Last weekend we had the launch for our new People's Photocopier. It is super fancy! Also, there was cake.
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People's Photocopier Party Photos!
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People's Photocopier Launch Party!
Our shiny new photocopier has finally arrived! It’s really fast! It prints things in colour! Amazing! Come and check it out at the launch party at Roberts Street on Sunday, February 12th, from 2-5pm. There will be cake, games, training, and more!
The People's Photocopier is run by a not-for-profit collective that is dedicated to keeping the cost of copies low and providing an alternative to corporate copy shops. Corporate media and publishing continue to concentrate and streamline the power of communication. As amateurs, non-professionals, artists, writers and activists of all kinds, we need to collectively fight for the ability to self-publish our zines and posters, to promote our events, to spread our word. Located at the Anchor Archive, the copier is open for anyone to use for any project. It's accessible during Anchor Archive open hours: Tuesday 6-8 pm and Sunday 2-5 pm.
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Dinner and a Movie: Bliss
Geoff will be showing Bliss.
It's the well told story of one man's encounter with hell, and his subsequent determination to stay out of it. It weaves in and out of surrealism. It's funny, moving, and romantic. It ends with a love letter that takes seven years to meet its target!
I saw it when it came out in 1985 and I loved it. And I still do! Come and watch one of my favourite movies with me.
Dinner will be: Honey Balsamic chicken (or tofu) on a skewer, Basmati rice, Honey Dill Carrots, Buttered Brussels Sprouts, and homemade Honey Mead!
Plus movie snacks: Honey Almond Biscotti, Honey Popcorn, and Herbal tea with honey.
Space is limited, email dinner-and-a-movie@robertsstreet.org to reserve a spot!
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January Ink Storm Screenprinting Workshops
Please email inkstorm@robertsstreet.org to register for either of the following classes.
Intro to Screenprinting, Thursday, January 12th, 7-9pm, or Saturday, January 21st, 2-4pm
Two hours of instruction will take you through all the steps in a photoemulsion screenprinting project: coating the screen, image preparation tips, burning the screen, printing, and washing out the screen, as well as info about screens and inks. It's a packed two hours. We ask that anyone without previous experience first complete this class before using the studio. The class costs $25-40 sliding scale depending on what you are able to afford. Limit 5 per class.
3-Part Project Class, Mondays, January 9, 16, & 23, 7-9pm
In this workshop you will get step-by-step hands on instruction in screenprinting in order to complete your own project. You get your own screen to work with and we will cover coating the screen with emulsion, image design with and without computers, exposing and burning techniques, mixing your own inks, one and two colour printing on your choice of paper or fabric, and stripping the screen. This class is geared towards both beginners without previous experience as well as people who have some basic knowledge about screenprinting. The cost is $75 for all three classes and all screens, emulsion, and inks are included. The only thing you need to bring is fabric of paper for printing in the final class. Limit 4 per class.
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Printing Skillshare Tonight! (Sunday, October 23rd)
Please join our Resident Caroline Paquita at Roberts Street for a potluck and fire (weather permitting) this evening at 7pm.
All printing geeks (meaning anyone who loves printed matter) are encouraged to attend, in order to have an informal, larger discussion about the mediums and techniques that are used to get work out into the larger world.
Think of it as a very relaxed skillshare and a nice way to spend your Sunday night, after a long weekend of music and zines.
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The Halifax Pop Explosion Zine Fair!
Saturday, September 22nd, noon-5pm
St. David's Hall, 1537 Brunswick Street
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Lo-Tech Sound Events with our Artist in Resident Anne-Francoise Jacques
The Sound Garden, Friday, October 7th, 5-7pm & Saturday, October 8th, 2-5pm
Anne-Francoise Jacques, our current artist-in-residence, presents a lo-tech sound installation in the Robert Street Social Centre garden, based on recordings made around the centre with homemade microphones, cassette recorders, and homemade cassette loops!
Cassette Loop Fun! Friday, October 7th, 7pm
A talk about the Sound Garden and demonstration of the creative potential of homemade microphones and messy tape manipulation by our resident Anne-Francoise Jacques.
Anne-Francoise Jacques (Montreal, QC) will use homemade microphones, cassette recorders and homemade cassette loops to record sound samples around Roberts Street and create an ephemeral sound installation in the garden. Anne-Francois is co-founder of the sound art collective les-son 666 and makes sound pieces for radio and experimental animations.
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Ana Armengod zine release! Wednesday, September 7th, 7pm
Ana is our current resident and she has just finished a zine about her experiences in Mexican punk and radical communities!
Get a copy of the zine fresh off the photocopier, eat vegan Mexican food, and watch two Mexican documentaries about punks (one about an urban permaculture project).
Ana is from Mexico, organized Ladyfest Mexico for several years, and is an artist who contributes to zines and magazines.
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24 Hour Zine Challenge 6!
The zine challenge encourages everyone (from bright eyed to jaded zinesters) to complete a zine within 24 hours. We are opening our space, offering free supplies and photocopying services for the weekend to facilitate zine-making.
You can also contribute a page to this year's collaborative zine or come and enjoy one of our accompanying events listed below.
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Friday, August 26th
8 pm movie screening (Don't Need You: The Herstory of Riot Grrrl)
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Saturday, August 27
5 pm start of zine challenge
7 pm barbeque
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Sunday, August 28
9 am breakfast
2 pm "zines for kids" workshop
5 pm end of zine challenge & backyard show
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Resident Claudia Tremblay’s Potluck Zine Party!
Out current resident, Claudia Tremblay (Quebec, QC), is holding a potluck zine party to share their new zine Celestial things have fun. People are welcome to bring their favourite food and zines to share with others.
The same as human and terrestrial elements, celestial things have important and serious things to do, but also they can have fun. Celestial things have fun, is Claudia Tremblay’s new art zine, with some drawings that are inspired by the new age aesthetic and The Martian Chronicles, a 1950 science fiction short story collection written by Ray Bradbury.
Thursday, August 25th, 5pm.
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Monthly Meeting Tonight!
Coming to one of our monthly meetings is a great way to get involved with the Roberts Street Social Centre.
Our next meeting is tonight (Wednesday, July 27th) 7 pm, upstairs in the Crows Nest.
Hope to see you there!
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Shed Resident Welcome and Events!
As we try to deal with the heat, our new shed resident Coral Maloney is spending her time in Halifax working on The Preserving Project (I Love You This Much), a participatory performance that uses traditional food preserving techniques to transform non-food stories and objects, providing a space to talk about food, nature, memory, nostalgia, and colonization. Coral is an artist, theater-maker, and urban farmer.
Coral is organizing two different events.
On Tuesday, July 26th from 6-8pm there is a fun workshop called Basic Theatre for Everyone.
On Thursday, July 28th there will be two interactive peformances of The Preserving Project, at 2pm and 7pm (post-performance chit-chat & BBQ dinner to follow).
We hope to see you there!
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Girl Talk Video
From the 18th-20th there's a workshop for girls aged 8-15 at Roberts Street about what it's like to be a girl. For more info check out this article from the Coast (oddly unavailable on their website), or the Girl Talk Video website.
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Fundraising Barbecue and Zine Give Away!
Edit: It's at 6pm! Sorry for leaving that off.
Mother nature has finally decided it's summer time, and so we've decided to celebrate the warm weather with our first fundraiser BBQ of the year!
Come and buy some delicious barbecued treats (both vegetarian and non-vegetarian options will be available), meet some awesome people, and look through the many overstock zines we're giving away!
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DIY Zine Libraries release and dinner
Friday, July 1st, 6pm
Shed resident Cheyenne Hohman is wrapping up her time here with us. Join her to celebrate the release of her new zine about DIY Zine Libraries!
Zine Release: DIY Zine Libraries
Southern Dinner: Vegetarianized versions of stuff I eat back home in Kentucky
& Post-Apocalyptic Dance Party: Proper attire encouraged.
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Comics Consortium Day! Saturday, June 18th
Our resident Walker Mettling is putting on this awesome event!
Click "Read more" to see the full poster and find out about the event, or check out the facebook page.
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Letter Writing Social Activity Club
Come to Roberts Street Social Centre to spend time with fellow letter-writing lovers, and write letters to friends, lovers, your grandparents, or strangers. We'll have writing supplies and snacks and good company! You should bring stamps, addresses, and excitement! Every Monday starting June 6.
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Support Our Space! RSSC Fundraising Week
We've been active in the little red house on Roberts Street for the last six years, supporting critical, creative projects and collaborating with other groups and projects. We are run entirely by volunteers and have no consistent government funding. We exist entirely off donations from our community, and keep it going by keeping our costs low.
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Host a Roberts Street Fundraising Event!
We're having a fundraising week May 7 - 14. Want to help out? You can host your own event or help with another one. Some ideas we've had so far: yard sale, art auction, scavenger hunt, performances, workshops and more.
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Crafts Night starts February 15th
Here's a time and space for you to get creative and work on personal projects or collaborate with other crafty folks. You can make zines, stencil, knit, sew, glue or whatever else your heart desires.
