To our lil' songwriting family,
You know how important this is. It keeps threatening to happen to all our
favorite venues, Including our home @ the 'Gallery.
Many of you have played Kulaks, & some have had international response from
the webcast.
Please help, for the sake of the community, & for the sake of YOUR art.
Thanks!
Jimi
SongNet.org
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Paul Kulak wrote:

Hi Everyone it's Paul Kulak with some bad news. As of Wednesday 5/5/04 the
Woodshed was forced to close by the City of LA and remain that way until
further notice. I need support from ALL of you everywhere to call on our
Council Woman Wendy Greuel to help us re-open the Woodshed, especially those
of you who live in North Hollywood, Studio City, Valley Village, and Sherman
Oaks. I visited Wendy Greuel's office yesterday and it was clear that phone
calls along with a letter work best to get their attention. Here is the
contact info once again. Council Member Wendy Greuel
6350 Laurel Canyon Blvd. Suite 201
North Hollywood, Ca. 91606818-755-7676greuel@... Please send
the Woodshed a copy of your letters as well. Kulak's Woodshed5230 1/2 Laurel
Canyon Blvd.North Hollywood, CA 91602 I am operating with the belief (based
on what city officials have told me) that we can get approved for the
parking variance. However, we need to raise a LOT of money to pay for it. As
of now I have an empty bank account. Also, it looks like we're gonna get
slammed for some other surprise violations as well, such as the Health
Department for making self serve coffee and soft drinks available to all of
you. I haven't a clue why but I'm gonna find out. Fines and fees are piling
up fast. I am told that including the variance fee they could approach
$10,000 or more. By the way, ASCAP has recently sent me a bill for
cumulative fees totaling about $2,200 over the last 3 years. BMI has been
calling me as well. Can anyone out their help me work it out with them? It
seems the best path to raising the money for all this is to put together a
series of fundraisers, bring in some big name headline performers and get it
done.Can a few of you help me with this? We will need a venue/s as well. For
those of you who can help by making an additional financial contribution
please do so now. Details are on the website. (www.kulakswoodshed.com) A
wonderful organization called the North Hollywood Community Forum, has
partnered with us (as of June 2003) to act as our 501(c)(3) Fiscal Agent. If
you'd like to make your contribution Tax Deductable please contact me and I
can provide all the details. I may not know what is gonna happen next and
how we're gonna get there but I gaurantee you all that I'm gonna re-open the
Woodshed by doing whatever it takes as quickly as as possible !!! But I
can't do it alone. I need your help !!! When I first opened the Woodshed
four years ago I never could have imagined my dusty lil' hole in the wall
becoming what it has to so many people in L.A. and around the world. The
Woodshed has exceeded my wildest dreams and there's no end in sight with the
webcast. I've got a feelin' we're on the verge of something really BIG. The
talent that performs here on a daily basis continues to blow my mind. The
world is gonna find out about it one day and I'm gonna do my best to make
sure it does as soon as possible. Look what we've all done. We've come
together and created an incredible singer/songwriter labor of love community
!!! I will never let this die. Please help me. Thank YouPaul Kulak

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