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FIRE MEMORIAL EVENT
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WE WILL NEVER FORGET: The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in 1911 was one of the worst tragedies in American labor history. One hundred and forty-six workers -- mainly immigrant women and girls -- lost their lives.
The deaths were due to the owners' standard practice of keeping most doors locked every day to control the workplace and supposedly prevent theft. This year's commemoration takes place on Wednesday, March 23 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the corner of Washington Place and Greene Street. For more information, see www.RememberTheTriangleFire.org
The event will be live-streamed here.
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BREAKING BARRIERS ON BROADWAY
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A new web site by the Theatre Development Fund and the Broadway League makes it easy for unique Broadway fans to choose special kinds of performances.
Theatre Access NYC is a web site that provides assistance to theatregoers who are hard of hearing or deaf, have low vision or are blind, who cannot climb stairs or who require aisle seating or wheelchair locations, who are on the autism spectrum or have developmental or cognitive disabilities. For all of these Broadway fans, there is now one great place to find out everything you need to know to choose a show, buy tickets and plan your trip to Broadway.
Broadway shows are for everyone. Enjoy live musical theatre...with the union musicians of Local 802!
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DID SOMEONE STEAL YOUR MUSIC AND PUT IT ON THE INTERNET?
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If you see your music on YouTube without your permission, start by clicking here.
* On Google's copyright resource page, you can report a copyright violation, and more. * If your music appears on someone's private web page without your permission, start by contacting the owner of the site. Look at the bottom of the home page for clues about who owns the site. Or try www.WhoIs.net. * There is a larger issue of piracy, which concerns illegal pirate web sites. Corporate advertising on those sites sustains piracy. Our union magazine Allegro covered this topic recently. Click here for more.
Local 802 and the AFM are serious about fighting piracy.
Your music belongs to you!
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If
you have organized a performance that is free and open to the public (including nursing home gigs, clinics, etc), the Music Performance Trust Fund may be able to help pay you and your band members. (Details apply.)
Hurry -- our fiscal year ends on April 30! For more information, contact Marisa Freidman at Local 802 by clicking here or call (212) 245-4802, ext. 130.
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ARE YOU A BANDLEADER WHO HATES PAPERWORK?
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ARE YOU A BANDLEADER WHO HATES PAPERWORK?
Local 802's payroll service can handle any kind of gig. We'll walk you through the contract and show you how to fill it out. Here's the best part: when it comes time to pay your musicians, you simply write one check. We handle everything else: mailing the checks to the musicians, withholding taxes, mailing payments to the state and the feds, taking care of unemployment and workers' comp payments and paying the union benefits and work dues. It's a complete one-stop service that's fast and efficient. If you would like to learn more, please contact the Local 802 payroll service at (212) 245-4802, ext. 175 or click here.
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NEXT LOCAL 802 MEMBERSHIP MEETING: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 at 5 P.M. AT LOCAL 802
CLICK HERE TO READ THE LATEST ISSUE OF OUR UNION MAGAZINE ALLEGRO.
DID YOU MISS AN ISSUE OF 802 NOTES? OUR ARCHIVES ARE HERE.
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ADVERTISEMENTS
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GET A LOAN FOR THAT NEW INSTRUMENT YOU'VE BEEN WANTING!
Loan rates have been slashed at the Actors Federal Credit Union. All Local 802 members are invited to join the credit union. Click here for more information on loans.
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