Maximum Family Story Hour!

The wonderful stay of our current visiting writer Max Wheeler is coming to a close. If you haven't met him yet, you have less than a week to right that wrong. His end-of-the-residency event will be on Friday, July 29 at 7 pm at the house. He will be reading stories from his own family and encourages you to do the same. Bring a 1-5 minute story to read/say aloud. You know, one of those funny and/or touching family favorites? Yeah, one of those. Max will also be showing the prints he's been working on at AIR this month.

Thanks to everyone who helped us reach our house Kickstarter goal, by the way. We're excited to have so many more sbscribers to our Zine of the Month Club. Meanwhile, Max still has a week left of his Kickstarter project to put out a record and comic for the band Spooktober.

(Also coming up on Saturday, Artnoose and the zine Ker-bloom! will be at the DC Zine Fest, so if you're in or around that city, stop on by and say hello.)

Scary Story reading tonight!

Now that we've all had our fill of Thanksgiving pierogi, brave the cold weather and join us at 8 pm for a free evening of scary stories, hosted by our visiting writer Jamie, who's only in town for another few days. Jamie will read from recent original work. Artnoose will read from the HP Lovecraft story "Call of Cthulhu" and our uphill neighbor Dave will come with something to read as well. Bring a scary story if you would like, or just come to enjoy the ambiance. Oh, and Artnoose is making a Cthulhu cake, so come if for nothing else than to see the Old One in sweet delicious cake form.

As a side note, the last day of Artnoose's Birthday Week is today, so there's going to be a store from 5-8 pm in the front house with back issues of Ker-bloom!, prints, books and zines from the distro, original art, and last-minute holiday cards.

Artnoose's Birthday Week

Artnoose's birthday week started with a handful of friends ghost riding the whip. Here's a video, set to a song from a CD that Artnoose bought for $5 from a local rapper at the supermarket down the block.

Other birthday week events include knot tying, letter writing, food, cake, and zines.

Philly Zine Fest

Artnoose will be at the Philly Zine Fest on Sunday with the most recent issue of the Cyberpunk Apocalypse publication as well as many issues of Ker-bloom!. Come say hello.

The Zine Fest will be held at:
The Rotunda
4014 Walnut Street
noon to 6, free to the public

Also, a hearty welcome to Jackie Wang, the new visiting writer who just arrived in the wee house of the morning today.

Gorsky Press event tonight!

Gorsky Press authors Mike Faloon and James Jay stop through the Iron City on their book tour. Mike Faloon will be reading from The Hanging Gardens of Split Rock, and James Jay will be reading poetry from his book The Journeymen.

Donations accepted for touring writers. Also, Cyberpunk Apocalypse resident Artnoose will take a break from straight-up zine reading by singing them.

Reading al fresca

Last night's reading was another success. It was the exit reading for Joel, our visiting writer who has been with us all month translating a book from Swedish into English.

It being a lovely summer evening, we began the readings in the yard, with about 15-20 people (and one dog) present. Artnoose (that's me) read two issues of Ker-bloom!, including the brand-new one finished up only hours before.

When the neighbor's pool party next door got so animated that we found it hard to resist crashing it, we moved the reading indoors, and Joel finished up in there. A discussion on the challenges and process of translation followed the reading, and then many of us stuck around for a little while eating snacks.

Every visiting writer we've had so far has been stellar, and although I miss them every time they leave, I appreciate the time that I do spend with them and value the space that we've given them to do important work.

Ker-bloom! reading tonight at AIR

Tonight we are celebrating the release of issue #83 of Artnoose's letterpress zine Ker-bloom!. This issue relates the story of six friends doing a week-long paid medical study together.

Local drag performer SlyShyFruitFly will kick the evening off with a performance, followed by a short set from local acoustic favorite Joddo. After that, Artnoose will read two issues of Ker-bloom! with Joddo accompanying on various string instruments. Yes friends, we at the Cyberpunk Apocalypse can predict the future, which is why we speak in the future tense.

The event is free to the people, although zines will be available for sale. Artnoose will be providing vegan cupcakes, biscuits, and xbeveragesx.

7-9 pm at AIR, 518 Foreland Street (on the North Side, yo!)

Letterpress house project makes Pop City

Local online news source Pop City is featuring my letterpress house project on its most recent issue. You can read the article here. So far, about half the money has already been pledged, as well as offers for carpentry help and binding equipment. In addition, I've already been stopped on the street by someone who recognized me from the video.

There's still room for donations, if you haven't already done so.

The Apocalypse comes to Cascadia!

Cyberpunk Apocalypse resident Artnoose is currently on a zine reading tour in the Pacific Northwest, performing the most recent issues of the long-running letterpress zine Ker-bloom! in a few cities. Here's the last bit of schedule:

Jan. 21 - Portland OR - 7 pm Red and Black Cafe, 400 SE 12th Ave., with former visiting writer Margaret Killjoy

Jan. 23 - Olympia WA - 7 pm Last Word Books, 211 4th Ave. E, with assorted local writers

Jan. 24 - Seattle WA - 7 pm Cafe Allegro, 4214 University Way NE

All events are free to the public, but supporting the local hosts is a plus (and so is buying a zine).

Zine reading this Friday: West Coaster plus locals

Friday, May 8th: zine reading at the Cyberpunk Apocalypse!

Moe Bowstern, long-time publisher of the zine Xtra Tuf, is coming through town and will read from her zine about being a commercial fisherwoman. Several local zine writers (Ocean, Artnoose, Mary, Leanne, Dan, etc.) will also be reading. This is going to be a stellar event. Please bring $ to buy zines from Moe to help her get back to Portland.

6 pm potluck, 7:30 readings