NORTHERN LIBERTIES // ASTICKANDASTONE // FOREST KINGDOM // LONG VERA // EIGHTEEN // SEAN GLASS // VOYAGER

LAVA zone 4134 Lancaster Ave, Philadelphia

--> BANDS: NORTHERN LIBERTIES "Dissonant riff-heavy freakouts...sullen gloom...melodic marches...spacey, psychedelic angular avant-punk...cosmic effects tripouts...bizarre feverdream lyrics...zoned-out vocals." -Crucial Blast A STICK AND A STONE "... a haunting, dark long night...back and forth mixed emotions...powerful sex...pancakes..." -Spice Rack * Night Vision Vinyl Release and Art Show + One year anniversary with drummer Dan + LAST SHOW […]

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100 Days Instead of Prisons Video Premier & Launch Party

PhillyCAM 699 Ranstead Street, Philadelphia, PA

THE ART FACTORY & DECARCERATE PA PRESENT: Come one, come all to PhillyCAM and join us for the Premier of our 3 Stop Motion Animation Videos that we collaborated with Decarcerate PA as well as the kick off for the 100 Days Instead of Prisons Launch Party. Our Videos Are: ~EVOLUTION OF PRISON: THE BACKGROUND […]

The Laser Life Queer Sci-Fi Reading Series

A-Space Anarchist Community Center 47th and Baltimore Avenues, Philadelphia, PA

Triumphant return for fall!! The lifeblood! with the crew Alex Smith Shane Jenkins R. Phillips of the AfroFuturist Affair Ras Mashramani Maggie Eighteen and featured readers Katie Zall + 1 more TBA

SCREAMING QUEENS + EX. BY V. + ALEX SMITH + VOYAGER + HEATHER HOLEPUNCHER

LAVA zone 4134 Lancaster Ave, Philadelphia

Screaming Queens (Vancouver) S/T - Psychedelia by Screaming Queens ex. by v. shifted red by EX. By V. Alex Smith Smith is a queer black activist, poet, dj, actor, musician, afro punk/afro-futurist chronicler of the naughty universe. Smith’s work speaks to the edge, to the post-fringe dystopia slowly creeping upon us. Too cantankerous and flamboyant […]

$5

Philly Zine Fest 2013

The Rotunda 4014 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA

"The Fest showcases local artists and zinesters, as well as zine distros, bringing DIY, radical, whimsical, and artistic small press publications to the public. Ranging from bike repair to poetry to crafts, the Zine Fest is a great place to go to learn new things, connect with local writers, and get involved with creating new […]

Philly Printworks House Party w/ The AfroFuturist Affair

House of Future Sciences 3213 TURNER ST, Philadelphia, PA

COME CELEBRATE THE LAUNCH OF PHILADELPHIA PRINTWORKS' FALL COLLECTION! FRI OCT 18TH | 10P-2A | FREE DJ OLUWAFEMI + LIVE SCREEN PRINTING FROM RECLAIM PRINT HOUSE OF FUTURE SCIENCES 3213 TURNER ST PHILADELPHIA PA 19121 SPONSORED IN PART BY THE AFROFUTURIST AFFAIR ____________________________________________ PPW: Philadelphia Printworks THE AFROFUTURIST AFFAIR: The AfroFuturist Affair RECLAIM: Reclaim Printshop […]

Return to Octavia City

GTOWNRADIO 24 Maplewood Mall, Philadelphia, PA

Black Tribbles and The AfroFuturist Affair present OCTAVIA CITY 2 Thursday November 7th 8-11pm LIVE BROADCAST on G-town Radio www.GTOWNRADIO.com Co-hosted by The Black Tribbles and Rasheedah Phillips of The AfroFuturist Affair. Special Guest Host Gabriel Bryant of Stepping Into Tomorrow. Musical soundscape provided by Shawanda Aura Spivey aka the one and only DJ AURA. […]

PhilCon 2013

Crown Plaza Hotel Cherry Hill, NJ

we may be tabling . . . The 77th anniversary of the world's first and longest-running conference on science fiction, fantasy, and horror! Started in 1936, Philcon features cutting-edge programming about literature, art, television, film, anime, comics, science, gaming, costuming and cosplay, music, and other topics of interest to fans of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. […]

The AfroFuturist Affair 3rd Annual Costume & Charity Ball

MythMedia Studios Philadelphia

The AfroFuturist Affair is throwing our 3rd Annual Charity & Costume Ball: Dark Phase Space on November 9, 2013 at MythMedia Studios in Philadelphia! At the annual Ball we celebrate and bring awareness to AfroFuturistic culture with feature artists, authors, and performers who will present works and creations that use Afrofuturism and Sci-Fi as vehicles […]

$15

Philly Feminist Zine Fest

William Way LGBTQ Community Center 1315 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA

Philly Feminist Zine Fest is: - a fundraiser for Project Safe! - an event about amplifying the voices of female-identified people! - a really good opportunity to learn things at skillshares and workshops! - a fun fest about reading zines, celebrating community and making new friends!

Emergent Strategies: Spec Fic & Radical Organizing with Adrienne Maree Brown

Join Leeway Foundation on December 8 to welcome writer and cultural organizer Adrienne Maree Brown for a lively conversation inspired by the work of visionary, post-apocalyptic, science-fiction author Octavia Butler. This discussion will explore the visionary qualities of science/speculative fiction with radical community organizing practice using Butler’s work. Butler’s writing in The Parable series and […]