We missed Day 1. You can stop by today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ... in the auditorium at the Sirovich Center for Balanced Living at 331 E. 12th St. between First Avenue and Second Avenue.
We've bought a few things here through the years, and the proceeds support the art programs at Sirovich.
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Way before this Gothamist article (see link), the old Bowery Boogie blog (now retired) exposed this "charity" sham for the fake it was and is.
"Organizers of the daylong bar crawl, during which tens of thousands of revelers in Santa costumes crowd bars and sidewalks across the city, have long defended against public pushback by saying that the event is a charity fundraiser.
A Gothamist analysis shows that the organization raised $1.4 million through SantaCon programming from late 2014 through the end of 2022, and that less than a fifth of that money has gone to registered nonprofits.
More than a third of the organization’s total giving during that period went to groups or individuals who appear connected to Burning Man, the annual weeklong festival in Nevada, including organizations devoted to hula hooping, dance parades, free costumes and more."
https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/santacon-raises-money-for-charity-theyve-spent-a-lot-on-crypto-and-burning-man
The Sirovich ceramics sale is amazing. Lots of nice pieces at incredibly cheap prices. Really, everything I looked at was priced less than half of what I was expecting. I picked up some nice gifts. They don't receive any state funding for their ceramics program, and the proceeds from the program is how they pay for supplies.
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