The Scream's Moustache Gala 2010: Choose Your Own Stache!
Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 7:00pm
Hugh’s Room
2261 Dundas Street West-
This Saturday, come celebrate the midpoint of the Scream Literary Festival with some well-groomed literature lovers and show off your facial coiffe for a chance to win some goodies! Prizes available for Best Moustache, Best Beard, Scariest Facial Hair and Best Original Creation. Enjoy the electro dance pop sounds of Green Go, local rock stars Henri Faberge and the Adorables, and groove to the jazz/r&b sounds of Maylee Todd.
Make your own stache or sport one of our strap-ons upon arrival! Not every stache style suits everyone. Here’s a style guide to help you out while creating your own!
WHAT TYPE OF MOUSTACHE ARE YOU?
(Courtesy of the American Mustache Institute)
English - narrow, beginning at the middle of the upper lip; the whiskers are very long and pulled to the side, slightly curled; the ends are pointed slightly upward; areas past the corner of the mouth usually shaved. Art... (More)
July 10, 2010
Now Then Gadgie breaks the zine anthology mould
'Gadgie' is a classic UK zine put out by Marv Gadgie from the town of Boston in Lincolnshire, UK. I have been aware of the zine since the turn of the century and the sight of a new issue in my PO Box always brings a smile to my face. The wonderful Andrew Culture and Corndog Publishing/zine distro in the UK have put out a book, a zine anthology dedicated to the wonderful world of 'Gadgie'. The unusual thing about the anthology is that the zine 'Gadgie' is usually 95% dedicated to brutal hardcore, brutal hardcore record reviews, brutal hardcore show reviews, brutal hardcore zine reviews, but the zine anthology is made up only of the other 5% of the zine content. This 5% of the zine takes the form of Marv reminising about growing up in the north of England in the 1980's and the mind blowingly outrageous adventures that the eight year old yet-to-be zine-maker got up to. It is a surprising approach to a zine anthology and one wh... (More)
July 5, 2010
'You' zine exhibition at Sticky as part of The State of Design Festival
'You' zine is exhibiting some zines at Sticky as part of The State of Design Festival here in wintery Melbourne, Australia. The exhibition responds to the theme of 'sustainable design' and will be made up of a new issue of 'You' which will be made throughout the festival entirely from hand-made hand-recycled paper from the zinemakers home recycle bin. The work will be shown as an accumnlation throughout the festival as the zine is made. At the end of the festival the new issue of 'You' will be released. The work will be shown from July 14 to July 25 at Sticky, Shop 10, Campbell Arcade, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (right underneath Flinders Street Station).
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July 4, 2010
The owners of a relatively new cafe in the Christie-Ossington area of Toronto, Saving Gigi, recently started up an Internet radio station (radiocureradio.com) which features a variety of music and DJs, broadcast right out of the cafe. The idea for the station was carved out earlier this year, when Kristjan Harris was spinning some vinyl for the University of Mississauga. “I realized they were just running it through a broadcast server and out to the net. On the ride home from my first shift there, I thought about doing it out of the cafe and after three months of planning we started it on Bob Dylan's birthday - May 24th.”
Music is part of the vibe at Gigi’s (which also features free wifi and delicious food) and sharing the music with the local artistic community is part of Harris’s goal. “I thought it would be fun to share it with people who could not get into the cafe, but still had to sit at a computer all day while they worked," he sa... (More)
July 4, 2010
Queer Collaborations Zine Fair in Wollongong, Australia
Australian zinemaker Bastian Fox Phelan has organised a zine fair in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia as part of Queer Collaborations. The fair is happening on Monday 5th July 2010. As well as the zine stalls there will be other community stalls, drag races, music and a lube slide!!!! The fair runs from 12 until 5 and just like at all of the best zine fairs in the world tables will be free. Fair Day is on the Duckpond Lawn at the University of Wollongong, Northfields Ave, North Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. If you are driving there's paid parking in a few different places. Here is a map: http://www.uow.edu.au/about/campusmap/ Otherwise if you're catching the train there's a free shuttle bus from the train station. Wollongong is about two hours south of Sydney so if you are heading to the fair from Toronto it is probably only a twenty two hour trip - but you love zines don't you so book your bus/train/plane tickets... (More)
July 4, 2010
Anonymous Australian zine-maker and Broken Pencil's most recent zine philosopher, Luke You will be blogging for the BP website. Here he recounts a zine fair he attended in Canberra, Australia's capital city:
The Canberra zine fair took place on July 3rd 2010 and I gotta say it kicked ass! It was the first time I had ventured to Canberra for a zine fair from the zine strong-hold of Melbourne and the kids were hoisting the Australian zine flag high. The fair was held at the Canberra Contemporary Art Space, put on by The ACT Writers Festival in two rooms at the gallery. The fair was comparable in size to other zine fairs on the Australian zine fair calendar including The Festival of the Photocopier zine fair (held in Melbourne every second February and organised by Sticky Institute), The Adelaide zine fair (held in March each year and organised by Format) but was not quite as big as the Museum of Contemporary Art zine Fair that happens in Sydney in... (More)
July 3, 2010
On Monday June 28th, Sidemart Theatrical Grocery will be holding a fundraiser to offset costs of their upcoming production of Derek McCormack's cult classic novel THE HAUNTED HILLBILLY at the Summerworks festival in Toronto (August 6-15). The fundraiser's set for the Dakota Tavern, which is just north of the corner of Dundas and Ossington. There will be singing, sketches from the play, and a reading by Derek himself, As well as raffles which will lead to great prizes, including previously unseen and unpublished illustrations that Toronto artist Ian Phillips did for the novel back in 2002. (More)
June 26, 2010
Taking their cue from how the city of Toronto will be and has already been changed by the G8/20 summit, the Trio Magnus collective is opening (Tonight!) a new show at the Resistor Gallery (284 College St., 2nd floor). “As Yes As It Gets” is a mass of wall drawings sketched off in red and black marker, mixed with some silkscreen prints. They are political, satirical, and in many ways goofy looking, reminiscent of Dan Perjovschi’s work. Forming the Trio, the work of Clayton Manmer, Aaron Leighton, and Steve Wilson has been described as a “phantasmagoria of funny, feverish and downright bizarre imagery” that celebrates the subconscious in art-making. Joining the Trio will also be comic J. Bone and his yarn sculptures characterizing the members of the Trio Magnus.
Check out the Resistor Gallery’s website for a video of the Trio doing their marker sketch work!
Thursday, June 24 opening at 7pm (going all the way to 1am) at the Resistor Galler... (More)
June 24, 2010
This Ain't accepting Paypal donations
Jesse and Charlie Huisken, owners of This Ain't the Rosedale Library, have posted an update on the bookstore's situation on the This Ain't blog, along with a link to donate to the store via PayPal.
The statement explains that, while the move to Kensington Market in 2008 was initially beneficial as rents went up in its old neighbourhood along Church Street, when the recession hit, paying rent in full and on time became difficult. "Our response to this situation was similar to that of any small retail business," they write. "We bought shrewdly, held regular events, did book tables for small press launches, conferences and author appearances, did not invest in advertising, fixtures, signage or renovations, kept only minimal staff (the store has one part-time staff person), and most importantly worked full-time or more with long store hours, while drawing the absolute minimum for our own rent and expenses." The piece goes on to explain the store's ch... (More)
June 22, 2010
Another indie bookstore in trouble
A couple of issues ago my editorial was about the economic decline and it's part in depleting the number of independent bookstores across Canada. According to a Toronto Star article, yesterday the doors of legendary Toronto bookstore This Ain't The Rosedale Library were locked and there was a bailiff's notice on the door alleging that the bookstore owes its landlord money.
Today the literary community in Toronto is reaching out through mass emails calling for the community to help out and through messages on owner Charlie Huisken's Facebook page asking how they can help. Poet Margaret Christakos suggested devoted patrons prepay orders through the store and/or academics order their books for the fall through the store, while others are offering to volunteer their time to the store. Still others are offering to help with fundraisers for the library.
Join the Friends of This Ain't The Rosedale Library Facebook group to follow the conversation and see how you ca... (More)
June 20, 2010