The 2016 ZLuC will be held in Boston at Simmons College. Go ahead and put down your name and affiliation so I can start planning the all the awesomeness.

1. Dawn Stahura, Simmons College
2. Andrew Clark, Simmons College
3. Darin Murphy, SMFA (Sat only)
4. Olivia Portegello, SMFA (with regrets)
5. Sarah Ruggiero, Papercut Zine Library
6. Adrianna Alvarez,  (Sat. only)
7. Adrienne Naylor, Papercut Zine Library
8. Brittany Mitchell, Boston Zine Collective (with regret)
9. Violet Fox, formerly of ZAPP
10. Jessica Leslie
11. Jenna Freedman, Barnard Zine Library
12. Ashley Irwin, University of Waterloo
13. Rhonda Kauffman, MIT (Cambridge, MA)
14. Julia Lipscomb, ABC No Rio Zine Library (with regrets)
15. Michele Hardesty, Hampshire College & Interference Archive
16. Jennifer Hecker, U of Texas Libraries & Austin Fanzine Project
17. Kelly Wooten, Sallie Bingham Center, Duke University So sad to miss this year–too much other work travel! -kw
18. Milo Miller, Queer Zine Archive Project
19. Honor Moody, Schlesinger Library
20. Jamie Glass, Sherrill Library, Lesley University
21. Tomas Moniz, Berkeley City College
22. Alana Kumbier, Hampshire College + Flywheel Zine Library (Western Massachusetts)
23. Desiree Alaniz, Simmons College
24. Julie Adamo, Mount Holyoke College
25. Madeline Veitch, SUNY New Paltz (with regrets)
26. c. m. dusty brayshaw, Gallery5 Zine Museum, Richmond, VA
27. Heidy Berthoud, Vassar College [sadly]
28. Andrew Wang, Indiana University
29. Samantha Sermeño, University of Washington & Zine Archive and Publishing Project (Seattle)
30. Malana Krongelb (with regrets)
31. Kelly Webster, Boston College [With regrets]
32. Daylon Orr, 8-Ball Archive
33. Phil Bergevin, 8-Ball Archive
34. Michelle Oraa Ali, Mt. Holyoke
35. Kelly Swickard, MICA
36. Leigh Kaulbach, Print Shop and Libraries @ University of Kansas
37. Caro Pinto, Mt. Holyoke
38. Ricardo Lozana, A Love Token Press
39. Deborah Ultan, University of Minnesota
40. Charlie McNabb, Wheaton College (Norton, MA)
41. Emily Belanger, Wellesley College
42. Allison Jai O’Dell, University of Florida
43. Lani Smith
44. Kathleen Clifford
45. Rachel Karasick — Simmons College
46. McKenzie Mullen — Simmons College
47. Miranda Nero, Ocean State Libraries
48. Carl Jones, MIT
49. Alex Willett, Brandeis University
50. Kayla Whitehead, Brandeis University
51. Anulfo Baez, The Evolving Critic
52. Nora C. Miller, Hampshire College
53. Catherine Dixon — Simmons College
54. Kimberly Arleth — Simmons College
55. Molly Brown — Simmons College
56. Mona Tousian –Papercut Library
57. Dena Marger — Root Radical Lending Library

Super Yay!

The 2016 Zine Librarian (un)Conference will be held July 29-30th in Boston, Massachusetts at Simmons College in the Beatley Library.

The address for the Beatley Library is 2 Avenue Lois Pasteur. The library is located on the second floor of this building (called Lefavour).

To register, all you need to do is add your information to the registration page! Announce to the world that you will be participating and then make all your awesome travel plans.

(Contact Jenna Freedman at jfreedma at barnard dot edu or Violet Fox at violetfox at gmail dot com if you need a ZineLibraries.info account and they’ll set you up.)

Registration is free for everyone. If you’re interested in applying for (or contributing money to) the 2016 ZLuC travel grant for POC librarians/archivists, find more information here.

Make sure you’re on the Zine Librarians email list, so you don’t miss any pre-conference conversations.

Hashtag: #zluc

2106 ZLuC group photo by Andrew Wang

This wiki is a space for folks to post about the Zine Harder challenge!

Blank template for your Zine Harder recommendations (feel free to copy & paste the whole spreadsheet into your own spreadsheet).

Submit your own list by emailing zinepavilion at gmail dot com.

List of suggestions from your favorite zine librarians:

• Violet
• Jenna/Barnard Zine Library

Twitter Storify by @violetbfox: https://storify.com/violetbfox/zlucoly

Zine Librarian Mad Libs! : a #zlucOly comp zine

Zine Librarians (un)Conference – October 26^th, 2015

Olympia, WA – Olympia Timberland Library

Notes submitted by Naomi

Zine Kits – Lisa from Pierce County Library shared their zine kits: these are boxes with about 25 zines pre-selected (so far they have a few with an arbitrary assortment and some with specific subjects such as DIY/Food or LGBTQIA). Also includes a short zine explaining what zines are, bookmarks, and literature explaining what they are for staff. Individual libraries can request these for an instant zine display and it includes a convenient little cardboard stand to display them with.

Zine Ignite Reviews – These were so fast and interesting I failed to take proper notes! Here are some zine titles I wrote down that drew my interest:

How it is                                              Excitement & Adventure

Roll Big & Go Home                         Always & Forever

Simple Steps to a Life Less Shitty   Radical Self Love

Filling the Void                                  Cats Hate Cops

The Orgasm Zine                              Moths: Monsters or More

Low Risk                                             Up Rock

Cache Me if You Can

Zine Librarians Code of Ethics – This can be found at zinelibraries.info on the front page (posted September 30^th, 2015). There is a yahoo mailing list for those that are interested in working on this.

What’s Goin’ On? Check-ins, each person gets 3 minutes:

Violet: ZAPP Seattle has 30,000 zines in storage @ SPL, but only library staff can access them due to Reasons. ZAPP needs new volunteers to help with the collection but also want to stay involved with the library community. There are events and programming still happening: @zappseattle on social media, info@zappseattle.org email, zappseattle.org website.

Kelsey: Asked for feedback regarding the Olympia Zine Fest. Here is an arbitrarily ordered list of feedback: It was great and had good timing, good that workshops were on a different day than tabling. The amount of tabling was good, but some were too tired from the tabling to go to workshops the next day. People who traveled from out of town might not stick around an extra day for workshops. There were a surprising amount of attendees for the first year, it was phenomenal! To encourage people to give feedback, maybe next year people could get a free raffle ticket when they turn in a feedback form. Nice to have choices for workshops, two at a time is good. The website had a nice venue page – maybe add a map. Add time, date, and location to the front page of website.

Kelly: Is teaching a class about zines to first year students, made the syllabus a zine. She is thinking about how to teach zines and what that means. Also trying to get biology students to make zines. Trying to start a collection at her school.

Joshua: Having cataloging issues. Has many large amounts of zines that don’t get catalogued. Will be posting a job at Michigan State University for cataloguing rare books and zines. Perhaps there could be an internship? Student workers? Twine cataloging game?

Union Catalog:

Milo: Twice a month phone meetings are happening to get a universal zine catalog. Has been working on this since the first ZLuC and is trying to get funding – it is quite difficult! Wants cataloguers/programmers/developers to be in the same room to work out logistics of how it will actually go together. Trying to get grants – was in the process of a big grant over $35,000, but not ready for that yet. They need money but would greatly benefit from more expertise, particularly with writing code and development.

Social Media:

• Individuals started a twitter account on behalf of the library at MSU, but it has been taken away and centralized
• QZAP does a queer zine of the day on tumblr and facebook with a link to the catalog.
• Is twitter going out of style? Some feel that it may be, and Instagram is rising up in popularity. (I’m sure by the time anyone is reading this there will be a whole new regime of social media.)
• We Make Zines still exists! http://wemakezines.ning.com/
• Advice: have your own URL that exists outside of a trending platform (it can even just redirect to social media), so you don’t have to worry about relevancy and starting anew on a new platform once one goes out of style.
• Content managing software – Hootsuite is helpful. It is beneficial to have a team to streamline and keep consistency over social media.

Great job everyone! Thanks for coming and being awesome!

 

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Have an idea for a workshop or presentation? Add it here! If you’re willing to facilitate or participate in a workshop or presentation, add your name after the idea. If you like the idea, go in and add your initials after the workshop or presentation idea. We have room in the schedule for 5 more workshops or presentations or 6 if nobody cares about the Ignite presentations.

1. Zine Code of Ethics discussion
   (MM) (KS)
2. Zinecore cataloging schema update
   (MM)(KS)
3. Ignite presentations- 5 minute presentations about a variety of zine topics
4. Ziners advisory- getting the right zines into the right hands
   (MM)(KS)
5. How to start and maintain a volunteer-run zine library
   (MM)(KS)
6. Zine library show and tell- people share information about their zine libraries and crowdsource solutions to problems or share tips and tricks
7. Zine review round robin- everybody shares a zine they have been digging lately
8. Vegan donuts
   (MM)(KS)
9. Lolcats (KS)
10. animal videos (KS)
11. Zine workshops- how to and tips and tricks
12. Some kind of zine game- ideas? Maybe Best Game Ever by Billy Da Bunny?
13. Collaborative zine- topic suggestions welcome! (if people were into it, we can letterpress covers after the zine conference is over for anyone that wants to stay later?)
14. Service project- what can we work on together for part of the day? (KS)
15. I’ve been dreaming of making a zine of Mad Libs from other folks zine articles.  I feel like that could cover 11+12 (milo) (KS)

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A one-day Zine Librarians’ (un)Conference will be held Monday October 26 2015 at the Olympia Timberland Library in Olympia, WA, and we’d love to have you there!

Help us figure out a game plan by filling out the simple form below if you are planning on attending (or even if you’re a “maybe”).

Currently registered list:

1. Kelsey Smith, Timberland Regional Library
2. Violet Fox, late of ZAPP, currently in the middle of Minnesota
3. Joshua Barton, Michigan State University Libraries
4. Matthew Murray, Vancouver
5. Ally Mackey, Olympia Timberland Library
6. elena, brown recluse zine distro
7. Chaya Grossberg, Olympia WA
8. Mary E. Higgins, IPRC
9. Naomi, Timberland Regional Library
10. Nicki, Olympia WA
11. Nik Dragovic, Emory University
12. Gina Murrell, Eugene OR
13. Kelly McElroy, Oregon State University
14. Milo Miller, QZAP
15. Lisa Oldoski, Pierce County Library

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2015 isn’t done with Zine Librarian (Un)Conferences—a one-day ZLuC followed this year’s Olympia Zine Fest!

When: Monday October 26 2015, 11 am-6 pm
Where: Olympia Timberland Library (313 8th Ave SE, Olympia WA).

As always, this ZLuC is completely free to attend and we’d love to see anyone who’s interested in zines or libraries—you don’t need any credentials to attend. If you’re planning on attending (or even if you’re a maybe) please sign up on this registration page. If you have any ideas for presentations or workshops, you can add them here. Lastly, take a look at our tentative schedule here.

Please join the Zine Librarians email list and the Olympia Zine Fest mailing list to get updates as well!

Olympia Timberland Library, photo copyright Jim Culp

The first ever Olympia Zine Fest!

starting out in small groups to make lists of discussion items

big conversation, we aren’t sure how to start talking about it

would talking points help us talk to other people about these issues

what do you do when you realize your zine fest is all white.

issues around white people/institutions working w/ zinesters of color?

awareness, intentionality

how to connect students with zinesters of color

Let’s talk about what we’ve done that’s worked. Share tools we used with others so they can be equipped to deal with similar situations.

How to “call people in”, rather than “calling them out”.

How do we include people not traditionally included in libraries, organizations.

Outreach to diverse communities w/o tokenizing. Being intentional. Consider sustainability of these relationships.

Mention of POC ZL(u)C scholarship.

BZF – whistleblower did what she needed to do, then ally (Jenna) did some of the more objective (“calling people in”, “whitesplaining”) work, another group supported whistleblower at fest – we all have a role & it takes more than one person

proactive inclusion from the very beginning is important

(also, if you are organizing, you are an organizer)

be open to & accepting of contributions

code of conduct – need to be more out front so people find them

being intentional about including new people

How do you intentionally include people w/o tokenizing?

MKE Zine Fest currently struggling with this.

Ask them how they’d like to be involved?

Any specific examples of successful events or activities would be great – we can follow up with them…

IN some places, personal relationships across races don’t already exist, so that’s hard

Maybe put out a call for participation?

Black Lives Matter panel that did happen at BKLY ZF ended up really different than what Jordan envisioned

RE POC scholarship: Why would a librarian of color want to come to your conference?

What about including distasteful/offensive communities?

Re Anomaly Archive collection: why do only certain groups report anomalous experiences?

Actually, it’s not that hard to find zinesters of color. Google them, y’all. Brown Recluse distro, People of Color zine project, No Shame distro.

What else can I be doing to build a diverse collection?

We need to be more proactive, seek out these other voices.

“diversity statement” in application packages, or at time of joining group?

Go to a bunch of different zine fairs and see what they are up to and who is participating.

paying POC to attend zine fairs can help

know going in that there are gonna be a lot of white people.

— lunch delivery —

let’s add something explicit to our website – something already in acquisitions section of code of ethics?

more discussion of offensive/hate materials – gay nazi zine at QZAP – they allow volunteers to opt out of handling certain materials they are sensitive to

interest in right-wing womens’ materials, but they don’t want their stuff next to feminist collections

Ask researchers for leads on other materials or communities

form relationships with opposite-number librarians

collaborating on DH projects is a possibility

post-custodial options – leave material in community, but provide access to it

humanism = people are important, we can focus on and make time for that.

more talk about “calling in” v “calling out”

SMiles – Anomaly Archives, looking to do exhibit, expand space?

Christine – looking to expand connections to zine community, moving to Austin,

Kelly – teaching with zines, ethical assessment questions!

Dianne – Flywheel – will need to plan zinefest at some point, wondering about collection circulating

Jude – continuity CLP collection

• media allies?
• get signatures at zine fest?
• what if another org wants to take over collection?
• university instructor allies?
• zine requests for purchase
• new donations to collection

Laura – worried about legitimacy of collection, working on building connections, studio instructors do have students make zines, relationship there

Laura gave Christine info on Austin connections.

We talked about pros and cons of circulating – IPRC decided only to circulate to educators bc they’re the only users for the most part that benefited. If a zine gets lost there’s no more access, zines are also ephemeral to some extent…

Bringing collection out of the archives + making visits to special collections funner e.g. button maker at Holyoke, cataloging parties…

Laura had a Zines in the Scholarly World panel to help articulate usefulness of zines in academia.

Read/Write Library Biblioteka awesome!

Parking

Parking at UT is difficult. I recommend paying to park in one of UT’s parking garages (Brazos is the one closest to the Library), or using public transportation. Metered parking is also available and would be a good option for our short day on Saturday. Holler if you need any help!

Streaming

Barring some technological issue, we plan to live stream from all the sessions of the conference, and maybe even from the New South Fest & social portions of the weekend via Periscope (www.periscope.tv).

How to do it

Starting at 9am on Friday morning (or earlier if you wanna catch some test streams), search Twitter for #periscope #zluc. When a stream starts, a Tweet will go out with those hashtags. It’ll say something like. “LIVE on #Periscope: #zluc session 3a periscope.tv/w/lettersandnumbers…” If you are in a browser (on a desktop or laptop computer), click on the link & a new tab will open with the live stream, comments, and hearts (likes) displayed in real time. If you want to be able to comment during the session and/or send us hearts, you’ll need to get the app (available for iOS or Android). And you’ll need to use the app on a smartphone or a tablet.

If things work ok, we’ll be able to see the comments and respond to the as appropriate during the session. (Some folks might be regular-tweeting the conference, too.) If we can remember to save our streams at the end, we’ll be able to post them (or links to them) on the wiki later, so folks who miss the live stream can watch later. I know this is maybe a new thing for some folks, so please don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions 🙂 We want to help you to be able to participate!

Weather

It’s gonna be hot and humid, but it probably won’t rain. Yay. The Library will probably be chilly, so don’t forget that cardi.

Conference logistics

For each session of the conference, we need heroic volunteers to:

1. Periscope each session – this involves using one of UT’s iPads or your own phone or iPad to stream the session. It’s super easy and I’ll show you what to do. You’ll be responsible for pressing save at the end so we can post the video later.
2. Facilitate discussion – please tell me someone is good at this! I am terrible!
3. Note-taking/time-keeping – analog or digital, whatever works for you.

More drivers would be great for Saturday’s lunchtime-afternoon outing to the New South Fest at the French Legation. So far we have: Spencer & Jennifer with room for 3 more people in each car. The bus looks like it’ll be no help in this journey, but we have Uber, Lyft Zipcar & taxis.

Dorm info

Check in: When you get to Austin, navigate to to 2624 Whitis Ave, Austin, TX 78705 and check in at the front desk of Duren Residence Hall (ADH). They will give you an access code, key, wifi code and your conference bag. Check out: After the conference has ended, bring your key to the front desk to check out.  There is a $75 lock change charge for keys that are not returned. The front desk is open 24 hours a day.  The phone number to Duren is 512-232-4233. Housing Coordinator: Jonathan Gonzales, jogo@austin.utexas.edu.

Wifi access

Instructions:

1. connect to the attwifi network
2. open your web browser
3. click on “Use A Coupon” and enter [the code you are given]

Visit www.attwifi.com for connection instructions & other details. Need help? Call 1-888-888-7520.

 

Resources

• Taco Journalism
  • Blog post featuring Mando (of Tao Journalism’s) Top 10 Austin tacos.
• Austin Food Blogger Alliance’s 2015 City Guide: The Best Places to Eat in Austin
• Austin Chronicle Food section
• Austin 360 Food & Drink section
• Chowhound’s Austin board
• Yelp
• a list of Austin restaurants (with Jennifer’s picks)
• food guide developed for Chaos in Tejas fest (mostly downtown, but ranked by vegan-friendliness)

Q: Is there an early morning coffee place (non-chain if possible) near campus?

A: Sorta. Here are some options, listed north-to-south:

• Wheatsville Food Co-op (3101 Guadalupe) is a little walk, but opens at 7:30 & offers lots of co-op awesomeness.
• Tom’s Tabooley  (2928 Guadalupe) serves breakfast now starting at 8am.
• Spider House Cafe (2908 Fruth) opens at 8am, but may have a coffee trailer out front that opens earlier.
• Texas French Bread (2900 Rio Grande) opens at 7am.
• Kerbey Lane (2606 Guadalupe) is a fancy diner which has coffee, not a coffee place, but it’s open 24/7.
• Closer to the Library is Caffe Medici (2222B Guadalupe) which opens at 8. They may have weird hours during the conference, since students are gone.
• Prufrock’s is in the library and often opens at 7am, but may also have weird summertime hours.
• Blanton Museum Cafe (200 E MLK) opens at 8 and is very close to the library.
• Arturo’s Bakery & Cafe (314 W 17th) opens at 7am and has coffee and tacos.
• There are some chain places, too. For some reason, all the really good coffee is far away from campus 🙁

Conference food information

UT Libraries is underwriting our food during the conference (Friday breakfast, Friday lunch, Friday reception & Saturday breakfast). Please bring money for your lunch at New South Fest on Saturday, and all other mealtimes. See the conference wiki (www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc-2015-atx/food) for more food options, or ask a local for a tip. Here’s what’s on the menu during the conference:

Friday breakfast, 9am-9:30

• coffee with ½ & ½ or almond milk, maybe tea and honey, orange juice, water
• breakfast taco assortment: bacon, egg & cheese; prosciutto, egg & mushroom; black bean, avocado & Cotija; bean & cheese
• fresh fruit

Friday lunch, 12:30-1:30

• quesadilla assortment: goat cheese & wild mushroom; chicken; shrimp
• sandwich assortment: turkey & havarti, tuna salad, tomato mozzarella
• grilled vegetables, fresh fruit
• iced tea, water

Friday reception, food at 5pm

• smoked salmon profiteroles; curried deviled eggs; prosciutto–wrapped asparagus; Mediterranean stuffed mushrooms; Pacific Rim meatballs; Medjool dates with blue cheese; fresh mozzarella & tomato baguette cocktail sandwiches
• lemonade & strawberry lemonade, water

Saturday breakfast, 9:30-10am

• coffee with ½ & ½ or almond milk, maybe tea and honey, orange juice, water
• quiche assortment: quiche lorraine, spinach mushroom, three cheese
• fresh fruit

Saturday lunch at New South Fest, trailer options:

• Arlo’s (vegan comfort food): www.arlostruck.com
• PitaLicious (Middle Eastern wraps): www.austinpitalicious.com/Menu.html
• Cold Ones (artisanal Mexican popsicles): www.coldonespops.com

Tentative Schedule

Everything is optional. Requests/recommendations/suggestions are welcome! Comment here or add items to the list of things we might do or talk about at the conference, or do/see/eat/drink around the conference.

Wednesday, June 3^rd – Early birds arrive? Rides from airport?

Thursday, June 4^th – People from out of town arrive. Rides from airport – two trips scheduled so far: noon & 8pm. Group welcome dinner?

Streaming
Barring some technological issue, we plan to live stream from all the sessions of the conference, and maybe even from the New South Fest & social portions of the weekend via Periscope.

How to do it
Starting at 9am on Friday morning (or earlier if you wanna catch some test streams), search Twitter for #periscope #zluc. When a stream starts, a Tweet will go out with those hashtags. It’ll say something like. “LIVE on #Periscope: #zluc session 3a periscope.tv/w/lettersandnumbers”

If you are in a browser (on a desktop or laptop computer), click on the link & a new tab will open with the live stream, comments, and hearts (likes) displayed in real time. If you want to be able to comment during the session and/or send us hearts, you’ll need to get the app (available for iOS or Android). And you’ll need to use the app on a smartphone or a tablet.

If things work ok, we’ll be able to see the comments and respond to the as appropriate during the session. (Some folks might be regular-tweeting the conference, too.) If we can remember to save our streams at the end, we’ll be able to post them (or links to them) on the wiki later, so folks who miss the live stream can watch later.

I know this is maybe a new thing for some folks, so please don’t hesitate to ask if you have any questions 🙂 We want to help you to be able to participate!

G+ Hangout/Skype/Firefox Hello
Info for participating via Google Plus / Skype / Firefox Hello will be added on Friday morning.

Friday, June 5^th – ZL(u)C Day One

[a sessions will be in PCL 1.124, b sessions will be in PCL 1.306]

Saturday, June 6^th – ZL(u)C Day Two

[a sessions will be in PCL 1.124, b sessions will be in PCL 1.128A]

Sunday, June 7^th – Farewell brunch? Group outing. Rides to airport? (Let Jennifer know if you need one.)

Monday, June 8^th – Late birds leave. Rides to airport?

You gotta sleep sometime/where. Here are some tips. Note: I live in Austin in a house and have not stayed at any of these places, except the San Jose on my wedding night, which was lovely. Which is to say, the following are not endorsements. That said, I am happy to vet any prospective choices you might be about to make, so holler if you have any questions.

Here are some places on/near campus to check out. All of these are a 15-minute walk or less from the conference location:

• Almetris Duren Hall (a UT dorm) - The dorm rate is $35/night double occupancy, or $70/night single occupancy. Sheets, blanket, pillow, towel & soap are provided. Monday check-out is available for folks wanting to stay through Sunday. Click here to make your reservation & pay online with a credit card. (There is no deposit, since you’ll pay the full amount when you make your reservation.)
• Drifter Jack’s Hostel – really close to the ADH dorm, on The Drag, near a variety of food & drink options, might be fun to reserve a couple of their dorm rooms for crazy zine sleepover funtime…
• AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center – fancy pants, right on the edge of campus with the most delicious food in the restaurant
• New Hampton Inn near campus – graffiti-themed lobby art, that’s really all I know.
• Still hunting? Here’s a map some colleagues of mine made for another conference. No need to reinvent the wheel, right? (Here’s the printable PDF version.)

Here’s a place for your after-5 (or early morning) to-do list. Add things you want to do/see/photograph/eat/drink/avoid. Add links when you can & I’ll be populating this list with stuff I think (at least some of) y’all will like.

1. Go see the bats fly out from under the Ann Richards Bridge at sunset.
2. Visit Jeremiah the Innocent.
3. Anyone for Schlitterbahn? I’m (Honor) going to Schlitterbahn on Sunday, and so far have suckered a bunch of other folks into joining me! This outing has been replaced with a road trip to Blanco State Park for swimmin’, grillin’ & chillin’! Join us! Ok, Blanco State Park is closed indefinitely due to the recent flooding. Don’t worry, we’ll find fun if it kills us.
4. An ATX pal said that Queerbomb will be happening that weekend if anyone is interested.  Looks like it’ll be a non-corporate pride type event.  FB link: queerbomb.org (Milo)
   1. I’m interested! – Jennifer
5. Cathedral of Junk
6. Showlist Austin (evolved from a 1990s 1-sheeter) is a great list of punk/indie/underground/alt/whatever shows. (Jennifer’s picks here)
7. This is way square, but I (Kelly M.) am probably going to go to the LBJ library, maybe on Sunday?
   1. Love this! – Jennifer
8. No Shame! Austin’s only open mic where anything goes. Perform any piece you want under 5 minutes as long as you don’t hurt the stage or someone else. Sign-ups are at 9:30 pm and are first come, first serve. Sign-up list caps at 15 performers. Sketch, poetry, drama, stand up, burlesque, dance, or other (we’ve had plenty of other). All ideas welcome. Get creative. Show starts at 10 and is free to watch. [This is one of Jennifer’s favorite local events.]
9. Alice in Wonderland exhibit at the Harry Ransom Center (free!)
10. Blanton Museum of Art – current exhibitions (one of the Mellon fellows exhibits features zines!)
11. More culture stuff via Austin’s Cultural Campus (near campus)