DZL Events

Zines on Toast Rocked Denver

Natalie, Steve, Alex, Edd, Tom and Isy in the Denver Zine Library

(post by Kelly Shortandqueer)

Last night, the Zines on Toast tour make us laugh, made us think and, most of all, kept us entertained with tales of the London Zine Symposium, creating a UK social centre, failing to punch Tony Blair, bike punks, greyhound rides and more!
On tour for a month, we heard from Alex Wrekk (Brainscan and Stolen Sharpie Revolution), Isy Morgenmuffel (Morgenmuffel, Last Hours), Edd Baldry (Hey Monkey Riot), Steve Larder (Rum Lad), Tom Fiction (Last Hours), and Natalie Last Hours (London Zine Symposium).
Alex Wrekk

Zines on toast is a month long tour with zinesters from the UK (Rumlad, Last Hours, Hey Monkey Riot and Morgenmuffel) travelling with Portland’s Alex Wrekk (Brainscan and Stolen Sharpie Revolution). Join us for tales of the London Zine Symposium, failing to punch Tony Blair, ideas for radical health, creating a UK social centre, bike punks, regional dialects and much more!

Edd Baldry
Check out the promo article in the Westword, “The Denver Zine Library brings an international tour into its new space“.
Isy Morgenmuffel

I was excited to get a chance to hang out with the travelers since they had some extra down time in Denver. We started with a delicious dinner at Mary’s house on Monday night. There was lots of rambunctious story telling and arguments about pronunciation or words.

Natalie Last Hours
Tuesday, I met up with Alex and Steve for hanging out in Cheeseman Park and then I took them to the awesome bathroom sink exhibit in the old art museum building (Denver folks, if you haven’t been, go wash your hands at the art museum…). We met up with the rest of the crew and walked from the library down to Sweet Action for some delicious vegan ice cream and stopped in Smitten Kitten to say hello to Riley. Mary met up with us for dinner at El Taco, trying to woo them all with the deliciousness of green chili.
Steve Larder

The show was fantastic and it was exciting to see so many new faces in the Denver Zine Library. And, of course, a pleasure to see John Porcellino, who is only in town for a week before heading back to Florida. Don’t miss his big Welcome Home / Going Away / King-Cat 71 Release / Happy Birthday John P. party at Kilgore Books (624 E. 13th Avenue, Denver). It’s this Saturday, 9/18 from 6-8pm!

Tom Fiction

After the show, we ended up back at Mary’s for a speakeasy – sipping on incredibly delicious drinks. Most of the zinesters went to bed at a reasonable time (since they had to be on the road so early this morning) but Alex and Edd stayed up with me until about 1am, talking about our families, relationships, traveling, and hula hoops (because, yes, I know hula hoops).

Chatting it up after the show

Zines on Toast, you’re amazing.

Interviewing some of the zinesters
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Zines on Toast comes to the Denver Zine Library!

Zines on Toast Tour
Coming up on Tuesday, September 14 at 7pm at the Denver Zine Library!
(2727 W 27th Ave – entrance around right side of building)

Zines on toast is a month long tour with zinesters from the UK (Rumlad, Last Hours, Hey Monkey Riot and Morgenmuffel) travelling with Portland’s Alex Wrekk (Brainscan and Stolen Sharpie Revolution). Join us for tales of the London Zine Symposium, failing to punch Tony Blair, ideas for radical health, creating a UK social centre, bike punks, regional dialects and much more!

More info at http://zinesontoast.org/


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The Grand Re-opening was a huge success!

Knuckles 'Mo Honey loves reading zines!

Many thanks to everyone who came out to the Denver Zine Library’s grand re-opening!

It was an exciting day, showing off our fabulous zine collection to long-time supporters of the DZL as well as first-time visitors. We connected with community members, the curator of an upcoming zine show the DZL is having, a teacher who wants to bring her class to the DZL and future volunteers.

Please come and check us out! Open hours are Saturdays and Sundays from 1-5pm or by appointment.

Leah browses the collection
Brian shows off a zine donation
Darcie checks out the collection
Steph and Angela pose with some comic zines
As a fundraiser for the Build Up Infoshop, you could pie Devin for just $1!
Corey gets comfy on the couch
Raffle winners check out the prizes!
Nothing says "zines" quite like a Keith Sweat CD.
Dave proves that scented candles and Celine Dion are an anarchist's dream prize
More raffle prizes
DZL Merch

2008 DZL Calendar

January by Sara Hankin, Kelly Prothero and Stevyn Prothero
February by Milton Melvin "Buddy" Croissant III
March by Aubrey Heichemer
April by Lonnie Allen
May by Shoun Flynn
June by Nia Oxette King
July by Noah Van Sciver
August by Brittany Gould
September by Mario Zoots
October by Galen Shoe
November by Robin Edwards
December by Ed McDonald
Mental Health Labrynth (top) by Amelia Crewe; Menstrual Calendar (bottom) by Molly Zachary
DZL Merch

2007 DZL Calendar

December by Molly Zackary
January by Celso
February by Denver Zine Librarians: Anna, Kevin, Kelly and Kristy
March by Jason Heller
April by John Porcellino and Misun Oh
May by Amelia Crewe
June by Brian Leech
July by Oren Kyle Cantrell
August by Dylan Scholinski
September by Andie Lyons and Shannon
October by Jaks
November by Eleanor

December by Patty
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We can’t wait for the Grand Re-opening

It’s only two days away and we’re ready!

B, Kelly, Brian and Dylan pose in the awesome new DZL!

Today, B, Brian and Kelly worked for hours to get the Denver Zine Library in tip-top shape and the DZL looks better than it ever has! We emptied the rest of the boxes, made lots of signs (for the awesome merch that’s for sale, for the lending policy, for the zine categories, etc), rearranged furniture, and decorated the walls. We found homes for all of the recent donations (including 5,000 straws, 2,000 sugar packets, scented candles and a second coffeepot).

Some of our favorite zines are on display…

The donations waiting to be cataloged have been pulled out of their envelopes…

The tote bags and calendars from previous years are ready to be yours…

The zines are anxious to be in your hands!

In addition to the grand re-opening, Brian and Kelly pulled zines for an upcoming zine display at Kaladi Coffee in November. We’ll be sending out more information as it gets close.

Dylan and Kelly also started brainstorming for the upcoming Denver Zine Library Silent Auction scheduled to take place on Monday, November 8. We’ll be posting more info about that as well, but in the meantime, if you or anyone you know has anything to donate to the auction (goods, gift certificates, services, etc), please contact Kelly at shortandqueer@yahoo.com

Check out these sneak preview photos of the Denver Zine Library. And don’t forget to come check out the grand re-opening this Monday, September 6 from 1-5 at our new location: 2727 W 27th Ave, entrance around the right side of the building.