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You can help keep Brooklyn's homeless hounds toasty by bringing blankets, towels and other bedding to the Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition's (BARC) Blanket Drive and Benefit on Saturday, January 18, 2003, 9 p.m. to midnight, at the Stinger Club, 241 Grand Street (between Driggs and Roebling), Brooklyn. Join the many supporters of this not-for-profit, no-kill animal rescue shelter for an evening of laughs, music, munchies and other tail-wagging treats. Comedian Ritch Duncan is the featured performer, offering his two-legged stand-up act to benefit our four-legged friends. Your clean and gently used blankets, towels and other bedding -- as well as financial donations -- are desperately needed in the cold weather. Entrance to the benefit is free with your donation of at least one blanket or towel; in lieu of bedding contributions, there is a $5 admission fee at the door. For more information, contact BARC at (718) 486-7489 or visit www.barcshelter.org. DIRECTIONS TO THE STINGER CLUB: L train to Bedford Ave. (first stop in Brooklyn). Exit station at Driggs Ave. and walk 4 blocks south to Grand St. and turn left. The Stinger Club is halfway down the block (look for red and white lights in front).