UArts AIDS benefit
The University of the Arts will host a performance benefit from 7-10 p. m. Dec. 4 at Hamilton Hall, 320 S. Broad St., to raise money for AIDS Fund.
The event is being organized by UArts student group Peer Support, Peer Education and will feature performances by UArts and Art Institute students, staged fashion scenes, complimentary hors d’oeuvres and raffles.
Admission is $10 and $5 for students.
For more information, contact D’Ontace Keyes at (773) 366-4683 or [email protected].
Bike Stop benefit
Staff of The Bike Stop, 206 S. Quince St., will string lights and hang tinsel at the bar’s Holiday Décor Party from 2-6 p.m. Dec. 5, while heading into the home stretch of its holiday benefit drive.
Decorations will be provided, but guests can also bring their own additions. Free potluck appetizers will be served, and partygoers can contribute their own food creations to the menu.
The Bike Stop will collect items for Mazzoni Center’s holiday toy and clothing drive and HIV/AIDS housing agency Calcutta House. Mazzzoni is accepting new toys, gloves, hats and scarves for children up to age 12, which will be distributed to youth affected by or infected with HIV/AIDS. Calcutta is looking for new personal-care hygiene products and twin-bedding items.
Cash donations are also accepted, and items can be dropped off until Dec. 13.
From 8 p.m.-midnight Dec. 10, employees from Mazzoni Center’s Care Services Department will be guest bartenders and sell baked goods to support the drive.
Center to host town hall
The William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St., will hold a town-hall meeting from 6-8 p.m. Dec. 9.
The meeting, the first in a series, is open to the LGBT community and allies. Participants can learn more about the center’s plans for the future and voice opinions on the organization’s direction.
The meeting will consist of presentations by center staff followed by a question-and-answer session. Guests will have up to two minutes to pose a question or state concerns, which center staff will consider for future programming.
Space is limited, so RSVP by e-mailing [email protected] or calling (215) 732-2220.
— Jen Colletta