Our doors are on the verge of closing permanently at the end of May. This isn't a drill, your own inner-city living room is at a breaking point. For two years, this space has operated on pure heart and "magic by the skin of our teeth," but the weight of a commercial lease in today’s world has become impossible to carry alone. Either we double the space for more magic to unfold, which comes with DOUBLE the rent - or we fold.

We are at the finish line,...