You know it’s going to be exciting because there’s neon involved.

As though you needed any more reason to attend the Athena Film Festival, now you have the chance to mingle with celebrity for free! Hoping to motivate you through your love of not spending money on things and people other people have seen on television, event organizers are offering a select number of free tickets to the premier of the upcoming HBO special Rosie O’Donnell: A Heartfelt Stand Up, with the promise that Ms. O’Donnell herself will be in attendance.

A Heartfelt Stand Up, according to the copy Bwog has received, will be:

Featuring Rosie O’Donnell in a hybrid form of standup comedy, inspired by her recent near-fatal heart attack. In a comic and touching performance, she shares her experience with heart disease, the leading cause of death among American women, and explores topics ranging from the challenges of raising five children to her obsession with Barbara Streisand. O’Donnell’s return to the stage is an honest, hilarious and intimate take on life.

If you’re interested in taking advantage of the free tickets, you can  email athenafilmfestoutreach@gmail.com with the subject line “Rosie ticket giveaway” and the number of tickets, at most two, you are requesting. The offer is first-come-first-served pending availability, so best to hurry.

The event is scheduled for Saturday at 4:30 pm and will be followed by a special appearance of Ms. O’Donnell.

As for why you would be so drawn to the idea of celebrity in the first place, whether this is, indeed, exactly the moral inequality Rousseau warned us about, grounded in no substance but only amour-propre, that constant comparison to others that is driving our civilization, our very souls, towards despair, we have this to say: back to CC with you. We want to have fun.

Heartfelt Poster via Athena Film Festival publicity page