The Vera Project

The name Vera comes from the phrase Veri Et Recti Amici, which is Latin meaning "true and sincere friends".

A promotional description of the project is a quote from its own website:[3] The Vera Project's first event was hosted on January 27, 2001 at the IBEW Local 46[4] and featured local artists The Murder City Devils, Botch and The Blood Brothers.

The Vera Project hosted shows at the Theatre Off Jackson until they found a longer-lasting home at 1916 4th Ave in 2002[6][7] that would be demolished a few years later for new development.

[8] The new Vera is open for business and hosting about two shows a week, along with a variety of other arts and media-related programming.

The Vera Project has hosted many successful local and national music acts including Kaina, Band of Horses, Chairlift, Dan Deacon, The Evens, Fruit Bats, Harvey Danger, Lightning Bolt, Minus the Bear, Murs, No Age, Shellac, The Shins, TV on the Radio, Weezer, WHY?, Quasi, Health, Surfer Blood, The Gossip, Fleet Foxes, Macklemore, Car Seat Headrest, and Titus Andronicus.