The Future Weird short film screening series out of Brooklyn joins The AfroFuturist Affair in Philly for an evening of sci-fi, experimental, speculative & weird short films by directors from Africa and the Global South, with live, thematic musical interludes from experimental/electronic artists Marlo Reynolds and Moor Mother Goddess.
We know the literary world is not immune to the racism and inequality all around us. And we know we can do better. This reading and panel discussion will explore how two small, independent presses in Philadelphia are exploring issues of race, gender, literature, and a better future.
Metropolarity presents a night of community building and sharing. We seek social criticism from the community--performance art, blog rants, monologues, critical sci-fi, thesis excerpts, protest songs--whatever. As long as it explores and dissects the world we live in today. We want to find out what our community feels about social issues. We don't want theories handed down to us from the ivory tower.
We want your real life STREET THEORY.
WATS YR XTHETIK? NEED HELP ACCESSING YOUR COMPARTMENTALIZED SELVES?
VISIT XTHETIX, a recurring BEAUTY/WELLNESS SALON & FUNDRAISER** FOR THE Liberation Technologies SCI-FI TRACK OF THE ALLIED MEDIA CONFERENCE, this June 19~22 in Detroit!
♡ NAIL ART
☆ STICK N POKES by TBA
♡ SELF-CARE
☆ MAKEUP GLAMOUR CASTING
♡ SELFIESSSS
☆ SHAPEUPS
♡ BRAIDING
☆ TWISTS
♡ SCALP MASSAGE/HAIR BRUSHING
☆ TAROT by TBA
♡ WELLNESS POTIONS by Stitch Prism x Honey & Blackbone Tarot
ROCK N ROLL SHOW WITH OUR OWN ALEX SMITH +++ Hot Tears :: Ex. By V. :: Little Waist :: Marlo Reynolds
NOT 2 B MISSED
ANOTHER FUNDRAISER** FOR THE Liberation Technologies SCI-FI TRACK OF THE ALLIED MEDIA CONFERENCE, this June 19~22 in Detroit!
♡ WEARABLE ITEMS
☆ REFRESHING TEA DRINKS
♡ ONIGIRI RICE TRIANGLES
☆ METROPOLARITY SCI-FI ZINES 4 SALE
♡ OLD WEIRD STUFF (MUSIC/MOVIES/ELECTRONICS/WHAT)
☆ JEWELRY & DECORRR
♡ WELLNESS POTIONS by Stitch Prism x Honey & Blackbone Tarot
☆ AND OTHER ITEMS FOR REFRESHING/REORIENTING UR GENDER/MIND/MATTER STATE
Metropolarity and Liberation Technologies UNITE!
OUR MOST EXCELLENT GALAXY HIGH SPECULATIVE HOUSE PARTY CREWS RETURN FOR A WYLD TYME EXPEDITIONARY EXCURSION INTO OTHER WORLDS THAN THESE!
≠ BRING YOUR 11TH DIMENSIONAL BEACONS
≠ BRING YOUR OTHER SELVES
≠ BRING FIVE ($5) BUCKS ／／／DRINKS & GEAR WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURRRCHA$E
A FUNDRAISER* BROUGHT TO YOU BY:::::::::
LIBERATION TECHNOLOGIES: SCI-FI FOR WORLD-BUILDING & SURVIVAL TRACK AT THIS YEAR'S Allied Media Conference IN DETROIT, JUNE 19~22
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SPACETIME BANGERS & ASS SHAKING ANTHEMS FROM DEEP CYBERSPACE
JUPITER PUNCH RETURN!!!!!!!!
VIA OUR FRIENDS, APIARY MAGAZINE
Us Philly poets and writers are lucky to have a beautiful & eccentric extended literary family. Over the last 5 years, APIARY's met many newfound brothers and sisters, weirdo cousins, inspiring aunties and uncles, adorable nieces and nephews, and wise grands. After a busy spring, it's time to catch up with everyone!
So on June 8, we're throwing the first annual Philly Literary Family Reunion in Clark Park. No planned readings, no speeches, no bios. Just a grill & music & any Philly poet, writer, and reader who considers themselves fam.
Bring food or drink (it's a public park, and there will be folks of all ages, so booze just needs to be non-visible and lowkey ... don't want it to be THAT kind of family reunion...). If you like, one of your chapbooks, CDs, etc to swap. And bring your family, too!
In conjunction with the 2014 Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference, the Leeway Foundation presents their Second Trans Literary Salon highlighting the work of emerging literary artists from a diversity of genres including poetry, fiction, memoir, and spoken word. The salon will feature readings from Annie Mok, (ACG ’13), Darkmatter, Imogen Binnie, J Mase III (ACG ’07), and Kokumomedia Inc.. Audience members are invited to bring work to share. Hosted by J Mason III. Thursday, June 12 from 7:30pm – 9:00pm at the Leeway Foundation (1315 Walnut Street, Suite 832). Location is wheelchair accessible.
Co-sponsors:The Apiary Corp., Thread Makes Blanket, Trans Masculine Alliance Network, Topside Press, Sisterly Love, and William Way LGBT Community Center
Join Metropolarity & network at this year's The Allied Media Conference, a collaborative laboratory of media-based organizing strategies for transforming our world, held every Summer in Detroit!
DID U KNOW? METROPOLARITY PRESENTS A SCI-FI FOCUSED PROGRAMMING TRACK THIS YEAR!
＼＼＼＼ Liberation Technologies: Sci-Fi for World Building & Survival ／／／／
The post-apocalypse is here and real, where ancient and varied modes of survival and technology have been erased in the name of Empire and Progress. What do we do when access to memory/the past is standardized? This track explores how people at the margins can remix, rewire, and revive emancipatory technologies such as storytelling, world-building, magic, sci-fi and speculation to envision and conjure narratives of power and joy. Through engagement with tools like portals and time-travel, we will develop strategies to manifest new/ancient narratives into reality. We will envision a world that has happened, is happening, and will happen. We hope that travelers will walk away with the courage to embody the power of fiction and visioning in healing personal and historical trauma and disenfranchisement. We want to create and share multifaceted inclusive networks that emerge our bodies from isolation and oppressive paradigms to keep our souls alive.
Join Metropolarity crew at the PFZF 2014 as we set up shop for all your sci-fi print/audio/atmospheric needs.
Mark your calendars! Philly Feminist Zine Fest will be held on June 28-29, 2014. The fest is split up into two days this year for tabling and workshops. On June 28, from 1PM-5PM. On the 29th, various workshops, skill shares, and discussion groups will happen in cooperation with radical spaces and organizations in Philly. (More details on that as they become available.)
The Rhode Island Independent Publishing Expo (RIPExpo) is a summer weekend devoted to small-press and self-published comics, zines and books. Artists and writers from all over North America will join local creators to share work and generate discussion. RIPExpo is committed to giving voice to those underrepresented in mainstream media.