1. The 4th annual 24-Hour Zine Challenge!- July 24 5pm- July 25 5pm (TODAY!)
2. Cataloguing Party- Monday July 27, 5-7 and Tuesday July 28 6-9pm
3. Skillshare Workshop - Salves and Baums with jean steinberg - Monday July 20, 7pm
4. Artist in residence- James Kirkpatrick and Jamie Quail (London, ON) – July 1-14
5. Dusty Peas Zine Launch and Assemble-it-Yourself Paper Structure- Wednesday July 29, 7pm
6. Stitch and Bitch
7. Radio Zine! Tuesdays 10:30pm-12am on CKDU 88.1FM
8. Crow's Nest space for rent
9. Roberts Street Social Centre! Come by and check it out.
10. Roberts Street FAN CLUB !

1. The 4th annual 24-Hour Zine Challenge!- July 24 5pm- July 25 5pm
Come celebrate the 4th anniversary of the Anchor Archive Zine Library with a full day of zine-making activities! The Roberts Street Social Centre houses the Anchor Archive Zine Library, Ink Storm Screenprinting Collective, and the People’s Photocopier. We’ll be open for a full 24 hours!
If you’re not ready to commit to making a whole zine, come by at any time to check out what is going on and contribute to a collaborative zine that will be made as well. Be sure to stop by at the end and see the zines that got made!
Friday 6pm – Introduction to Zine Making workshop!
Friday evening BBQ!
Midnight snack!
Pancake breakfast!
Saturday noon – Zine Cataloguing Challenge!
Saturday 3pm – Photocopying a Zine workshop!
Saturday 5pm – Cake and zine trading!

2. Cataloguing Party- Monday July 27, 5-7 and Tuesday July 28, 6-9pm
We are working at finishing our computerized catalogue of the zine library and we need your help! Come for part of it or the whole time. If you’ve never catalogued before, don’t worry about it. Come hang out and sit around, drink some tea, read some zines, and catalogue some of them!

3. Call for Submissions: Media Co-op and Dominion coverage of the 2010 Olymics

The Dominion is seeking pitches for our special issue on the 2010
Olympics. Submit your pitch by July 27th!

Some of the issues that we hope to cover in the lead up to the games include:

-Native land rights struggles in occupied BC
-Ecological effects of the Games
-Olympics and nationalism
-Displacement and the Games
-The corporate media and the Olympics
-Torch activities
-The Games and the Economic Crisis
-The costs of "Securing" the Games
-Effects of Olympics on municipal and provincial budgets
-Labour and the 2010 Games
-Resistance to 2010
-Beneficiaries of the Olympics
-Articles that put the games into a historical context, in Canada or elsewhere.

If you would like to write on one of these topics, or pitch us
something different, please read on!

We're looking for pieces in a variety of different of formats, not
limited to: briefs (150 to 200 words), articles (800-1000 words),
infographics, graphs and maps, comics, and illustrations, and we plan
to have video and audio content online to supplement the special
issue. The Dominion has a modest budget to pay writers and
contributors whose pitches are accepted.

If you've got an idea for something you'd like to contribute for the
Dominion's Olympics special issue, please submit your pitch here
before July 27:

http://www.mediacoop.ca/node/add/pitch

4. Artist in residence- James Kirkpatrick and Jamie Q (London, ON) – July 20-29
James and Jamie are artists who will create collaborative artists books and paper based sculptures using the Ink Storm Screenprinting Studio. They’ll show and sell their art multiples at Roberts Street and at the Zine Fair at Sappyfest in Sackville, NB, challenging exclusive and traditional art-world means of dissemination.

5. Dusty Peas Zine Launch and Assemble-it-Yourself Paper Structure- Wednesday July 29, 7pm
In association with the Anchor Archive Zine Library, the Ink Storm Screenprinting Collective, and the Roberts Street Social Centre’s artist-in-residence programme, DUSTY PEAS presents their new silk-screened zine and assemble-it-yourself paper sculpture:

A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME & SHAPES
with Dusty Peas

LAUNCHING ACROSS EASTERN CANADA THIS SUMMER

HALIFAX – Roberts Street Social Centre, 5684 Roberts St., Wednesday, July 29th, 7:00 pm
SACKVILLE – Sappy Fest Zine Fair, United Church, Saturday, August 1st, 12:00 – 4:00 pm
MONTREAL – Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, 211 Bernard, Wednesday, August 5th, 7:00 pm
TORONTO – Art Metropole, 788 King St. W., Saturday, August 8th, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
LONDON – Forest City Gallery, 258 Richmond St., snack potluck with musical guest Brain Trust, Thursday, August 13th, 8:00 pm

A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME & SHAPES:
This two-part limited edition is a product of the Roberts Street Social Centre's artist-in-residence programme in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The hand-silkscreened book includes prints of images built up using collage techniques, as well as Dusty Peas’ otherworldly paintings. A companion to the deluxe zine, the Journey Through Time & Shapes DIY print/sculpture requires your participation to reach its next level of existence. With some scissors and glue, you can build your own spacecraft. It is decorated and designed with the playful shapes of Dusty Peas, whose work combines absurdity and abstraction through intuitive freestyle processes.

ABOUT DUSTY PEAS:
James Kirkpatrick and Jamie Q are Dusty Peas, a London Ontario-based collaborative team that makes art in a variety of media. Their drawings, sculptures, self-published zines, and stop-motion animations are at once both calculated and haphazard, and speak to the generative possibilities of constructive fun and good old-fashioned imagination. Jamie Q studied sculpture at the Alberta College of Art and Design, and at the Canberra School of Art in Australia. She received her BFA in 2002, and was a member of the Long Haul artists’ collective in Montreal for four years. She is currently working towards a Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Western Ontario, where her research interests involve DIY distribution strategies, creative labour, and the production of value in the cultural field. James Kirkpatrick received his BFA from NSCAD University in 2002. His work has been shown internationally, and is featured in the traveling group exhibition Pulp Fiction, presented at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art in summer 2009. He is also well known as the graffiti artist and rapper Thesis Sahib. He has created artwork for several album covers, and his collaborative art book with Peter Thompson, Brain Trust, is published by Anteism.

6. Stitch and Bitch
Every Tuesday 7-9pm
Do some crafting and chatting with friendly folks.

7. Radio Zine! Tuesdays 10:30pm-12am on CKDU 88.1FM
Listen in for readings, interviews, discussions about zines and other things! If you are interested in joining the Radio Zine collective, in doing one show, or in finding out more e-mail anchorarchive@gmail.com. You can also listen online - www.ckdu.ca

8. Crow's Nest space for rent
need space to hold meetings, events, small workshops, or show films? You can rent the Crow's Nest (upstairs) at the Roberts Street Social Centre. There's a digital projector and screen, sound system, chairs and tables.... Rates start at $5 for a quick meeting and help pay the rent! Email us to find out more.

9. Roberts Street Social Centre! Come by and check it out.
Open Hours for both Anchor Archive Zine Library and Ink Storm Screenprinting Collective
Sundays 2-5pm & Tuesdays 6-9pm
Come borrow and browse zines, become a member, or have a look at our rapidly growing catalogue! Also get a tour of the screenprinting studio, sign up for workshops, or get started on a project.

10. Roberts Street FAN CLUB !
We are asking zine lovers, screenprinting enthusiasts, local or visiting artists, and popular education devotees to demonstrate their support financially. Community support is essential for the Roberts Street Social Centre to continue to grow and thrive. Contributions of any amount are greatly appreciated. Send us an email with your mailing address, and we’ll send along an info sheet.