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 […]

THE SPECULATIVE ABYSS: A spec-fic reading with Elwin Cotman & Alex Smith

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

ELWIN COTMAN's work evokes the strangeness simmering underneath the floorboards of New Orleans speakeasys; the sort of melancholy soaked into the floorboards of a Carolina porch in misty May. Weaving through the murkier, funnier parts of American dreams, stopping right at the horizon of nightmare and flat-out hilarious, Cotman delivers a well needed shock to […]

Annie Mok debuts SCREENTESTS w/the crew

Vox Populi 319 N. 11th St, 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA

West Philly-based cartoonist Annie Mok reads from Screentests, her most fully-realized work to date. Annie’s comics are by turns quiet, raucous, funny, and sad, and always clear-eyed and nuanced. “These stories, which could be incredibly heartbreaking with no relief, instead give the reader hope.” - Mey Rude, Autostraddle She’s joined by the incredible creators Ras […]