Thursday, July 14, 2005
Zine-y weekend in Philadelphia PA!
If you’re going to be anywhere near Philadelphia over the weekend (and until Tuesday, actually), it behooves you to check out some of the independent media events happening. In a strange harmonic convergence, there’s actually four zine/small publishing related events happening here:
Saturday, July 16.
Underground Literary Alliance Readoff. At Medusa, 27 S. 21st Street, 5pm-8pm. This event features members of the ULA, including Jack Saunders, Frank Walsh and Michael Grover. They’ve recently started their own small press imprint, LitVision Press.
Sunday, July 17.
The Third Annual Philadelphia Zine Fest! At the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street, 12n-6pm. Free! Workshops and tabling by many of your favorite small publishers and comix artists! Philadelphia is sorely lacking in places to purchase zines (outside of a few at Wooden Shoe Books and an anemic selection at Tower Records), so bring a pile of small bills and stock up on your reading!
Sunday, July 17.
A reading by Al Burian and Jessica Hopper. At Molly’s Café and Bookstore, 1010 S. Ninth Street, 7pm. Al is the mind and soul behind the always excellent Burn Collector, and also plays in the band Milemarker. He even starred in an indie film, Good Grief. Jessica Hopper is the creator of Hit it Or Quit It, and plays bass with Burian in the band Challenger. They’re touring 10 cities in 11 days, so catch them at this cozy bookstore (complete with a couple of cats) in the middle of the Italian Market.
Tuesday, July 19.
The “Spazzes with Glasses” tour, featuring Anne Elizabeth Moore and Liz Mason. At Molly’s Café and Bookstore, 1010 S. Ninth Street, 7pm. Anne Moore is the author of Hey Kidz! Buy this Book: A Radical Primer on Corporate and Governmental Propaganda and Artistic Activism for Short People, a book that I wish had been around when I was a kid. You can’t start ‘em raging against the machine too early! She’s joined by Liz Mason, publisher of the excellent zine Caboose, Quimby’s clerk extraordinaire (she always gets me paid!), and curator of The Bad Lyrics Project.
Wow! That’s a load of independent publishing! ¶ 7:44 PM
Saturday, July 16.
Underground Literary Alliance Readoff. At Medusa, 27 S. 21st Street, 5pm-8pm. This event features members of the ULA, including Jack Saunders, Frank Walsh and Michael Grover. They’ve recently started their own small press imprint, LitVision Press.
Sunday, July 17.
The Third Annual Philadelphia Zine Fest! At the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut Street, 12n-6pm. Free! Workshops and tabling by many of your favorite small publishers and comix artists! Philadelphia is sorely lacking in places to purchase zines (outside of a few at Wooden Shoe Books and an anemic selection at Tower Records), so bring a pile of small bills and stock up on your reading!
Sunday, July 17.
A reading by Al Burian and Jessica Hopper. At Molly’s Café and Bookstore, 1010 S. Ninth Street, 7pm. Al is the mind and soul behind the always excellent Burn Collector, and also plays in the band Milemarker. He even starred in an indie film, Good Grief. Jessica Hopper is the creator of Hit it Or Quit It, and plays bass with Burian in the band Challenger. They’re touring 10 cities in 11 days, so catch them at this cozy bookstore (complete with a couple of cats) in the middle of the Italian Market.
Tuesday, July 19.
The “Spazzes with Glasses” tour, featuring Anne Elizabeth Moore and Liz Mason. At Molly’s Café and Bookstore, 1010 S. Ninth Street, 7pm. Anne Moore is the author of Hey Kidz! Buy this Book: A Radical Primer on Corporate and Governmental Propaganda and Artistic Activism for Short People, a book that I wish had been around when I was a kid. You can’t start ‘em raging against the machine too early! She’s joined by Liz Mason, publisher of the excellent zine Caboose, Quimby’s clerk extraordinaire (she always gets me paid!), and curator of The Bad Lyrics Project.
Wow! That’s a load of independent publishing! ¶ 7:44 PM
