It’s cold. Real cold. Warm up with poetry, including a night remembering Al Purdy. Or a pick up a zine of Montreal radio interviews! Or sing some Rolling Stones covers in a full choir!
TORONTO
Monday January 20, 7pm, Purdy Drinks, Monarch Tavern, 12 Clinton Street, $10
Come celebrate the legacy of legendary Canadian poet Al Purdy with readings from Paul Vermeersch, Jim Smith, and Stuart Ross. Poet Karen Sole will be hosting and announcing the writer-in-residence at the historic Al Purdy A-Frame house this summer – a process that has been many years in the making.
Monday January 20, 7:30pm, All the Broken Things, Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen Street West, $5
Come celebrate the launch of Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer’s latest book, All The Broken Things.
With Damian Rogers, Fenn Stewart, and Eric Schmaltz. Hosted by Rocco De Giacomo.
Monday January 20, 8pm, Readings at the Common, The Common, 1071 College
With Tom Howell, Kateri Lanthier, Katia Grubisic and Jenny Sampirisi.
Presented by the Toronto Poetry Project. Learn how to make money off this poetry stuff. Really! Featuring full-time poets Dwayne Morgan, Lishai Peel and Ian Keteku.
C!C!C! does the Stones! Specifically “Honky Tonk Woman” and “Street Fighting Man.”
The Torontonians, Mammalian’s teen collective, have commandeered room 201 at the Gladstone Hotel’s annual alternative design event, Come Up to My Room. Applying a manic, hyper-teen aesthetic, the Torontonians ask for a little privacy in this very public moment while they hide in their blanket forts, looking at who-the-hell-knows-what on Reddit, whispering gossip about you and your ugly shoes, and praying they won’t be killed in the avalanche of their piled belongings: dirty socks, bongs, manga, teddy bears, homework and more homework.
Saturday January 25, 6pm, Toronto Zine Library AGM and Potluck, Toronto Zine Library, 292 Brunswick
Come meet up with your fellow Toronto zinesters and discuss what the year has is store.
Presented by our pals at Meat Locker Editions. Featuring readings from Shawna Dimitry, Greg “Ritallin” Frankson and Alexander Tkachuk.
MONTREAL
Free City Radio is launching the first issue of a seasonal zine, a print edition of radio interviews published four times a year, detailing struggles for environmental and social justice, locally and globally. Beyond the noise of the corporate media, Free City Radio zine will feature long format interviews, previously broadcast on radio. Every zine will include two focus areas, the first edition will focus on struggles for environmental, social and economic justice in Latin America, as well as local struggles against gentrification and for housing as a human right in Canada.
Free City Radio zine is edited by Stefan Christoff and the first edition will include a contribution from community activist Mostafa Henaway.
VANCOUVER
Tuesday January 21, 7pm, Dr. Sketchy’s: The Happy Homemaker, HOT ART Wet City, 2206 Main Street, $12
Featuring Anita Wigl’it. An anti-art school featuring booze, burlesque and pin-up babes, and inclusive fun.