Street Café: “POW! An evening of readings and photography with punch!”

Celebrate PROOF’s sports issue—and meet the boxer who inspired Sylvester Stallone’s original Rocky film!

What: Readings and a photo show featuring: PETER WOOD’s report on minor-league boxing in New York City, BRUCE J. SCHULMAN’s talk on baseball evangelist Billy Sunday and MICHELE HERMAN reading from her short story, “Oh, Thing of Beauty”.

Plus: On hand to sign copies of the sports issue, in which he’s featured in a photo-profile, will be retired heavyweight boxer CHUCK WEPNER, also known as the “Bayonne Bleeder”, who fought Muhammad Ali in 1975 and inspired the original Rocky.

Where: In NYC’s Greenwich Village, at Cornelia Street Café (29 Cornelia St., between 6th Ave. and Bleecker St.; 212-989-9319). Click here for a letter-sized flyer with directions or here for a PDF version.

When: Tuesday, July 24th, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

Cost: Admission is $9, and includes one free drink. Copies of the sports issue will be available for purchase for $4.95.

Join us for this celebration of fiction, photography and sports!