Brooklyn Zine Fest founders: ‘This year has been great for zines’
In an era of blogs, Kindles and Tom Selleck-themed Tumblrs, it would be easy to dismiss zines as a relic of a bygone age. You can do that if you want, I guess, just don’t tell the people behind April...
View ArticleWhy would anyone still read zines? Ask the people at Brooklyn Zine Fest
Avowed Zine Fan Ayun Halliday, who writes the East Village Inky. Photos by David Colon. I was supposed to go to a 90s-themed party Saturday but was too bummed about the Rangers losing to make it out....
View ArticleComing this weekend: the return of the Brooklyn Zine Fest!
Ayun Halliday of the East Village Inky will be returning this year. Hopefully she brings her awesome hat with her. Photo by David Colon Hey, weren’t we just going on the other day about the pleasures...
View ArticleGet zine paper cuts and 12 other ways to spend the weekend
I scream, you scream, we all scream for zines. But hopefully you don’t eat them after you get them 1. Insane movie number one: The Story of Ricky, which features someone exploding a person’s head with...
View ArticleThe tablers of Brooklyn Zine Fest talk about zines
They came, they saw, they read things. Photo by Scarlett North-Cavanaugh We told you it was happening, and it happened alright: the second annual Brooklyn Zine Fest dropped in to Public Assembly this...
View ArticleThe Brooklyn Zine Fest is back, and will go for two days this time
As always, watch out for paper cuts. via Brooklyn Zine Fest The Brooklyn Zine Fest is coming back this month, April 26 and April 27 for the third year in a row, upgraded and bigger than ever. Last year...
View ArticleVaginal fireworks, 29 other cool things to enjoy this weekend
Fireworks are great, vaginas are great, Prospect Park is great. So vagina fireworks at Prospect Park must be triple great . Photo by Donald Woodman, via Prospect Park 1. Welcome spring with Clams and...
View ArticleTalking zines with the tablers of the Brooklyn Zine Fest
From left to right: Jess X Chen, Jordan Alam, Barnard Zine Librarian Assistant Juliana Strawn, and Barnard Zine Librarian Jenna Freeman. Photo by Kirsten White The Brooklyn Zine Fest, the now annual...
View ArticleJoin the Illuminati, 17 more conspiratorial weekend ideas
It’s time you joined the club 1. Have a meta discussion about a book about books in at BookCourt at the release of Tim Park’s Where I’m Reading. (Friday) 2. Drink with everyone and dance with everyone...
View ArticleNot just paper thin: Talking activism and politics at the Brooklyn Zine Fest
Don’t let the streamers fool you, plenty of Zinefest attendees had political issues on their mind. Photos by Nicholas Mancall-Bitel This past weekend, the Brooklyn Historical Society played host to the...
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