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Community members come together to celebrate and explore zine culture at the Paper Plains Zine Fest, with events planned throughout Lawrence.
The third annual event this year will be split into two days – Saturday, August 31 and Sunday, September 1 – with the first day focusing on programming and the second day featuring a dealer fair.
Participation in all events is free, but registration is required for the workshops on Saturday.
Day 1
A workshop, Camp Zine, will be hosted by Zach Frazier, art director of Astringent Press and assistant professor of graphic design at the University of Missouri Kansas City. Participants will learn how to create a mini-zine series using materials and printing techniques provided to them through the program. In the days following camp, they will receive 12 copies of their mini-zines through Astringent Press. Camp Zine will be held from 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. in the KU Memorial Union. Registration is required; sign up at this link.
Another workshop is the Risograph workshop by Monty Protest, an organizer of the festival. Participants will learn how to fold and cut mini zines, do a black and white collage process, and print their zine in color. This workshop will take place from 10am to 11:30am in Chalmers Hall. Register for the Risograph workshop at this link.
Attendees can also participate in a question-and-answer session on publishing hosted by Jessie Duke, owner of Bread & Roses Press, and Emily Rems, former editor-in-chief of BUST Magazine, from 10 to 11 a.m. at the KU Memorial Union, 1301 Jayhawk Blvd. Ecumenical Campus Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave., will provide a vegetarian lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.
A reception will celebrate the release of Imagine Peace, a collaborative Risograph-printed zine project sponsored by the Emily Taylor Center for Women and Gender Equity and the KU Department of Design’s Colorbar RISOLAB. The event will be held from 1:15 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Spencer Museum of Art, 1301 Mississippi St.
There will be a screening of the film “Moxie,” followed by “an analytical conversation with Imani Wadud and Megan Williams.” The conversation will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. at 10th & Mass Studios, 1000 Massachusetts St.
The first day will conclude with a panel at 6 p.m. in the Lawrence Public Library Auditorium, followed by live music. The panel will feature Abby Bayani-Heitzman, Bones, Maura Dayton, and Iain Ellis. Musical acts will include Cat F!ght, Caitlyn Grace, and Alva Dean. Performances will run from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Day 2
On the second day of the festival, community members can visit a vendor fair with more than 100 local and regional “zinesters,” according to the festival’s Instagram.
At the event, vendors will display, sell and trade their independently published zines, pamphlets, comics, books and more. There will be additional workshops and opportunities for kids to create free zines. The event will be held Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Van Go, 715 New Jersey St.
Admission to the trade fair is free, but organizers encourage visitors to purchase zines from artists.
Organizers encourage people to bring cash to purchase zines, although many authors also accept cards or online payments. According to the festival’s website, zines generally cost between $1 and $15.
Food trucks such as JB’s Tacos and Hazel’s Hawaiian Shave Ice will also be present at the fair.
ECM is hosting a vegetarian dinner starting at 6 p.m., followed by “A Night of Poetry and Prose” at 8 p.m. featuring Adam Gnade, Andrew Hykel Mears, Joshua Jones, Bodye and Dmitry Samarov.
More information, panelist details, and full schedules for both days are available on the festival’s Instagram account at @paperplainszinefest and on the website paperplainszinefest.com.
You can find photos and a video of last year’s event at this link.
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Lawrence Times staff writer Natasha Torkzaban (she/her) is currently a senior at Lawrence High School. She was editor-in-chief of The Free Press at Free State High School before becoming editor-in-chief of The Budget at Lawrence High School for 2023-24. Read her work for the Times here.
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