Philadelphia City Paper Presents
Get Your Barack On! Inauguration Night Party
Join the Celebration Tuesday, January 20th
RSVP: http://www.citypaper.net/barackon/
The fun starts at 6 p.m. @ The Plough (123 Chestnut Street or click here for directions).

All attendees must RSVP at http://www.citypaper.net/barackon/

Sponsored by:
Drinking Liberally
American Constitution Society
Philadelphia Neighborhood Networks
Philly for Change
Philadelphia Young Democrats
two.one.five magazine
Education Voters PA
The Plough

Start the New Year with Drinking Liberally Drinking Liberally Center City Philly holds its weekly fest Tuesday night at Triumph.

Where: Triumph Brewing Co., 117 Chestnut St. (between Front and 2nd Streets.)
When: 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Why: Come shmooze and booze with your fellow liberals. $3 beers, $4 wine, and $5 mixed drink specials all night, and happy hour food specials.

Drinking Liberally Eagles Playoff Party First the Phillies, then Obama, now the Birds. The unlikely run of Philadelphia victories continues. Drinking Liberally Center City is holding an impromptu playoff game party this Sunday to watch the Eagles play the Giants. Meet us at the bar!

Where: The FieldHouse Philly, 1150 Filbert St., Philadelphia 19107
When: Sunday, January 11th, Noon - 5 p.m. (Kickoff 1 p.m.)
Why: E!A!G!L!E!S!

Looking for Co-Hosts for New West Philly and South Philly Drinking Liberally Drinking Liberally is looking to expand with new gatherings planned in West Philly and South Philly. We're trying out likely venues and looking for people who would be interested in co-hosting. Host duties include coming out to the event (or making sure another co-host is) and making members feel welcome, promoting DL in the community and occasional special events. If you'd like to get involved, email me.

Reminder: Inauguration Night Party To mark the transition of power in the White House, on the evening of Tuesday, January 20th, DL Center City will co-host a huge bash at another venue in Old City instead of meeting at Triumph. Location and other details TBA.

Find Out More About Living Liberally Drinking Liberally is a project of Living Liberally, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization which builds progressive communities through social networks and events. Founded in 2003, Living Liberally has 316 chapters across the country. The Center City Philadelphia chapter of DL was started during the 2004 election and has met every Tuesday night since.

-David DiSabatino, chapter organizer.
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New Year's Eve^2 Drinking Liberally Center City Philly holds its weekly party/re-education bootcamp Tuesday night at Triumph.

Where: Triumph Brewing Co., 117 Chestnut St. (between Front and 2nd Streets.)
When: 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Why: Recharge your lefty batteries in the interbellum between Xmas and New Year's Eve. Getcher $3 beers, $4 wine, and $5 mixed drink specials all night.

Free Gogol Bordello New Year's Eve Tickets Philadelphia City Paper has 20 free tickets to see Gogol Bordello on New Year's Eve at the Electric Factory. The show includes a free "Balkan Breakfast" at midnight. The tickets are first-come, first-serve, limit two per person, and must be picked up at DL Tuesday night. To get yours, email Roxanne Cooper. Tickets not claimed Tuesday night will be given away to attractive strangers at the bar.

Reminder: Inauguration Night Party To mark the transition of power in the White House, on the evening of Tuesday, January 20th, DL Center City will co-host a huge bash at another venue in Old City instead of meeting at Triumph. Location and other details TBA.

DL Center City Facebook and MySpace Groups Drinking Liberally Philly does the social network thing. Join the Facebook group or the new MySpace group.

Find Out More About Living Liberally Drinking Liberally is a project of Living Liberally, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization which builds progressive communities through social networks and events. Founded in 2003, Living Liberally has 316 chapters across the country. The Center City Philadelphia chapter of DL was started during the 2004 election and has met every Tuesday night since.

-David DiSabatino, chapter organizer.

DL For the Holidays
Drinking Liberally Center City Philly has its weekly get-together Tuesday night at Triumph.

Where:
Triumph Brewing Co., 117 Chestnut St. (between Front and 2nd Streets.)
When: 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Why: Hang out with fellow liberal thinkers, activists and slackers and enjoy $3 beers, $4 wine, and $5 mixed drink specials all night.

Special Events Coming Up

I usually volunteer for the Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Day of Service, which is coming up on January 19th. I was thinking that if there was enough interest, we could have a DL group doing a project together that day. If you would be interested in volunteering, please let me know.

For inauguration day, January 20th, instead of having our regular weekly bash, Drinking Liberally Center City will take part in a party that evening hosted by the Philadelphia City Paper at another venue in Old City. Details are yet to be announced, but it's shaping up to be a lot of fun.

I'm very interested in holding other special events, so if you have an idea for one, please pass it along.

DLers in the News

Our own Brendan Skwire, whose efforts at getting funding for the city's soon-to-be-closed library branches I highlighted last week, got a really nice cover page article written about him in one of the alternative weekly papers.

This is a little late, but DL regular Albert Yee and his partner Kate Donnelly were featured in the Inquirer for their food blogging-related program activities, messyandpicky.com.

Find Out More About Living Liberally

Drinking Liberally is a project of Living Liberally, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization which builds progressive communities through social networks and events. Founded in 2003, Living Liberally has 316 chapters across the country. The Center City Philadelphia chapter of DL was started during the 2004 election and has met every Tuesday night since.

-David DiSabatino, chapter organizer.

Come Out to Play
The Drinking Liberally Center City Philly chapter will meet Tuesday night:

Triumph Brewing Co.
117 Chestnut St. (between Front and 2nd Streets.)
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Drink specials all night: $3 beers, $4 wine, $5 mixed drinks. Triumph's menu is pretty tasty, too.

Shout Out to Brendan

Erstwhile DL Dear Leader Brendan Skwire has started something with the Philadelphia Eagles. Brendan noticed that the City of Philadelphia has an outstanding claim against the Birds for the measly sum of $8 million - which was about the same amount the Nutter administration claims would be needed to keep open the library branches they want to close. Brendan and his brother Ray helped put together a video highlighting the issue, Will Bunch at the Daily News picked it up, and the pressure has forced the Eagles to respond. Way to agitate, Brendan. (Don't hold your breath waiting for the money, though.)

Find Out More About Living Liberally

Drinking Liberally is a project of Living Liberally, an organization which builds progressive communities through social networks and events. Founded in 2003, Living Liberally has 316 chapters across the country. The Center City Philadelphia chapter of DL was started during the 2004 election and has met every Tuesday night since.

-David D., chapter organizer.