"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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 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 […]
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!
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
This month's art exhibition: John Fitzpatrick Steve Shorts Brandon Spangler Marc Tous Live painting by Hekkate Live body painting by Yenna Hill ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Live music at midnight from Philly's own one-woman analogue synth-pop artist Void Vision Music of all kinds all night by DJ's: Lazerfeet Samwas John Morrison ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vendors: Rockers Closet --------------------------------------------------------------- $10 | […]
Queer Sci-Fi Reading Series From the files Baron Harkonen Solo-Margiela, District 98234. CLASSIFIED> For 100 years, LASER LIFE has provided the denizens of the hollowed out, Siberian dystopic husk formerly known as West Philly, with the one and secret voice. Fashioning antennaes from bones of dead CEOs and the rotting the planks of the Comcast […]
