Annual STORY PIRATES & FRIENDS Benefit Set for Peter Norton Symphony Space, 6/7

The Story Pirates (Benjamin Salka, CEO; Lee Overtree, Artistic Director), a national arts integration education organization, announces its annual Story Pirates & Friends Benefit on Friday, June 7th 2013 at Peter Norton Symphony Space (2537 Broadway). Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. and the show will begin at 8:00 pm.

All funds raised at Story Pirates & Friends will benefit the Story Pirates, bringing quality arts and creative writing programs to low-income students. The annual fundraiser seeks to raise over $60,000 for underfunded programs for children in need. Story Pirates serves primarily low-income, culturally diverse elementary school students in over 200 schools in New York and around the country.

The Daily Show's Jon Stewart says of the group, "I believe that what the Story Pirates are doing is helping America-nay, humanity-helping humanity itself... the Story Pirates give kids a love of creative writing and a confidence in that ability that they can't get anywhere else."

The Story Pirates & Friends Benefit is being run in conjunction with an online campaign aiming to honor the educators who are inspiring kids every day. For more information on the Spread the Love campaign, visit www.storypirates.org/spreadthelove

Story Pirates is a nationally respected education and media organization founded in 2003 to celebrate the words and ideas of young people. By pairing world-class teachers with first-rate actors and comedians, Story Pirates offers a variety of tools to make learning more engaging and effective. Dually based in New York and Los Angeles, Story Pirates is best known for the Idea Storm Program, a master-class writing workshop that brings teaching concepts to life, followed by a musical sketch comedy show featuring stories by students and performed by professional artists. Their acclaimed programs and professional development services for teachers are in place at over 200 schools from coast to coast.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.storypirates.org/spreadthelove