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RIPExpo 2016 – Rhode Island Independent Publishing Expo!

Providence Public Library 150 Empire St, Providence

METROPOLARITY LOVES RIPEXPO. CATCH RAS & EIGHTEEN THIS YEAR TABLING W/NEW POSTERS PINS #DIYSCIFI BOOKS + TEEEEEE SHIRTS ^___^/ About The Rhode Island Independent Publishing Expo (RIPExpo) is a spring […]

Re-Present-Ing: Freedom, Fiction, & Science by Humans

Wooden Shoe Books & Records 704 South Street, Philadelphia

Sirius JuJu
David Xu Borgonjon
Rasheedah Phillips
Laboria Cuboniks
Anthony Monteiro
PANEL/QnA

from the SOTHIS platform for the advancement of intelligent life-forms:

Present (noun) "this period of time, not the past or the future; now"
Re- (prefix) "used with the meaning “again” or “again and again” to indicate repetition, or with the meaning “back” or “backward” to indicate withdrawal or backward motion"
Present (verb) "to give, show, provide, or make known"
-Ing (suffix) "Art is not a be-ing, but a Being, the simple noun. It is not the verb, but its product." -Leroi Jones

$5-20 no one turned away

$$5 – $$10

Future Perfect: A screening & workshop exploring future imaginaries from the New Right to the AfroFuturist Affair

Slought 4017 Walnut St, Philadelphia

Slought is pleased to announce "Future Perfect," a screening and workshop exploring future imaginaries from the New Right to the AfroFuturist Affair, on Tuesday, November 3, 2015 from 6-8pm. The event will feature the Philadelphia premiere of Daniel Tucker's feature-length video essay Future Perfect: Time Capsules in Reagan Country (54 minutes, 2015), followed by a dialogue between the artist and author Rasheedah Phillips, creator of The AfroFuturist Affair, exploring the liberatory potential of language, and the relationship of writing to social justice and alternative conceptions of the future.

FREE