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More details CanZine

Here's some more details as I saw Jon's Funeral for Trade Queer Things magazine announcement re: Canzine October 29, 2006 at Gladstone Hotel.

Sunday, October 29 - Canzine @ The Gladstone Hotel. Canada's Largest Zine Fair and Festival of Alternative Culture. Over 150 zines from across Canada on display and for sale! The heart of the event, indie publishers both in print and online come from across the country and the continent to show their wares! Be amazed at the creativity, ingenuity, and sheer weirdness! ( Gladstone Hotel 1214 Queen St. West (Queen just East of Dufferin) | Queer West Village Toronto, Ontario. More details below

The Details: Launch of the New Issue of Broken Pencil “The Food Issue” Featuring “Indie” Iron Chef In celebration of the brand new Food Issue of BP that will launch at Canzine, we feature the never before done “Indie” Iron Chef – indie artists are pitted against each other in a frenzy of creative action. What will the secret ingredient be? Wait and see!!! Hosted by Friendly Rich, confirmed participants include artist/writer Darren O'Donnell, writer/comedian David Dineen-Porter (aka PDF Format) with more TBA plus special guest judges.

Hotel Room Installations Canada’s brightest and weirdest will be creating environments to explore. Check out: Mark Laliberte - Pop Noir button series. Jonathan Culp - Grilled Cheese Sandwich room. Amy Lam - Funny Food/Bad Taste (a room about comedy and food). Fabienne Good - Tree planting room – come see the hotel forest. Jon Pressick - Trade Queer Zine memorial room. The death of Trade memorial service (open casket).

Radical Reading Series In association with This Is Not A Reading Series, we present the launch of GOOD MEAT Pages Books & Magazines, Broken Pencil Magazine, and Pedlar Press present a special Canzine edition of This Is Not A Reading Series: DANI COUTURE launches GOOD MEAT (Pedlar Press) Join Couture as well as several other food obsessed zinesters for interactive meat cooking lessons, zinester munchies, and more! Good Meat is a collection of poetry that revolves around the varying complex relationships we have with the things we eat.

All Day Underground Video Screening Open Screening and Curated program by James King. Special food curated program. All are welcome to bring videos (VHS or DVD only, 10 minutes and under) to show to the world. Register in advance by emailing canzinevideo@brokenpencil.com. Or just show up with your video.

Workshop Making Puppets Out of Junk Indie puppeteer Mike Harding (famous for his Curtains person, host of the Brampton Indie Arts Festival) conducts a hands-on workshop. Learn how to make a puppet out of found objects and trash.

The Date: Sun Oct 29, 2006 Time: 1pm till 7pm Where: Gladstone Ballroom , Melody Bar , 2nd Floor , Cover: $5/comes with a free copy of new issue Broken Pencil Magazine. Website: www.brokenpencil.com | www.gladstonehotel.com | Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario

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