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Events

So many great lit events this weekend! Including the Steamroller Spectacular Exhibition!

chicagoreviewofbooks.wordpress.com Some Chicago-area literary events coming up in the next few weeks ... Tons of books will be discounted 25% to 35% at The Bookstore, 475 N. Main St., Glen Ellyn, during the Glen Ellyn Sidewalk Sale,...

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The Guild Literary Complex is accepting poetry submissions for just one more day for the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award. Don't pass up this great opportunity for some recognition AND $600. There are even cash prizes for the finalists!

guildcomplex.org GWENDOLYN BROOKS OPEN MIC AWARDS CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS is OPEN! (posted June 1, 2015) Guild Literary Complex announces its open call for poetry submissions for the 22nd Annual Gwendolyn Brook...

Printers Ball 2015: Push & Pull has come and gone. Thank you to everyone who spent a beautiful Saturday with us enjoying art, printmaking, publishing, literature, and everything in between!

Photo by Leo Selvaggio

Add some color to your library! Les Figues Press brings neon pizzazz to the Book Butcher. Event starts at 2pm. Book Butcher opens at 3pm.

http://printersball.org/registration/

Even more books available at TOMORROW's Book Butcher! Get a taste of Soberscove Press, The Literary Review, The MacGuffin, and Third Coast Literary Magazine.

RSVP: http://printersball.org/registration/

EVENT SCHEDULE | PRINTERS BALL

Do not miss Cream Co.'s Poems for Plantlets program on Saturday!! Write a poem and take a plant. Or pick your favorite donated poem to read aloud!

And don't forget to RSVP: http://printersball.com/registration/

printersball.com Downloadable a printable schedule 2:00 DJ Sets by CHIRP Radio DJ Sets by CHIRP Radio CHIRP is a volunteer-driven, online community radio station that focuses on music, arts, and culture. We are live and local every day of the year from 6am-midnight, and the city we live in is a key part of everythin…

We've unpacked another round of books in anticipation for Saturday's Book Butcher! What is the Book Butcher? Well.....

Wouldn’t it be handy if there were a way to sample publications from the most revered publishers, big and small, across the nation? A pop-up shop with a mouth-watering selection of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, zines, comics, and alternative publications? With display cases full of the freshest books? Like a butcher shop where issues of the Paris Review replace Pastrami? With not summer sausage, but fresh copies of Salamander Magazine? No sirloin in sight, but an endless selection from Soberscove Press, Southwest Review, and City Lights Books? A book butcher that swaps out duck confit for hand-sewn, letterpress printed chapbooks from Ugly Duckling Presse.

The Book Butcher reinvigorates the great Printers Ball tradition of putting the freshest and juiciest new books from the most revered small presses directly into the hands of eager readers, artists, and print media enthusiasts. Stop by the Book Butcher. Once your number is called, select up to five “cuts” for $5. Our Head Butcher, Brad Rohloff, will wrap up up the tasty morsels, and may even throw in a free sample.

Steamroller Spectacular takes place in Simple Honest Work. New books are introduced hourly with last call at 6pm. Additional side dishes may be purchased for $3 each.

SweetWater Brewing Company - Don't Float the Mainstream

We are honored to be serving drinks from SweetWater Brewing Company at Printers Ball 2015: Push & Pull. Grab a VIP ticket and we'll give you a drink of your choice on the house!

http://printersball.com/registration/

sweetwaterbrew.com Atlanta brewers of 420 Extra Pale Ale, LowRYEder IPA, IPA, Blue, Georgia Brown and the Catch and Release Seasonal Beer Series. Brewery tours every Wed, Thur, and Fri from 5:30 - 7:30 and Sat and Sun from 2:30 - 4:30

We've been bsuy all week unpacking boxes of contributed books for the Book Butcher! Fresh titles from Microcosm Publishing, Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB), Litmus Press, Fifth Wednesday Journal, City Lights Bookstore, and many more!

INTERVIEW: Angee Lennard on the 11th Annual Printers Ball

An interview with Angee Lennard of Spudnik Press Cooperative shedding light on the 2015 "Push & Pull" theme and the evolution of Printers Ball.

augurybooks.com This year marks the 11th annual Printers Ball, a day of performances, live printmaking demos, and exhibitions surrounding poetry and literary culture. Founded in 2004 by Poetry magazine’s Ar...

EVENT SCHEDULE | PRINTERS BALL

Plan your day at next Saturday's Printers Ball! A colorful schedule for the day is now available online. RSVP with a General or VIP ticket to make sure you get to see Bryce McCloud of Isle of Printing...

printersball.com Downloadable a printable schedule 2:00 DJ Sets by CHIRP Radio DJ Sets by CHIRP Radio CHIRP is a volunteer-driven, online community radio station that focuses on music, arts, and culture. We are live and local every day of the year from 6am-midnight, and the city we live in is a key part of everythin…

Are you handy with an exacto and cardboard? Do you like making 3-D sculptures out of found materials? Do you like being helpful? Meeting people who also like the above three things? Stop by Spudnik Press Cooperativethis afternoon (between 12 and 5pm) to help construct props for next week's festivities!

PRINTERS BALL | Printers Ball 2015 brings together printers, writers, publishers, artists,...

Thanks WZRD Chicago 88.3 FM for the great chat. Felt good to share more details about the event we've been working so hard on. Hope to see some WZRD Listeners next Saturday!

printersball.com As always, Basic Admission is free for all! Purchase General Admission ($5) or VIP Tickets ($25) to support Printers Ball and Spudnik Press.

WZRD CHICAGO 88.3FM

Learn about Printers Ball on the radio waves! Tune in to WZRD Chicago 88.3 FM and hear about all the great stuff planned for next Saturday!

wzrdchicago.org Tune in to Chicago's unique freeform radio station at 88.3FM on your radio dial, on the Tune In App, or since you are already here just click on the Wizard to stream us online from anywhere.

Printers Ball 2015: Call for Volunteers

Printers Ball is around the corner! And we need your help! Sign up for a volunteer shift and we'll give you an apron, a drink ticket, and a special invite to our after party.

chicagoartistsresource.org We are counting down to Printer’s Ball 2015: Push & Pull and we need your help with the largest annual event that Spudnik Press presents! We’re are looking for 50 volunteers to assist with a

SUMMER SHORTS

Our good friend, Heather K Anderson, is putting together the second annual Summer Shorts festival. Do you make animations? Do you write flash fiction? Do you like fun? You should submit your art to this gem!

summershortschicago.tumblr.com a sideyard screening and reading

Printers Ball 2015: Push & Pull: Event Schedule and Program Preview Released | PRINTERS BALL

Spudnik Press Cooperative has announced the complete line up of programs and presenters that will take Printers Ball by storm!

We are so honored to host Isle of Printing, Open Books, LATITUDE, CHIRP - Chicago Independent Radio Project, Pentimenti Productions, Story Club, Borderbend Arts Collective, Cultural Reproducers, Firebelly Design and many many more on Saturday June 27.

printersball.com Chicago, IL- Spudnik Press Cooperative will host Printers Ball 2015 on June 27, 2015 at the Hubbard Street Lofts (1821 W Hubbard Street) from 2pm to 10pm. Printers Ball is a daylong celebration of literary culture and printmaking, and this year the event finds inspiration from the theme Push & Pull.…

PRINTERS BALL | Printers Ball 2015 brings together printers, writers, publishers, artists,...

Hey ! Who hang out for a few hours at Printers Ball in Saturday June 27? We've got spots for 2 more trucks!

printersball.com Printers Ball 2015: Push & Pull June 27, 2015 2:00 – 10:00 p.m. Push & Pull gives tribute to the labor, the process, and the struggle that is elemental to exchange. At times, we pull in our community. At times we push out our ideas, our visions, and our inclinations. We oscillate, yet we stay the co…

A Lead-Up Event for Printers Ball 2015: Push & Pull

Experimental Poetry for Everyone | Spudnik Press

Experimental Poetry for Everyone begins a week from today. Four weeks of writing workshops exploring randomizing procedures, found materials, automatic/stream-of-consciousness writing, collaborative idea/text generation and more.

spudnikpress.org Experimental Poetry for Everyone Join this class for a fun, exciting, friendly exploration of some of the most unexpected ways to make a poem! Drawing from a broad range of experimental traditions in writing poetry, this class shares and demonstrates new ways to approach poetry every week and emphas…

Experimental Poetry for Everyone | Spudnik Press

This class, the very first full classes presented by The Printers Ball, pushes back against even the worst cases of Writers Block!

spudnikpress.org Experimental Poetry for Everyone Join this class for a fun, exciting, friendly exploration of some of the most unexpected ways to make a poem! Drawing from a broad range of experimental traditions in writing poetry, this class shares and demonstrates new ways to approach poetry every week and emphas…

Spudnik Press Cooperative on Instagram: “Proof that #printersball2015 will be here before we...

must be in on the horizon! New books are arriving daily! Tickets are available here: http://printersball.com/registration/

instagram.com “Proof that will be here before we know it! Books are arriving from all over the country!”

NEWS | PRINTERS BALL

Announcing 2015: . Featuring Festival Guest Bryce McCloud, the Steamroller Spectacular, a large-scale public printmaking project, round table conversations, the Printers Ball Marketplace, and so much more.

printersball.com Announcing Printers Ball 2015: Push & Pull, Saturday June 27, 2-10pm Chicago, IL- Spudnik Press Cooperative is proud to host the 2015 Printers Ball on June 27, 2015 at the Hubbard Street Lofts (1821 W Hubbard Street) from 2pm to 10pm. In its 11th year, this annual celebration of literary culture and…

Community Carving Events Pave the Way for Steamroller Printing at Printers Ball 2015 | Spudnik Press

Our next Community Carving Event is this Saturday at South Chicago Art Center, 10-2pm. If you haven't been to this creative, accessible, and enriching art space, this is a great excuse to visit and meet their Art Advocates!

spudnikpress.org Community Carving Events Pave the Way for Steamroller Printing at Printers Ball 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 by Angee & filed under News. This June, Spudnik Press Cooperative will be hosting Steamroller Spectacular as part of Printers Ball 2015: Push & Pull. Artists, community art organizations, studen…

Experimental Poetry for Everyone | Spudnik Press

Poetry isn't for the elite. On the contrary, poetry is for everyone...

Experimental Poetry for Everyone is a 6-week class focused on experimenting with the written word. Offered through Spudnik Press Cooperative as a lead-up to Printers Ball 2015.

Tuesday nights, 6-9, beginning June 2.

spudnikpress.org Experimental Poetry for Everyone Join this class for a fun, exciting, friendly exploration of some of the most unexpected ways to make a poem! Drawing from a broad range of experimental traditions in writing poetry, this class shares and demonstrates new ways to approach poetry every week and emphas…

Community Carving Events Pave the Way for Steamroller Printing at Printers Ball 2015 | Spudnik Press

Proud to team up with Arts Incubator in Washington Park, Comfort Station Logan Square, and South Chicago Arts Center to host Community Carving Events leading up to The Printers Ball 2015. Contribute to the event by carving a woodblock with your neighbors!

spudnikpress.org Community Carving Events Pave the Way for Steamroller Printing at Printers Ball 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 by Angee & filed under News. This June, Spudnik Press Cooperative will be hosting Steamroller Spectacular as part of Printers Ball 2015: Push & Pull. Artists, community art organizations, studen…

Clay Hickson

Printers Ball 2015: is in the works! The 2015 design is by Clay Hickson of Tan & Loose Press.

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The Printers Ball's cover photo

Spudnik Press Cooperative on Instagram: “300 blocks ready to carve as part of #printersball...

It's happening! 300 blocks ready to be carved. Join us tomorrow for our Kick-Off Carving Event! http://www.spudnikpress.org/event/community-carving-kick-off-workshop/

instagram.com “300 blocks ready to carve as part of . 1st community carving event is tomorrow, , 1pm.”

Call for Carvers: Steamroller Spectacular at Printers Ball 2015 | Spudnik Press

Want to contribute a hand carved woodblock to our Steamroller Spectacular huge-scale community print project? Sign up by Wednesday and we'll set a block aside for you!

spudnikpress.org Call for Carvers: Steamroller Spectacular at Printers Ball 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 by Angee & filed under News. Steamroller Spectacular at Printers Ball 2015 will bring together 300+ artists, teachers, organizations, and creative thinkers to reflect how communities “push and pull” physically, met…

Call for Participants: A Streamroller Spectacular | PRINTERS BALL

This news is big! Spudnik Press Cooperative is bringing a steamroller to the Printers Ball 2015!

Steamroller Spectacular at Printers Ball 2015 will bring together 300+ artists, teachers, organizations, and creative thinkers to reflect how communities “push and pull” physically, metaphorically, and politically.

Click through for details and sign up online to receive a block to carve!

printersball.com Push & Pull: A Streamroller Spectacular a community based printmaking project. Spudnik Press Cooperative, in collaboration with William Estrada, is seeking artists, community organizations, and art teachers interested in contributing hand-carved woodblocks to a large-scale community engagement print…

Are you or anyone you know looking for an Arts Administration or Event Planning & Activation internship? We're looking for a hard working, creative, funny (optional) spirit to join The Printers Ball team for our big event June 27th. See the attachment for details!

How does an internship with an arts organization sound? Pretty exciting, right? We have an opening for an Intern to support The Printers Ball, our annual poetry, printing and performance summer fundraising event.

If you or anyone you know might be interested (it can be used for college credit), please forward or share. This is an exciting opportunity for a student or recent graduate to learn about Arts Administration, Event Planning & Ex*****on and work with some great people.

Printers Ball 2015: Call for Programming | PRINTERS BALL

Want to be part of this year's Printers Ball? Our Call for Programming is due in just under a week!

printersball.com We invite our friends and collaborators, past participants, and community at large to share with us how they would like to contribute to Printers Ball 2015. By disseminating a call for programming, we hope to reach beyond our immediate circle and meet new artists and organizations. We seek programs…