~~Saturday May 18th ~~ 10am – 4pm ~~ 32 Mansfield St. Lower Allston~~
** Music and movies**
** Books and Zines**
**Clothes and Houseware**
**Art and Office Supplies**
** brick and / or brack**
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~~~All proceeds to benefit the library~~~
April is National Poetry Month
Papercut invites you to the library to check out our new poetry display
and to enjoy
readings by Antonio Ochoa, Jesse Mack, and maybe you?
We’ll also be raising some funds for our dear library, so there will be delicious baked goods for sale and opportunities to donate.
Hope to see you there! Feel free to join and share the facebook event.
(Image from this blog)
Hi all – there will be no collective meeting tonight (12/31/12). Happy New Year!
(Image from Eric Arcia of Monkey Wrench Tattoo via http://icecoldzine.blogspot.com)
This December we’ll be celebrating the release of a new mail art zine by PZL friend Marissa Falco, and creating some radical postal creations of our own.
Originally conceived as a means for teaching young mail-art makers about the rules of the post office, the Parcel Ghost quickly took on an afterlife of his own. In the Parcel Ghost’s Guide to Post, the friendly spirit (who used to work for the post office when he was alive) shares his knowledge about mail practices and particulars, and tells some stories about his adventures and mail he’s sent and received.
Check out the new zine and join us for a mail art meetup — we will have inspiration, resources, and supplies on hand. Here are some resources to get you thinking about mail art.
The past few weeks we’ve had the awesome opportunity to partner with several projects, institutions, and events. Here is a quick roundup of what we’ve been up to. We would love to hear what other partnerships you’d like to see us pursue!
First up: On Sept. 15th we were psyched to partner with the PoC Zine Project and Alana Kumbier at Wellesley College for a fundraiser to support the Race Riot Tour. The PoCZP’s mission is to “make it easier for POC zine fans and their supporters to find a diverse selection of zines made by POC.” We were able to raise gas money to support the tour, feature zines made by local zinesters of color, and will feature an exhibit of PoC zines at the end of the tour. These folks are doing really important work – here’s how YOU can support the Race Riot tour RIGHT NOW.
Next, we partnered with the Boston Comics Roundtable to put on a panel discussion with local comics artists and zinesters in advance of this year’s Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE). The theme of the panel was the intersections between indie comics and zines. Brian Connolly, Alizeé de Pin, Chelsea Dirck, Lily Richeson, and Marissa Falco discussed zine aesthetics, the difference between zine fairs and comic fests, swapping culture and more. 
And last but not least, last week we partnered with the Isabella Stuart Gardner Museum for a day-long drop in workshop putting zines in conversation with archival materials from the museum’s collection. Here were some of our prompts:
1.If you were to create a personal zine, what would you share? What would you want visitors to the Gardner Museum in 100 years to know about you? What could you fit onto one page?
3.
Isabella Gardner had an eclectic circle of acquaintances including artists, politicians, world travelers, and writers. She corresponded with them frequently, and her letters provide us with a glimpse into her thoughts, dialogues, and exchanges of ideas. Zines often use the mail, and mail art, as a way to foster connection and expression through pen pals, political letter writing campaigns, or communication to spaces that can’t easily be physically accessed (such as prisons).
Make a piece of mail art to include in a zine. Isabella Gardner often wrote to great thinkers of her time, or those she met while traveling. Make a piece of mail to send to an artist or writer who has inspired you, someone in a country you might never visit, or a place in America you might never go.
Just in time for the start of the summer couch surfing season, Papercut hosted a zine release for “A Couch Surfers Guide to Some Fun Stuff to do in Boston” and a zine making meetup for other ‘surfers. It was really fun! If we were to have more themed zine making meetups, what would kind of zine would you want to make?? (You can get a copy of the couch surfing guide to Boston by donating to Papercut! Find more info here.)
Today we got to table at the “Spring Zine Thing,” a zine fair put on by Somerville community members at the Washington Street Art Center. It was a great event with lots of local artists and zinesters. Check out the list below to see some of the great zines and zine-making groups in the Boston area!
Because the Boss Belongs to Us :: www.alanakumbier.com
Miss Sequential :: http://marissaland.com/
Trees and Hills Comic Group :: http://treesandhills.org/
Easy Jaws :: http://onlives.net/2010/07/10/easy-jawz/
The Thunderboom Review of Things :: thundrboom.wordpress.com
i left this here for you to read :: http://timdevin.com/ileftthishereforyoutoread-about.html
Zombie Romance :: http://www.etsy.com/shop/zombieromance?section_id=5158623
No Thoughts :: http://www.nothoughtszine.com/
Cake Time :: http://caketimezine.tumblr.com/
Colin Tedford :: http://colintedford.com/
Coloring and Sketch Book :: www.catcraig.com
Moral Relativism :: http://moralrelativism.com/
Nothing Mattress :: http://nothingmattress.tumblr.com/
Lady Fest Boston :: http://ladyfestboston.blogspot.com/
Megan’s Zine About Something :: http://meganmary.com/
Last week we were excited to host the glitter roadshow “Heels on Wheels” along with Lorem Ipsum in the bookstore space. The show features a whole slew of amazing performance artists, with a focus on giving voice to queer artist on the femme(inine) spectrum. The show includes poetry, puppetry, movement, storytelling, and all kindsa awesome stuff. It’s great to be able to host and partner with such fab, creative folks!
Papercut was happy to be invited to Gately Youth Center in North Cambridge to talk about zine making with young people in their girls’ zine project. This awesome group has been working on zine content ever since seeing the work of a local zinester several months ago; each week the participants brainstorm words related to middle school, pick two words out of a hat, and make pages recording their thoughts, ideas, and experiences. Papercut librarians Kimberly and Anna brought some examples of different ways to approach zine making with images, words, and book arts. We are looking forward to cataloging the Gately zine when it is completed!
Over the past year we have enjoyed working with young people and teachers in classrooms and after schools. Contact us if you are interested in having a zine workshop visit your school or program!
As you may have heard in our last post, we are extending our fund raising drive to make one final push to $3500!
As one of our final incentives we want to help you kick off summer in Boston right, so we’re raffling off chances to win great times and great treats from two of Somerville’s beloved eateries and treateries:
**A $20 gift certificate to Diesel cafe in Davis Square and
** A 10 person sundae party at JP Licks Homemade Icecream Cafe!! (lots of delish vegan options available)
Anyone who donates $5 or more will be entered in the raffle for the Diesel gift cert and anyone who donates
$10 or more will be entered to win the sundae party!
You can donate via paypal here: http://bit.ly/jzTqtQ
Or send check or cash to 226 Pearl St / Somerville.
Help keep Papercut open and enjoy some of the tasty treats of Somerville!
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