Alt Variety

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Alt Variety
EditorLuke H. Walker
Categories Underground magazine
Frequency Monthly
PublisherAlt Variety
Founded2012
First issueApril 1, 2013 (2013-04-01)
Final issueJuly 2013
CompanyAlt Variety LLC
CountryUnited States
Based inNew York City
LanguageEnglish

Alt Variety was a New York City-based monthly publication dealing with alternative and subversive themes that launched online in February 2012 and closed in July 2013

Fundraising for Coney Island parade

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, which devastated Coney Island, Alt Variety helped to host a benefit concert for the Coney Island Mermaid Parade at Bowery Ballroom, featuring headliners Amanda Palmer, Mina Caputo, and Abel Ferrara. [1] [2] Alt Variety also enlisted Judah Friedlander to help raise public awareness about the imperiled parade after founder and editor in chief Lee Wong asked the comedian to create a service announcement to solicit donations. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Saturday Night Benefit Planned For Coney Island". New York Times. May 23, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  2. ↑ "At Coney Island, The (Mermaid) Show Must Go On". NPR. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  3. ↑ "New York steps up to help the Coney Island Mermaid Parade". am New York. Archived from the original on June 24, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2025.
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