Cooper Young Festival Kick-off

Festival Kickoff party will be at Dish,
948 South Cooper Street
September 17 from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Festival Kick-off & Poster Party: September 17, 2009 – 6-9 pm

The start of the Cooper Young Festival season will begin on Thursday, September 17, with the annual Kick-off & Poster Party. Mary and Jonathan Postal have been selected as the 2009 Poster Artists and will be our guests of honor on this night. Each year, one artist from the neighborhood is chosen to design a poster that embraces the history, art and eclectic style of Cooper Young. This year, we are happy to have this talented duo and their wonderful expression of what Cooper Young means to them.

The 2009 original poster art along with a limited amount of signed posters will be sold during a silent auction at the Kickoff Party. Mary and Jonathan Postal have worked, lived in or close to Cooper Young for over a decade; they used certain icons and touchstones from the neighborhood in their piece of work. Some of which are the Elvis altar that once lived in the earlier incarnation of Java Cabana that now is displayed at Goner Records, a cat at the House of Mews, the parade of dogs you can observe at your leisure while sitting on the sidewalk with a cup of coffee or glass of wine at numerous independently owned restaurants, bars and coffee shops, and chairs from Burke’s Book Store. A guitarist and a metal artist highlight the on-going creative work that comes from the residents of Cooper Young.

Everyone is invited to the Kick-off Party which will be held at Dish Restaurant located at 948 South Cooper Street from 6 – 9 pm. Refreshments will be provided by Festival Sponsor Chick-fil-a on Union Avenue which will be hosting their Grand Opening in Midtown on this day. A.S. Barboro and the Cooper Young Business Association are providing music and the beverages for this event. Everyone is invited to come celebrate the twenty-second year of the Cooper Young Festival.