Bad Aunties Presents: Live Comedy Fundraiser for Families in Gaza

Come join us for a night of laughter and support a great cause! The Bad Aunties of Relative Arts present a live comedy fundraiser to help families in Gaza hosted by Shea Vassar and Gabe Pacheco. Let’s come together at the Francis Kite Club for an evening filled with hilarious jokes and good vibes. Your attendance will make a difference in the lives of those who need it most. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to have fun while giving back!

Live Comedy

Hosts: Gabe Pacheco and Shea Vassar

Mohanad Elshieky

Eman El-Husseini

Katie Boyle

Jonnea Herman

Grace Johnson

Sharif Hasan

Marcela Onyango

and SPECIAL GUESTS

Line-ups are subject to change…

Details about the fundraiser: Suggested Donations $10

All donations for this event will be split evenly between two families in Palestine. Relative Arts has multiple artists in the shop who have created pieces for purchase with all funds to be donated to Palestine relief. Putting to practice our belief that direct aid is the most impactful, we are sending support to Nour and her family as they survive continued displacement. Please read Nour’s story here and share far and wide: https://www.gofundme.com/f/7s3sqq-support-nours-familys-journey-to-safety

Earlier this summer, Shea was matched with Mai and her family’s fundraiser. All donations raised will be used to help the nine family members still in Gaza find safety with Khaled, Mai’s brother in Belgium. Read their story and donate or share: https://gofund.me/c6f53b8a

Relative Arts is a brick-and-mortar community space, open atelier, and shop that showcases contemporary Indigenous fashion and design in NYC’s East Village. Our mission is to provide a peer-run space that fosters the advancement of Indigenous futurism through collaboration, celebration, and education. We are Indigenous owned and operated by Korina Emmerich (Puyallup) and Liana Shewey (Mvskoke).

Howdy Cat Comedy is dedicated to creating live comedy experiences with intentional lineups that properly reflect the diversity of New York City. Created and run by Shea Vassar (Cherokee), Howdy Cat believes in the liberation of all Indigenous diasporic communities all over the world. That’s Poetic, a comedy-poetry hybrid show where a poet writes new work based on the jokes being told, is in residency at Friends and Lovers in Crown Heights until September 2024.

Gabe Pacheco is a Brooklyn based upbeat bilingual performer who has appeared at several national festivals. His voice is on John Fugelsang’s Tell Me Everything, on Sirius XM and the “Katie Halper Show”. He’s a member of the Story Pirates community. His album “Risky Behavior” is out on 800 Pound Gorilla Records. He host a weekly live show Funhouse Comedy in Williamsburg and a weekly politics and pop-culture podcast “Halal Cartels”