9.25.2010

Plazm at Baltimore Book Festival

Plazm is one of the publications featured at the Creative Control exhibit at the Baltimore Book Festival. The festival will be set up from Sept. 24-26 in Mt. Vernon.
 
The “Creative Control” exhibit was curated by Jim Lucio, Visual Arts Coordinator for the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts and will include over 100 independent arts and culture publications from around the globe.

Classic-style photocopied zines will also be made on-site all weekend with Baltimore-based artist Nikholis Planck and illustrators Pat Falco (Boston), Kelsey Dake (NYC) and Alex Fine (Baltimore) contributing drawings for the festival-made publications.

This is the 15th Annual Baltimore Book Festival and it is produced by the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts.  For more information about the festival, go to: www.baltimorebookfestival.com/

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9.23.2010

Future Tense Turns 20

For two decades Kevin Sampsell has tirelessly supported and published numerous writers through his Future Tense Books. Kevin has also contributed to at least a dozen issues of Plazm magazine. Come celebrate  the 20th anniversary party of Future Tense at Disjecta Friday, September 24th / 8:00 pm / Free! / 21+

Celebrate the 20th birthday of the legendary Portland micro-press at this free event featuring short readings from an array of authors that Kevin Sampsell's press has published throughout the years. Readings, toasts, and introductions by Richard Meltzer, Zachary Schomburg, Emily Kendal Frey, Riley Michael Parker, Elizabeth Ellen, Kurt Eisenlohr, Chelsea Martin, Suzanne Burns, Zoe Trope, Stephen Kurowski, Magdalen Powers, and others. Music by Viva Las Vegas and Mike Daily. Hosted by Kevin Sampsell. Plus, of course, there will be drinking and a whole bunch of books for sale.

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