Sunday, July 02, 2006

Printers' Ball

2nd Annual Printers’ Ball
A Celebration of Chicago Print


Double Door, 1572 N. Milwaukee Ave
Thursday, July 20th, beginning at 8:00 p.m.

FREE MAGAZINES, REVELRY & LIVE MUSIC

Created by local print publications, book publishers, and literary organizations, the festival provides readers an opportunity to celebrate and explore Chicago’s vibrant print scene.

Hosted by Poetry, MAKE, Newcity, and THE2NDHAND

DJ Sets by Punk Planet & Venus 8:00 p.m.
Video Lounge by Lumpen All Night
Honky-Tonk by True Historians 10:00 p.m.
Pop by Baby Teeth 11:00 p.m.

In cahoots with:
Another Chicago MagazineAfter HoursAlarmAREAThe Banana KingBridgeThe CanaryChicago ReaderChicago ReviewColumbia Poetry ReviewThe Common ReviewCourt Green • d'cypher presss • Em PressFeatherproof BooksFree LunchGuild ComplexHaymarket BooksIn These TimesInnerviewThe Independent Print Association, Chicago OfficeInternational Socialist ReviewJournal of Ordinary ThoughtLove, ChicagoLunpenLVNGMAKENewcityOther VoicesPoetryThe Poetry FoundationPoetry Center of Chicago • Press of the Third Mind • Punk PlanetRed RoverRhinoRoctober MagazineScrewball PressSelectSeven Ten BishopStop SmilingStoryQuarterlySwitchback BooksTerry PlummingTHE2NDHANDTime Out ChicagoTriQuarterlyChicago Underground LibraryVenus

This year the Printers’ Ball is the subject of a special edition of THE2NDHAND, available throughout the city and online at www.the2ndhand.com. The site features a PDF version of the issue for download and an audio recording of the story, by Todd Dills, written specifically for the 2006 Printers’ Ball.

Book Installation by the Underground Chicago Library
Posters by Steve Walters of Screwball Press

The Printers’ Ball is open to the public and admission is free. For more information, please call 312.799.8005

Plus, 88.7 WLUW will be running various spots about Printers' Ball participants. There's one tonight:

July 2, 8pm
Wordslingers
Featuring Nick Twemlow (The Canary and poetryfoundation.org) and poet Suzanne Buffam discussing the business of poetry.

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