LOCAL EVENTS WINNIPEG:

COMING SOON WINNIPEG'S RADICAL BOOKFAIR:

Coming up into its fourth turn around, it's the annual Winnipeg DIY Fest and Radical Bookfair. This September 25 and 26 at the Broadway Neighbourhood Centre. Come out and enjoy the Fair along with Mollymew in her 'Mollymew Productions' outfit. Sure to be fun. More on this blog as the details become clearer.

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Winnipeg Radical Bookfair and Do-It-Yourself Fest
In it's 4rd year, DIY fest will still feature fun Do-It-Yourself workshops, and again joins forces with the Winnipeg Radical Bookfair. So you can expect a bookfair with vendors of radical, anarchist and alternative publications, some workshop discussions on activism in Winnipeg, and fun evening events.


Where
Events Saturday and Sunday will occur at the Broadway Neighbourhood Center, located at 185 Young St., just south of Broadway. Thursday and Friday events will be at The Autonomous Zone, 91 Albert St.

Who
This year's speakers: Friday September 24th Gord Hill, author of 500 Years of Resistance. Saturday September 25th David Hugill Elizabeth Comack and Nahanni Fontaine Sunday September 26th.
If you would like to host a workshop or help out in any other way, it would be much appreciated. Call the Junto library at 942-6994 or email collective@junto.a-zone.org .


When
Sept 25&26 2010
Check the Workshops and Events pages for scheduling details, which will be posted as they are finalized.

LOCAL EVENTS-WINNIPEG:

OPENING THE DIY FESTIVAL-HANDMADE NATION:

Coming up this Friday night, the opening night of the Winnipeg Anarchist Bookfair and Do It Yourself Fest, a locally made film 'Handmade Nation'. Here from another Winnipeg blog, 'The Insurrectionary People's Picture Show Theater', is the promo. Go to the IPPST to see a trailer of this film.

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Local Film Screening: Handmade Nation:
To kick off the 2009 Winnipeg D.I.Y Fest and Anarchist Book Fair, the Manitoba Craft Council is having a screening of the documentary Handmade Nation. Handmade Nation documents a movement of artists, crafters and designers that recognize a marriage between historical techniques, punk and DIY (do it yourself) ethos while being influenced by traditional handiwork, Modern aesthetics, politics, feminism and art. Fueled by the common thread of creating, Handmade Nation explores a burgeoning art community that is based on creativity, determination and networking.

Here's the event info and a trailer:

When: June 19th @ 7:30 pm

Where: Ellice Theatre, 585 Ellice Ave, Wpg

Cost: $5 @ the Door

DIY Craft Salve @ 7 pm

CANADIAN ANARCHIST MOVEMENT-WINNIPEG:

THE WINNIPEG ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR:

It's coming soon, Winnipeg's second annual anarchist bookfair. This time inside, at the Broadway Neighbourhood Community Centre, and not outside at a high of 5 with a wicked wind a'blowin' (ah the sweet memories). Combined this year with the Winnipeg DIY Festival. Here from the Festival website (with a few details to be ironed out) are some of the details.

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WHAT

A FESTIVAL OF ANARCHY AND LEARNING
In it's 3rd year, DIY fest will feature workshops on skills & stuff, discussions on anarchy and activism in Winnipeg, A bookfair with vendors of radical and alternative publications, and fun evening events.

The fun theme of DIY Fest 2009 is Post Apocalyptic Survival, hence the background image. (See the website-Molly)
WHO
Workshops with a focus on teaching useful and interesting skills will be put on by you. Call or email us to let us know if you want to arrange to lead a workshop. There will also be a few spots left open for those last minute folks.
WHERE
Most events will occur at the Broadway Neighbourhood community Center, located on Young St just south of Broadway. A few events will occur at other venues.
WHEN
June 19th - 21st, 2009

11am-till we're done

Check the Workshops and Events pages for scheduling details

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Here, from the website, are some of the events that have been scheduled. Also, don't forget to drop by the Mollymew productions table at the Bookfair. Hopefully I'll have free gifts.

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19th - Friday
MB Craft Council hosting film Handmade Nation at the Ellice Street theatre time unknown

$5.
Opening event at A-zone Doors at 9:00

Featuring: the 1919 Insurrectionary Orchestra, Suss, Bushtits
20th - Saturday
6pm bus departs to Northern Sun Farm for Element Sircus Solstice Celebration

Cost $20-$30
7pm Robin Hahnel at the Mondragon

Robin Hahnel is the coauthor of the political economy of participatory economics and a professor at Portland State University
21st - Sunday
2:00 Robin Hahnel workshop (he will be brunching with co-op and collective workers)
4:00 Tadashi's film The Scars of Mercury

The documentary chronicles the on-going effects of an initial mercury poisoning 30 years ago that devastated the N.Ontario Indigenous communities of Whitedog and Grassy Narrows and the Japanese doctors that conducted extensive tests and inquiries into these cases and reached conclusions that challenge Canadian health officials.(location tbd)