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All funds raised from this year\u2019s annual Halloween Cover Show will go to support the work of two locally based advocacy groups, Tranzmission Prison Project and Asheville Prison Books. Both organizations launched in the early 2000s, aiming to provide free books to incarcerated people. APB serves the Carolinas, and TPP mails books and literature to incarcerated LGBTQ+ people nationwide, explains Riley Carter, a volunteer with TPP since 2015.<\/p>\n
About 30 volunteers are involved locally, and Carter emphasizes that while both organizations are \u201cconnected to a wider network of prison books programs,\u201d those links are informal. Neither organization is a registered 501(c)3. \u201cAs a bunch of anarchists, we aren\u2019t the most concerned with the money or status of the project,\u201d Carter says. \u201cWe just want to send out books to prisoners until every cage is emptied.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carter believes that the work of TPP and APB is a radical act \u201cbecause it resists the alienation and isolation perpetuated by prisons.\u201d And he believes that the prison system is hostile to his group\u2019s mission. \u201cThis is not easy work,\u201d he says. \u201cBut with every package we send to our community behind bars, we\u2019re succeeding in our goals.\u201d<\/p>\n
The two organizations have sent many thousands of packages to incarcerated people, Carter says. And many prisoners send letters of thanks in return. \u201cThose thank-you letters are some of my most prized possessions,\u201d he says. \u201cThey let me know that we are succeeding and that we have to keep going.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Halloween Cover Show is a way to support the efforts of these organizations while having fun. Carter says that he has been attending every year since 2013. \u201cAnd I had the pleasure and honor of organizing the show in 2011,\u201d he says. \u201cWe raised upwards of $6,000.\u201d<\/p>\n
At press time, Carter was keeping the lineup for this year\u2019s show under wraps. \u201cWe try to get a good mix on the bill; nothing too obscure,\u201d he says. But he did provide some hints. \u201cYou can expect to [hear bands performing covers of] Korn, Judas Priest, Britney Spears and The Specials,\u201d he says. In other cities, Carter continues, similar events focus on punk. But the Asheville tradition \u201cends up landing in a swirl of irony and sincerity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sponsored by Pansy Collective, this year\u2019s event promises to be unique and eclectic. \u201cYou can expect food, a raffle, community safety volunteers, a photo booth by DIYabled, a costume contest and DJs,\u201d Carter promises, calling the event \u201ca completely DIY immersive Halloween experience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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