Allan Pepper and Billy Altman, "Positively Fourth and Mercer"

TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT! A STANDBY LINE FOR AVAILABLE SEATING/SRO WILL OPEN AT 6:55 THE DAY OF THE EVENT. In 1974, when young music promoters Allan Pepper and Stanley Snadowsky opened their night club the Bottom Line in an industrial area of Greenwich Village that was all but deserted after 6 pm, no one could have foreseen either its long-term success or its impact on the musical and cultural landscape of New York City. Over the next thirty years, while trends and tastes came and went, the Bottom Line throughout its fabled history remained true to its co-founders' profoundly simple vision: that if you presented entertainers in an intimate setting where the focus would always be on what transpired onstage, both artists and audiences would treasure the experience. That vision would ultimately translate to, literally, thousands of magical evenings and events featuring both icons and up-and-comers from across the music universe. As the performers, patrons and staffers who passed through its doors all agree, the Bottom Line realized its founders vision as no New York music club, before or after, ever would. Positively Fourth and Mercer is the tale of childhood friends who turned their shared dream into a reality – and, through determination, hard work, and, most of all, a belief in each other, made entertainment history, and memories, to last a lifetime. In conversation with radio host Jerry Treacy. In partnership with Outpost in the Burbs. Tickets are $5 and include a 10% discount on the book purchase at the event.