Self-Publishers Event Council of Chicago
Saturday, February 21 (at 7:00 pm) at Uncle Fun in Chicago:
The Self-Publishers Event Council of Chicago
(http://www.selfpublishers.org)
and the Gapers Block web publication (http://www.gapersblock.com) are joining
forces to co-sponsor an evening of readings featuring several of
Chicago's
finest bloggers (self-publishers of web logs). The show will take place
Saturday, February 21 (at 7:00 pm) at the Uncle Fun upstairs art
gallery
(1338 W. Belmont, Chicago - http://www.unclefunchicago.com), and will be
hosted by
Brent Ritzel (of SPEC Chicago and Zine Guide - http://www.zineguide.net) and
Andrew
Huff (Gapers Block).
readers include:
Mimi Smartypants - http://smartypants.diaryland.com
Jason Pettus - http://geocities.com/jpettus.geo & www.jasonpettus.com
Lacey Graves - http://www.lay-c.com
Sour Bob - http://www.sourbob.com
Louisa Heinrich - http://www.custom-deluxe.com
Kevin Skomsvold - http://www.nadablog.com
Alicia Dorr - http://randomlifeinprogress.blogspot.com
Alex Golub - http://alex.golub.name
David Elfving - http://www.greasyskillet.org
Lauriean Davis - http://www.shastamacnasty.com
Jeremy P. Bushnell - http://www.imaginaryyear.com/raccoon
Ramsin Canon - http://chicagolife.blogspot.com
Juliet Martinez - http://www.julietmartinez.com
Doors to the Uncle Fun upstairs art gallery space open at 7:00 pm
(come early and peruse the Uncle Fun store, it CLOSES at 7:00 pm)
Cover charge five dollars. B.Y.O.B. (there's a liquor store on the
corner)
A minimum of two hours of entertainment will be served.
All ages are welcome.
also coming up:
Tuesday, March 2 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at DePaul University (Schmitt
Academic
Center [SAC] room 154, 2320 N. Kenmore Avenue in Chicago).
SPEC Chicago, in conjunction with DePaul University's radio station
(WRDP at
http://radio.depaul.edu), presents an evening of readings featuring a
variety of Chicago-area self-publishing luminaries. This event will be
filmed by the DePaul TV station, on only their second day of existence.
This is an all-ages, free show (though we strongly encourage
donations).
Contact Brent Ritzel at spec@selfpublishers.org or call him at
773.269.2918
for more information.
readers include:
Emerson Dameron (Kazoo zine - http://www.selfpublishers.org/features.htm)
Mitchell Szczepanczyk (Chicago Media Action -
http://www.chicagomediaaction.org)
Louis Silverstein (Columbia College professor)
Alicia Dorr (Random Life In Progress zine, Zine Guide -
http://randomlifeinprogress.blogspot.com)
Brent Ritzel (Zine Guide, Tail Spins Magazine - http://www.zineguide.net)
Kurt Heintz (E-poets Network - http://www.e-poets.net)
Aaron Cynic (Diatribe zine - http://www.diatribemedia.com)
Keight Sandler (Backstabber zine - http://www.selfpublishers.org/features.htm)
Billy Roberts (Her & Proot I Exist zines, Loop Zine Distro -
http://www.loopdistro.com)
Andrew Mall (Living Proof zine - http://www.atm4.net)
David David Katzman (author of ©[macron]Death By Zamboni©? novel -
http://www.daviddavid.net)
Jeremy P. Bushnell (http://www.imaginaryyear.com)
Michelle Aiello (Inidgo zine)
Matt Fagan (Meniscus zine)
Dan Rockwood (independent writer, Zine Guide webmaster -
www.zineguide.net)
... hosted by Brandon Wetherbee (WRDP program director, Foul Inc. -
http://www.foulinc.com)
Saturday, March 20 from 8:00 to 11:00 pm at the Independent Video
Alliance
(7009 N. Glenwood in Chicago). SPEC Chicago is co-sponsoring a benefit
for
Redline Radio (99.1 FM reaching Rogers Park, Edgewater, Uptown,
Evanston and
Lincolnwood), featuring an evening of irrelevant films and irreverant
readings. This is an all-ages show with a $5 cover charge. Contact
Brent
Ritzel at spec@selfpublishers.org or call him at 773.269.2918 for more
information.
readers include:
Al Burian (Burn Collector zine)
Emerson Dameron (Kazoo zine)
Brent Ritzel (Zine Guide, Tail Spins Magazine)
Alicia Dorr (Random Life In Progress zine, Zine Guide)
Noah Berlatsky (publisher of "Angry White Clerihew")
... and others to be announced!
Friday, April 16 in the evening at Ann Sather (929 W. Belmont in
Chicago).
SPEC Chicago is co-sponsoring Gapers' Block Party II with the popular
local
web magazine (http://www.gapersblock.com). This huge knockout dragout party
will
feature more readings PLUS A WHOLE LOT MORE. Contact Brent Ritzel at
spec@selfpublishers.org or call him at 773.269.2918 for more
information.
readers include:
Aaron Cynic (Diatribe zine)
Emerson Dameron (Kazoo zine)
Keight Sandler (Backstabber zine)
Alicia Dorr (Random Life In Progress zine, Zine Guide)>
Brent Ritzel (Zine Guide, Tail Spins Magazine)
Michelle Aiello (Inidgo zine)
Larry O. Dean (http://www.larryodean.com)
Wendy McClure (http://www.poundy.com)
... and others to be annouced
Self-Publishers Event Council of Chicago is a new organization composed
of
zinesters, writers, bloggers, artists, performers and poets dedicated
to
creating alternative avenues for sharing self-published artistic
expression
with the public. For more information on these events or this new
organization, to become a part of S.P.E.C. Chicago, or to be placed on
our
mailing list, please email spec@selfpublishers.org.
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