We have sold out of space for the 2010 Twin Cities Zinefest. But don’t lose heart! We may be able to find room for you yet. There’s plenty of time between now and July, so who knows what will happen in the meantime? If you would like to exhibit at the TC Zinefest, but haven’t yet applied, please contact the Coordinator, Sarah Morean, to be placed on the wait list. Email her at zines@zinefest.org.
If you’re in the neighborhood, please drop by the Chicago Zinefest next month! The events are scheduled over two days on March 12-13. This is the fest’s first year. Let’s help Chicago get their show up and running by showing support. More information is available on their website: chicagozinefest.org
Zinefest is currently accepting exhibitor applications. Go here to reserve your table: http://zinefest.org/application/
If you want to be involved with this year’s show, or just want to know what’s going on, feel free to attend the first planning meeting on Sunday, January 31, 6-8pm at Gangchen. Gangchen is a restaurant located near the corner of Franklin & Nicollet in south Minneapolis. Here is the address: 1833 Nicollet Avenue, [...]
Thank you to everyone who exhibited at this year’s Zinefest, or attended and spent time with us. Photos of Zinefest 2009 are now up on our flickr account for you to view. If you re-post the photos elsewhere, or print them for any reason, please credit the Zinefest photographer Sarah Jordet for her work. She [...]
Read all about it! Zinefest blurbs have hit the news. Madeline Baran for Minnesota Public Radio Cyrstal Erickson for Twin Cities Daily Planet [correction: Zinefest is July 11 and July 12; the Zinefest after-party is Saturday night at Arise! at 6pm] Jessica Armbruster for the City Pages [correction: the Zinefest after-party is Saturday night at [...]
If you’re free tonight, drop by Cinema & Civics in Stevens Square Park for two free films, one free concert, and two free speeches. I’ll be there promoting Zinefest this weekend, speaking around 9pm just before Monica Anderson’s documentary film “MPLS Zines” (which is also showing at Zinefest on Saturday at 3pm). Thanks! Hope to [...]
In collaboration with the Twin Cities Zinefest, the Minnesota Center for Book Arts is currently hosting a zine show called Independent Variables: Contemporary Zine Publications. The show will run from June 26-September 6, 2009. Have a seat in the Open Book cafe, pull a book off the wall, and read a zine. Go to MCBA’s [...]
This year, the Twin Cities Zinefest after-party will be held at Arise! Bookstore on Saturday, July 11, at 6pm. The event is free, and will feature music by Teenage Moods, Bla Bla Blacksheep, Gerald Prokop, and Zombie Season. Wine may be served with a small donation to Arise. Arise! Bookstore is located at 2441 Lyndale [...]
Wish you could help promote Zinefest, but you’re too busy to commit to a distribution map? Wish you had a batch of fliers to hand out, wherever you go? Today, your dreams come true. Click here to print a batch of fliers. Simply open the pdf, print, cut down the middle, and distribute. Fliers for [...]