• Post-Zinefest Karaoke

Saturday, October 22, 8-10:30PM, Mother Fool’s Coffeehouse (serving coffee, tea, kombucha, soda, soup and baked goods — all vegan!), 1101 Williamson St. (at Ingersoll), Madison, WI

All ages and free! Hosted by The Fly Away Zine Mobile, which will be parked outside for open library hours starting at 7pm!

Also:

• Post-Zinefest Boozing

Saturday, October 22, 10PM, Paradise Lounge, 119 W Main St., Madison, WI

Informal gathering of libation-seeking thing-makers! I just gave a shot in the dark on the time, will update if more details come to light. Keep your ear to the ground during the day at Zinefest, the word is sure to circulate.

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In additional addition:

Exhibitors list is updated with a list of the rad folks that will be populating Zinefest! Wonderful!

Flyers were tossed up around campus today in a limited number, keep an eye out for them. Slender means, thinking big but remaining small, etc. Yes!

Still time to sign up for a table if you were a bit gun shy. We shant turn you away! Join us!

• Zinefest Open Mic @ Rainbow Bookstore

Thursday, October 20, 7PM, Rainbow Bookstore Cooperative, 426 W. Gilman St., Madison, WI

Exactly what it says on the wrapper: zinemakers of all stripes are encouraged to stop in and try some of their material out in a format they might not normally get to: out loud, in front of a receptive audience!

• Zines, Comics, Life (and Music)

Friday, October 21, 7PM, The Project Lodge, 817 E. Johnson St., Madison, WI

Facebook event listing HERE.

Stop by for a unique evening of presentations, discussions, and music!

- John Porcellino was born in Chicago, in 1968, and has been writing, drawing, and publishing minicomics, comics, and graphic novels for over twenty-five years. His celebrated self-published series King-Cat Comics, begun in 1989, has inspired a generation of cartoonists. Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man, a collection of King-Cat stories about Porcellino’s experiences as a pest control worker, won an Ignatz Award in 2005, and Perfect Example, first published in 2000, chronicles his struggles with depression as a teenager. King-Cat Classix and Map of My Heart, published in 2007/2009, offer a comprehensive overview of the zine’s first sixty-one issues, while Thoreau at Walden(2008) is a poetic expression of the great philosopher’s experience and ideals. According to cartoonist Chris Ware, “John Porcellino’s comics distill, in just a few lines and words, the feeling of simply being alive.” Porcellino’s work has been translated into French, German, Spanish, Swedish, Italian, and Korean. He currently lives in South Beloit, Illinois.

John will be talking about his own work, the integration of making comics with his everyday life, and the changes he has witnessed over the years when trying to expose independent creators to a wider audience.
http://www.king-cat.net/
http://johnporcellino.blogspot.com/

- Local comic artist Stacie Arellano will also be talking about her work.
http://www.tributewaters.com/

After the presentations, stick around for musical performances from some vital young creators. Scheduled to perform is Slag Heap, Brett Naucke, Josh Burke, Floating Gardens and Daniel Wyche.

-Slag Heap is the musical performing alias of Connor Camburn, formerly of Chicago and current Madison resident. He runs Tailings, a book and tape imprint, with Katy McCarty.
http://tailingsbooks.blogspot.com/
http://soundcloud.com/sacredphrases/slag-heap-hushing-c20-sp-20

-Brett Naucke is a Chicago resident and co-owner and operator of the Catholic Tapes music label since 2007. He has performed music in the past under the name Face Worker, and is currently performing under his own name.
http://catholic-tapes.com/
http://soundcloud.com/catholic-tapes

-Josh Burke is a Chicago resident and runs his own audio / visual label, Midnight Star Media. He performs under various aliases, such as 56K, Sky Limousine, and his own name, and has had his work released on various imprints run by his peers.
http://midnightstarmedia.blogspot.com/
http://soundcloud.com/midnight-star-media

-Floating Gardens is the musical performing alias of Eric Hanss, a Chicago resident. He is the owner and operator of Field Studies, a label that produces tapes, cds, and other objects.
http://fieldstudiesimprint.blogspot.com/

-Daniel Wyche is a Chicago resident who performs under his own name and as one-third of the Philadelphia / New Jersey / New York-based analog improvisation collective Terratazen.
http://soundcloud.com/daniel-wyche

***$5 (or more!!) donation heartily encouraged to help out all the folks who will be making the drive from out of town!***

And, of course, don’t forget about the main event:

• Madison Zinefest 2011!

Saturday, October 22, 10AM – 6PM, Varsity Hall, Union South, 1308 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI

Facebook event listing HERE.

Come one, come all for one of the state’s premier gatherings of underground press culture.

What exactly are zines, you ask? They are magazines, books, leaflets, comics and other materials that are produced independent of the major publication system. They can be (and they are) about anything and everything, from food to queer life to music to sewing to so much more. Come visit with authors, artists, and creators from around Wisconsin and the midwest and peruse the many works on display. Exchange ideas, trade or give away your own zines and celebrate the thriving life of the printed object in the face of the digital onslaught!

There is still time to sign up for a table! Just follow the little “Sign up for a table” link to the right!

Also, take a look at the rideshare / places to crash post at your right. Some kind folks could use your help to make their Zinefest experience a reality, so consider offering a hand!

As always, thanks for your excitement and enthusiasm. Spread the word about the events above by any means you deem appropriate. Zinefest belongs to you, so go ahead and make it yours!

Madison Zinefest 2011 will take place during the Wisconsin Book Festival this October.

WHEN: Oct. 22, 2011, 10:00 AM

WHERE: Varsity Hall at Union South in Madison, WI

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU: Gawk at Zines, celebrate Zines, learn about Zines if they are new to you, meet authors, see Zine Presenters, sign up for a table to sell your Zines.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: ‘Like’ our Facebook page and follow this site.

The Wisconsin Book Festival is a program of the Wisconsin Humanities Council.

Drawing by Gisela Giardino on a CC BY-SA 2.0 license

It looks like road construction will probably still be getting in the way of things by Saturday, so if you are attending, please please do consider how this will impact your travel arrangements / parking situation.

Parking at one of the nearby ramps is still recommended as the best option for parking (no need to worry over meters).

There is a segment of Park St. that is still closed, but if you would like to park underneath Helen C. White, as of today, access is still available via Langdon St. (in front of the Memorial Union).

Please get in touch if you have any questions and we’ll see you on Saturday!

However, if you are not the Facebooking type, please use this space (the comments area below) to submit your requests and offers.  No guarantees you’ll have any takers, of course, but maybe it will help!

-1PM to 3PM:
Sniffing Glue: Parallel Histories 1976-77
Framed within the two-year period (1976-77), in which Mark Perry published his infamous UK punk zine Sniffing Glue, Stephen Perkins’ presentation will be a hands-on workshop that examines other innovative periodicals published by artists during these two years.
Workshop will include copies of Sniffing Glue and the USA’s equivalent, Punk Magazine, as well as periodicals from a host of other countries including the Netherlands, Poland, UK, Brazil, Uruguay and Canada.
Stephen Perkins is a British art historian & curator with an interest in zines & artists’ periodicals. Selected writings available at the following link: http://www.zinebook.com/resource/perkins.html
(In the smaller room adjoining the Open Book area)

-3PM to 5PM:
Anthony Rayson will be discussing explain how and why zines can be used as the main component of
free school education. Focus will be given to prisoner zines, for prisoners are not allowed access to computers. Rayson will introduce a few terrific prisoner writers and artists and read parts of a few letters from prisoners, explaining what zines mean to them, which is basically – everything!
(In the smaller room adjoining the Open Book area)

-5PM to 6PM:
C. Matthew Luther will be discussing the use of zines from poetry to political activism and the importance of the creator as an independent artist and press.  Luther will also touch on the past, present and future of zines and their importance, as well the importance of the Xerox machine and it’s invention and evolution.
More about Luther can be found here: www.matthewluther.com
Milo Miller, co-founder of the Queer Zine Archive Project, will be discussing his work with zines as vehicle for advocacy.
Read about the QZAP here: http://www.qzap.org/v6/index.php
(In the Ethnic Studies room, on the first floor, at the opposite end of the building from the Open Book area)

These presentations are sure to be enlightening and they’ll be a great chance to conduct some dialogue with fellow zine-makers and zine enthusiasts! Locations and times are subject to change, so keep an eye / ear out the day of the fest for someone, possibly myself, shouting and pointing wildly.

And those of you with younger folks tagging along, be sure to check out Barbara Slate’s graphic novel workshop for teens!

-Matt

Saturday October 2nd, 11AM – 6PM

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Open Book Area, 1st Floor of College Library, Helen C. White Hall, 600 North Park Street

Here is some info about parking for those who need it:
There is parking under the building, but it is metered and you need to plug the meters every two hours ($2.50 for 2 hrs). The Lake St. ramp is also quite convenient, and you won’t have to worry about feeding a meter.

Here’s some info about the parking ramp below the building here (Lot 6):
http://www.fpm.wisc.edu/smomap/lot.aspx?lot=6

Here is more info about the Lake St. ramp:
http://www.cityofmadison.com/parkingutility/garagesLots/facilities/stateStCampus.cfm

Here’s more info about visitor parking on campus and the various ramps:
http://www2.fpm.wisc.edu/trans/info_visitor.asp

Also, the exhibitor list has just been updated! As always, get in touch with any questions or concerns.

See everyone soon!

-Matt