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Night of Paws, Pints and Performances on tap

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Beer, music and animal rights will come together at Avondale Brewing Co. in July.

The first Paws, Pints and Performances fundraiser for the U.S. Animal Law Center will be at the brewery on July 9 from noon to 11 p.m. The event includes six bands, an art contest and games for kids. Linda Dooley, founder, president and CEO of the U.S. Animal Law Center, said Avondale Brewing Co. was selected for this new event because it is in a good area with a lot of outdoor space.

The U.S. Animal Law Center is a nonprofit that works to provide education programs, build an animal abuse database and support conservation efforts. It was founded by Dooley in 2011 and received its nonprofit status in 2015.

“We do education on compassion toward animals, we have K-12 program curriculum, and we talk about, in the curriculum, compassion toward all animal species and what to do if someone sees someone abusing an animal,” Dooley said.

The center also works to promote consumer education training, which covers information on antibiotics, hormones and making good choices on meat. It also helped get an animal cruelty bill passed in 2013. 

“We try to influence policies as well, and to do that we have to be funded,” Dooley said. “It’s [the event is] basically to help our programs to continue and to get out in the public also.”

In addition to outdoor activities, the event includes an art contest called “Angels Among Us.” Local artists and residents can submit a piece in any medium featuring any animal, the only guideline is the piece must be original and animal pictured must have angel wings. 

During the event, there will be buckets under each piece of work, and attendees will be able to drop money into the buckets to “vote” for their favorite. An award will be given to the piece that has the most support, Dooley said.

While this is the first year for Paws, Pints and Performances, Dooley said in May the event already had begun to receive community support. That positive reaction, she said, means they already are looking toward future events.

“We will have it again; there’s no doubt,” she said. “We’re already getting enough support that we will have it again.”

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