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NOOMOON is hosting an Art Auction & BBQ at the Coumpound<br>
823 St Roch Ave New Orleans 70117<br>
Saturday May 16 noon - 8pm<br>
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To raise money to keep the Art House from being repo'd from the bank.<br>
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Bring food to pass, drink to refresh, and art to share.<br>
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After party at the Skull Club following.<br>
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Sponsored by<br>
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NOLARising.com<br>
NOOMOON.net<br>
Skull-club.com<br>
FUNROCKN.com<br>
Miller High Life<br>
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<br>"Times are not good here. The city is crumbling into ashes. It has been buried under a lava flood of taxes and frauds and maladministrations so that it has become only a study for archaeologists. Its condition is so bad that when I write about it, as I intend to do soon, nobody will believe I am telling the truth. But it is better to live here in sackcloth and ashes, than to own the whole state of Ohio."<br>