Please consider the following events by the Alternative Press Center:
Alternative Press Center, publisher of the Alternative Press Index, has recently relocated to Chicago, IL from Baltimore, MD and invites all to stop in and see us at any of our 3 events during the ALA Summer Conference:
The Alternative Press Center Booth at the American Library Association
Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois
Date: Saturday, July 11th to Tuesday, July 14th
Time: Saturday through Monday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Tuesday 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Booth #1637 at the ALAJoin the Alternative Press Center at the ALA, where we will be showcasing many of the publications in the Alternative Press Index. We will be sharing booth #1637 with Library Juice Press. Come take a look at the APC’s collection of over 300 independent and alternative publications; browse and learn about new independent media!
Special event: Monday, July 13th MEET THE AUTHOR: PAUL BUHLE Time: 11:30 to 12:30
Paul Buhle is the founding editor of Radical America as well as co-authorof The Encyclopedia of the American Left and has edited several books of comic art, including Studs Terkel’s Working: A Graphic Adaptation, Wobblies!, A Dangerous Woman, and A People’s History of American Empire. Buhle was active in Students for a Democratic Society in the 1960s.
Location: Booth 1637, Exhibit Hall, McCormick Place*****
Quimby’s and the Alternative Press Center Welcome Paul Buhle at the Alternative Press Center Open HouseDate: Sunday, July 12th
Time: 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Fee: FREE EVENT
Location: Alternative Press Center / 2040 N. Milwaukee, 2nd floor.
(Take the Blue Line to O’Hare, exit at Western stop)
Note: the location is not handicap accessiblePaul Buhle will discuss the legacy of alternative media and underground press as well as his contemporary work in graphic adaptation of left history at the new location of the Alternative Press Center (APC).
Buhle’s books and other merchandise will be on hand courtesy of Quimby’s and APC will celebrate the author’s presence and its move with free wine, beer and snacks.
For more information: http://www.altpress.org
LOCATION (Google maps)*****
Alternative Media Reception
Date: Monday, July 13th
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Fee: $20
Location: Experimental Station, 6100 S Blackstone Ave, Chicago, IL 60637 (Take the Metra train from Randolph & Michigan to 59th Street)The Alternative Media Reception celebrates the 40th Anniversaries of both the ALA’s Social Responsibilities Round Table and the Alternative Press Center. A celebration not-to-be-missed featuring great food, drink, and music as well as books, zines, and other materials from progressive publishers in Chicago and all over North America.
The all-you-can eat buffet is a reasonable $20, payable at the door.
See your old friends, make new friends, catch the latest in independent perspectives, and wish SRRT & APC another 40 years of happy activism!For more information, contact Lyn Miller-Lachmann,
phone: (518) 729-3976,
Alternatives in Media Task Force: http://libr.org/amtf
Alternative Press Center: http://www.altpress.org/LOCATION (Google maps)
