Hi everyone! My name is Jonathan Potter, and my friend Peter Gould and I are raising money for a cause that means a lot to us.

Support Latchis Arts and Save the National Endowment for the Arts, too!

Peter Gould's new novel, PART FOR THE HOLE, is about a guy who decides to save the National Endowment for the Arts - with a little help from his friends. It starts with an article in the Brattleboro Reformer, continues with a meditation on Kurt Vonnegut's theory of "the seed crystal" and hits full speed with a theater action in a hotel room that looks a lot like the Latchis Hotel.

Please help us manifest all this in real time, with real people, in the hotel room that inspired Peter's book. Join us for live readings from PART FOR THE HOLE - a rare opportunity for about 40 people in two seatings, in a hotel room in Brattleboro's historic Latchis Hotel.

There's just two chances to take part - Friday, Nov. 13, at 7:00pm, and Saturday, Nov. 14, at 2:00pm.

We need your financial support to put the event on, pay the artists, and support Latchis Arts, whose mission is preserve beautiful heirloom downtown venue and keep it buzzing as a hub of cultural, community and civic activity.

Please contribute to make this novel event happen. Here's what you get if you do:

For any contribution, you get a warm, warm glow. And, if you come to the reading, you get a free copy of PART FOR THE HOLE - and a pastry - with your donation at the door.

For a $50 contribution, you'll get some cool food donated by the Brattleboro Food Co-op.

Or, for a $50 contribution, you'll get movie passes for two to the Latchis Theatre, plus free popcorn. Yum!

For a $200 contribution, you can get a coupon for a free private theater rental at the Latchis. Book a theater, invite your friends and watch what you want.

For a $250 contribution, you get a full set of The Complete Works of Peter Gould (Eight volumes!)

For a $300 contribution, you can get a night for two at the Latchis Hotel - and two movie passes, too!

A $500 donation gets you our "Room Where It Happens" package - spend the night in the very hotel room where the event takes place - the beautiful A=Zodiac room, newly redesigned and refurnished, after the crowd departs.

Whether or not you donate to this novel approach to making the case for supporting the arts, you an attend our theater event. By donation. But you need to make a reservation. Seating is limited. Um, it is a hotel room after all!!