EFF 17th Birthday Bash tomorrow night in San Fran!

Cory Doctorow 2:11 pm Mon Jan 14, 2008

Quick reminder: the Electronic Frontier Foundation's 17th Birthday Bash is tomorrow night, the 15th of January, at the 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco. Don't forget to RSVP!

The birthday bash will be on January 15, 7-11 PM, at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco. Headliners Adrian & the Mysterious D (A+D), the DJ duo that founded the seminal mashup party "Bootie," will be dropping a shameless, genre-smashing blend of tracks, backed up by DJ sets from Bay Area copyfighters Ripley, Kid Kameleon and EFF's own J Tones and Qubitsu.

The EFF party will also feature an exclusive chocolate sampling with TCHO, "a new chocolate company for a new generation of chocolate enthusiasts." Founded by Wired co-founder Louis Rossetto and legendary chocolatier Timothy Childs, himself a former technologist, TCHO will be bringing a "beta release" of its best dark chocolate to the party table. Attendees are invited to vote for their favorite TCHO beta chocolate flavors at the party — feedback that will help define TCHO's next steps as they gear up for a national release.

January 15, 7-10 PM
111 Minna Gallery
111 Minna Street
San Francisco, CA

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