Girls Rock Jacksonville at Power Hour at Brew

Girls Rock Jacksonville Outreach 06/15 and 6/22

On June 15^th and 22nd Sara Radovic and Ryan Fix from the Popular/Fiction department, along with Erin Tuzuner from Adult Programming partnered with local organization Girls Rock Jacksonville to promote JPL’s Zine collection.  Girls Rock Jacksonville is an organization who’s “mission is to cultivate self-empowerment and positive identity development in girls, and gender non-conforming youth through music experimentation, DIY media and peer collaboration”. The event, a pre camp get together for employees, donors, and volunteers was held at Brew Coffee House in 5pts.  During the event Sara and Ryan staffed an information table set up with an assortment of zines, and promotional materials for JPL summer programs.  Attendees were surprised and impressed to hear that the library has a zine collection.  It was a great time partnering with the crew from Girls Rock Jacksonville, and we will do it again soon.

Girls Rock Power Hour

We’ll be hanging out with a bunch of zines at the Girls Rock Jacksonville Power Hour! So come see us at Brew, June 15th and 22nd.  Click here for more information about Girls Rock Jacksonville.

Thank you!!!!

The Zine Committee would like to thank everyone that came out to the 2011 Zine Symposium on Saturday. We had a great crowd for the panel discussion and keynote featuring musician, activist and zine author Kathleen Hanna.

We’d like to give a special round of applause to our panelists Shelton Hull, Adee Roberson, Mark Creegan, Travis Fristoe, Kathleen Hanna and moderator Duncan Barlow.  Their insights into the creative process and personal experiences were very inspiring.

A special thank you goes out to Kathleen Hanna and her team.  We are glad she was able to visit Jacksonville Public Library and we appreciate her willingness to share her experiences and how zines have shaped her activism and career as a musician. It was an excellent and challenging presentation.

Thank you goes out to Clay Doran (Squid Dust) for the wonderful posters.  Will there be a second printing?  Only he will know for sure.

We’d like to thank everyone that worked on the event and contributed to making it a success, without whom the event could not have happened.  Thanks to everyone who spread the word and posted info on blogs, Facebook and Twitter about the event. That was a great help.  An especially big thank you goes to out the Community Relations and Marketing team, Adult Programming and the Conference center staff.  Thanks for everything!

If you would like to seem more programs like this one, send us your feedback or better yet, checkout some zines from the collection.  The library relies on community support and one of the best things you can do is checkout books, CDs, zines, DVDs and other materials in the library.  Patron usage and feedback helps us determine future goals for collection development and programming, so please use the library and enjoy what it has to offer.

JPL has some items available for checkout by the above panelists:

Shelton Hull – Section 8 zine | Ink 19

Travis Fristoe – America? zine and other writings

Kathleen Hanna – Le Tigre albums | Bikini Kill: The Singles

We hope to have video of the event available soon!!

UPDATE: New Zine Symposium Artwork by Squid Dust

**UPDATE: We will be raffling prints of this poster tomorrow at the event but supplies are extremely limited.  Show up early to get your ticket.  Big thanks to Clay Doran / Squid Dust for designing and making the prints.  We will give away a few later today so check back on this blog or like us on FB to keep up to date.

Kathleen Hanna on Zines

 

 

For more information on the Zine Symposium featuring Kathleen Hanna, click here.

Darth Vader Reads Everything Dies v.6 by Box Brown

We set up a table at Art Walk last week and Darth Vader came by to check out the Zine Collection.  It was probably the title that caught his eye, but we think he really enjoyed Everything Dies v.6 by Box Brown.

Zine Collection Live: Kevin Lee Newberry and Robert Lester Folsom

Please join us this Wednesday as we unveil a new crop of zines for October and host two very special music performances at the Main Library. Kevin Lee Newberry will be playing his retirement show, and Robert Lester Folsom will play a rare solo set. Both are legends in Northeast Florida’s music scene; you don’t want to miss this! We will be in the old Shelby’s Cafe on the Laura Street side of the building. Show starts at 6:00pm sharp!

International Zine Month: Art Walk Photo Edition

If you missed our International Zine Month kickoff at Art Walk, shame on you! We had a passel of new zines, our brand new Read Zines poster, and live sets from Willie Evans Jr. and Paten Locke! Much fun was had, and many library cards were waved in the air.  More Zine Month goodness to come!

Performance photos courtesy of Walter Coker. Group shot courtesy of Max Micheals. Thank you!

Happy International Zine Month!

Thanks to everyone who showed up for our concert during Art Walk on Wednesday night. Paten Locke and Willie Evans Jr. put on an amazing show and we had a great time. But we’ve got more new projects and surprises to unveil this month. So keep checking back! First off is our new READ ZINES poster, featuring Paten Locke, Willie Evans Jr, and Tough Junkie! We’ve given away a bunch already but there’s more at the Main Library, so hurry on down!

Thanks to Max Michaels for designing this amazing poster!

Paten Locke and Willie Evans Jr live at Jacksonville Public Library!

The Jacksonville Public Library Zine Collection presents Paten Locke and Willie Evans Jr live in the Main Library on July 6th! We’re kicking off International Zine Month right with a combination of independent publishing and independent music! Since before Asamov these two talented performers have been setting the standard for artists coming out of Jacksonville. Touring all over America and Europe, these two are some of the most intriguing live acts you will find. From video manipulation, to record scratching, to the art of MCing, to doing all that at the same time! You can’t find anything better than Paten Locke and Willie Evans Jr! My word on that! Plus it’s free! And we’ll have a bunch of brand new zines available for checkout as well!

We’ll be in what was formerly Shelby’s Café, right near the Laura Street entrance. The Main Library is at the corner of Laura and Duval, across from Hemming Plaza. Event starts promptly at 6:30p.m.