PZS Events This Week!

[Portland Zine Symposium]

Hello everyone!

Just a reminder that we have lots of awesome PZS-related events coming up this week! If you are in Portland, please come show your support for the zine symposium by participating in our fundraisers. And bring all your friends! The zine bike ride and bike in movie are on Thursday and AmaZine day is this Saturday. There are still plenty of spots for tablers at AmaZine day, so sign up soon! (Read on for details...)

We're leading a Zine Bike Tour as part of Pedalpalooza THIS THURSDAY! We'll start at 5pm at Portland Button Works (1322 N Killingsworth St.). From there, we'll head off to In Other Words, then swing downtown to Reading Frenzy and the old IPRC. If you'd prefer a shorter ride, meet up with us there at 6:30pm for the second half of the tour. Next, we'll bike over to PSU (where many past zine symposiums have taken place), breeze by Refuge (current home of PZS), and end up at the new IPRC (1001 SE Division) at 9pm just in time for a bike-in movie! Zinesters Marc Parker, Alex Wrekk, Asher Craw, and several others will be reading at our stops. There will be plenty of time for anyone to read, so bring something if you want to share!

The Bike-In Movie will be the culmination of the zine bike tour! (You are welcome and encouraged to join even if you can't join the bike tour.) We'll be playing The Goonies starting around 9pm on Thursday, June 21 at the IPRC (1001 SE Division). We'll have popcorn and drinks for sale as well as a raffle to help raise funds for this year's PZS. Suggested donation for the movie is $1-5. Bring chairs, pillows, and blankets to get cozy!

This Saturday, please join us at the IPRC for the first-ever AmaZine Day! Starting at 2pm and going until 6pm, AmaZine Day is a new small press and mini zine fest taking place three times a year in the IPRC's expanded space! Celebrate zines and community with the PZS organizers at this farmer's market-like event. Our goal is to take the edge off of waiting all year for PZS, especially since we keep filling up each year! The event is FREE to attend, but we also still have spots for tablers! You can also register for a little slice of table to sell and trade your zines for only $5 by signing up in person at the IPRC! You'll need to fit your zines in a tabloid-size area (11 by 17 inches). All proceeds will go to the IPRC and PZS. In addition to zines, we'll also have live music, food, beer provided by Ninkasi, sodas from Hot Lips, and yetis.

Thanks for reading! And please forward this information to anyone you think may be interested. 

Hope to see you there,

-the 2012 PZS organizers