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Announcing the Four-Eyes Raffle!

Apr 22

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Artwork by Joseph Lambert, from the zine Hey, 4-Eyes!

DDLR is approaching, and this time around, the raffle is an eyes- and eyeglasses-themed affair! Winners can walk with some specs or some shades, sweet goodies featuring eyeglasses as design, or any variety of optical accessory. So get your cat-eyed, horned-rimmed, nearsighted, farsighted self to the party on May 22nd, and let everything look a little rosier.

Oh, and breaking news! Christian Zabriskie of Urban Librarians Unite has kindly agreed to be our Four-Eyes MC! We assume he’ll be wearing his glasses…

Here’s a preview of some of the prizes from The Four Eyes Raffle:

Eyeglasses print and throw pillow from the talented Ali Douglass
Reading and glasses themed goodies from the rad online shop Buy Olympia
A $250 gift certificate to Park Slope Eye to go towards an exam, lenses, frames, or contacts
2 chances to win a $50 gift certificate to MODO Eyeware’s Mott Street shop
a year long membership to the New York Society Library
issues of Hey, 4-Eyes! zine from Robyn Chapman (see image above for enticing sneak preview!)
$125 gift certificate to Fabulous Fanny’s
sampler of homemade, librarian-made granola from Granola Lab
3 bottles of kombucha (Ruth’s Blend, Blanc, & Vert) & “tea-shirt” from Mombucha (it’s supposed to be good for eyesight!)
2 beautiful letter-pressed stationery packsÂ from Andy Pratt Design‘s Location Collection (Brooklyn & Manhattan of course!)
2 pairs of cool sunglasses from Dalaga
Introductory Screen print workshop from the Polluted Eyeball
2 pairs of tickets to see Jonathan Franzen (The Corrections) and David Means (The Secret Goldfish) reading from their latest works at BPL’s Dweck’s Center

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Have an idea for a Four-Eyes prize, or want to make a contribution? Please email us at thedesksetATgmailDOTcom and let us know! All raffle proceeds support Books Through Bars.

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