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Last spring, gambling on political futures, the nonprofit concert organizer NextArts reserved the plaza for Inauguration Day. And now that there's a president-elect whose ascension is viewed by many as cause for celebration, NextArts is renting a video screen to broadcast the festivities beginning at 7 a.m.
More good news: Although tickets for Obama's swearing-in are being scalped on the Internet for prices that would make a hedge fund manager blush, it won't cost a dime to be at Civic Center. The only requirement is that attendees bring socks or underwear with the tags still attached.
NextArts - which has called the event the "Sock It to Me Concert" - will donate the unused undergarments to homeless groups.
Seating begins at 6 a.m.; we'll see if local politicians jump on the bandwagon and make this a full-fledged event. For more information, go to www.nextarts.org.
