Zine & Small Press Fest

10:00 AM - NOON: Participate with your children in an interactive family zine-making workshop at Michigan City Public Library. (All Ages, Free to Public)

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12:30 - 5:00 PM: Lubeznik Center for the Arts will host 30 - 40 zine-makers, small presses and indie authors to exhibit and share their work. The art center will be bursting at the seams with talent.

12:30 PM KEYNOTE ADDRESS presented by Dr. Fred Wright.
2:00 PM Artists, activists and academics host a panel.
3:00 - 5:00 PM Poetry readings. (All Ages, Free to Public)

POETS READING
Kayla Greenwell, Lily Rex, Kei Constantinov, Bill Yarrow, Janine Harrison, Carol Estes, Joseph Pete, Tina Porter, Briana Olivares, Miranda Morley, Matthew Barron, Joe Gianotti, Wendy Lee Spacek, A.S. Coomer and Fred Wright.

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6:00 - 9:30 PM: Sit back, relax and listen to a group of storytellers, poets & musicians tickle your eardrums at Artspace Uptown Artist Lofts. Hosted by The Literary Underground. (Ages 16+, Free to Public // Cash Bar, Beer & Wine Ages 21+)

6:30 Storytelling hour organized by Gregg Fraley with Jack Zimmerman, Mary Dean Cason, Joanna Trotter, Valerie Mrak, and Holly Schroeder
7:30 Featured Poets: Ezhno Martin, Jeremiah Walton, Dan Denton, Krista Cox, William Taylor Jr., Iris Berry and Michael D. Grover.
9:00 Music by A.S. Coomer

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PARTNERS
Michigan City Public Library
Mythos Publications
The Literary Underground
Calumet Artist Residency

This program has been made possible through a grant from Indiana Humanities in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Humanities.