Indie Events: June 10 – June 16 (NXNE Edition!)

 

TORONTO

Tuesday June 11, 8pm, The EW Reading Series Presents Jurassic June, Duffy’s Tavern, 1238 Bloor Street, PWYC

Featuring Maria Cichosz, Naomi Freeman, Mark Jordan Manner and Phoebe Wang.

Wednesday June 12, 8pm, Broken Pencil and NXNE Present: A Night of Sex and Death, Creatures Creating, 822 Dundas Street West

Let’s get creepy-sexy. Featuring music from: Terry Clement, Gregory Pepper and Isaac Paris.
Featuring readings by: Liz Worth, Joey Comeau, Natalie Zina Walschots, Hal Niedzviecki and Aaron Manczyk. Hosted by Lindsay Gibb and Alison Lang.

Thursday June 13, 20, 27, 7pm, Mammalian Diving Reflex Presents: Socialist Games, The Theatre Centre, 1095 Queen Street West, PWYC

The Socialist Games calls on strangers to play with strangers in wave after wave of summer-camp style activities – minus the summer camp, plus awkwardness and double the hotness. Oh Mammalian! For descriptions of the games (and photos) visit the Facebook event.

Thursday June 13, 7:30pm, Pastoral Concert and Hidden Treasures, Graven Feather, 906 Queen Street West, free

An art opening AND a storytelling event? OMG.

To celebrate the opening of Holly Wheatcroft‘s solo exhibition, Pastoral Concert, Arianne Shaffer and Graven Feather present Hidden Treasures – a storytelling event with three of Toronto’s finest tellers, featuring Stephen Sloot, Simon Borer, and Megan Griffith-Greene.
Using a miscellany of materials, we’ll explore cut-and-paste collage technics and black-out writing to create rough and roguish pieces of ingeniousness – just how we like our zines!
Original fan-generated material from authors all over the world, performed live by Toronto’s funniest comedians. Featuring zombie makeup artists on site, special guests, scenery, costumes, and braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiinnnnnnnnnnnns.
Sunday June 16, Static Zine #7 Release Party, 2:30pm, Christie PitsStatic Zine is thrilled to announce the release party for Issue 7: The Future! Come hang out and have a picnic with us and listen to music by EONS, Patti Cake and Pat LePoidevin and readings by Misha Bower, Jessica Westhead and Sarah Pinder. There’s cupcakes, free copies of the zine and much more. #Parklife

OTTAWASaturday June 15, 11am, The Ottawa Small Press Book Fair, Room 203, Jack Purcell Community Centre, 320 Jack Purcell Lane, free

Goin’ strong since ’94, the Ottawa Small Press Fair continues! Check out all the great things on offer.

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