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Consonant will be tabling with lots of zines (including a few brand new titles!) at the American Library Association conference in Philadelphia. Come check us out!
We’re working with Murder City Devils frontman Spencer Moody to release a number of one-of-a-kind art objects, record re-releases, and other new work. These will be available for purchase in an online pop-up shop here on our website during the second week of May, 2025.
The East Falls Zine Reading Room is doing a pop-up at the Falls of Schuylkill Library! We’ll pack up our vintage library cart with a nice big selection of zines from our collection and sit with them from 1–4 on Saturday, April 16 1–4 on Saturday, May 10. Come read and chat about zines with us!
Consonant Collective will be at Found Footage Fest at Neshaminy Creek Brewing in Croydon! Come browse Killer Cutz: VHS to Vinyl, our new series of lathe-cut bootleg soundtracks of 80s movies. We’ll have many of other releases with us as well: witchy stuff, poetry, horror zines, cat books, and our usual slew of records from artists Spencer Moody (The Murder City Devils) and Joe Jack Talcum (The Dead Milkmen), and others.
Come join the Consonant Collective at the historic Athenaeum and learn how to make a zine :D
The Consonant Collective will lead a class of poetry students through the process of putting their own recordings onto vinyl records using a refurbished ~1947 Rek-O-Kut Challenger record maker. We will first talk about the science behind vinyl records, from audio recording to vinyl pressing, and then each student will record their poetry to a 7” disc.
As part of our residency at Cloud Croft Studio, Joe and Katie will give a talk on our work and the creative process behind zine, book, and record making.
Bring a digital recording or come prepared to talk or make music live, and we will cut your performance onto a vinyl record!
The Collective will have a table at the Reykjavík Art Book Fair, to be held at the Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús. We’ll have books, zines, and the first two releases in our spoken word record series. We’ll also give a presentation on our record lathe.
Alongside the Book Fair will be events and exhibitions at the Living Art Museum, Y Gallery, Associate Gallery and others. Should be an interesting event!
We will do a presentation with our Rek-o-Cut Challenger at Athenaeum of Philadelphia. First we’ll discuss the science behind how sound is transferred to vinyl records, then each participant will get to cut their own record! Sign up on the Athenaeum website. Registration capped at 12 participants.
Philly writer Katie Haegele has been putting out the beloved Cat Party! zine series for 7 years — and now it’s turned into a book! This diverse, lively anthology, published by Microcosm Publishing, collects every issue of the zine plus brand new contributions made especially for the book. More than 50 artists contributed essays, comics, portraits, song lyrics, and photos, all about the beloved cats in their lives, and the pieces range from heartbreakingly personal to totally whimsical (and everything in between).
Come celebrate the release of this beautiful book! You’ll be able to buy your copy before it’s available in stores, get yourself some cat-themed merch (including records with original music by contributor Joe Carlough!), and hang out while enjoying our catty playlist. It’s gonna be a blast!
Registere here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cat-party-book-release-party-tickets-866855657607?aff
Stop by anytime between 1—4pm to browse our zine collection and have nice chats. Message us for the address.
The Consonant Collective will have a table at Princeton Zine Fest, which is being held at Princeton’s public library as a part of New Jersey Makers Day. Come check it out!
As part Fair Use Week, we will lead a workshop at Swarthmore College on the subject of zine creation in the context of fair use in the arts.
We open our collection of more than 1,500 zines on the third Sunday of every month. Stop by any time between 1—4 to research a topic or do a little browsing. Message us for the address.
If you live in East Falls, tune into AM station 1270 at 5pm every Saturday to catch The Witching Hour. Listen as Katie leads you in a spell or a guided visualization and plays original music.
The East Falls Zine Reading Room is open 👓 Come read zines from our collection from 1—4pm. Message us for the address.
If you live in East Falls, tune into AM station 1270 at 5pm every Saturday to catch The Witching Hour. Listen as Katie conducts a spell or a guided visualization, then DJs or plays original music.
Tune in to Space City Radio 1270 AM if you’re in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia to hear Joe Jack Talcum’s album Over the Moon, ripped from a lathe cut record. Joe Carlough of Displaced Snail will introduce the record and give background information throughout the recording.
If you live in East Falls, tune into AM station 1270 at 5pm every Saturday to catch The Witching Hour. Listen as Katie conducts a spell or a guided visualization, then DJs or plays original music.
If you live in East Falls, tune into AM station 1270 at 5pm every Saturday to catch The Witching Hour. Listen as Katie conducts a spell or a guided visualization, then DJs or plays original music.
We're opening the space from 12:00 - 3:00 on Saturday, September 3, and we invite you to come browse the zine collection. We've also got a copy of the super cute zine-themed card game The Zine Game by Billy McCall, so we'll get that out for anyone who wants to play. We'll serve coffee and tea, too.
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We’re opening up the EFZRR for the first time since the pandemic hit. Come hang out and peruse our collection of some 1,500 zines. We’ve missed you!
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On Christmas Eve of 2020 we went for a morning walk through East Falls. As we made our way up one of these steep streets, we happened upon a beautiful old metal library cart sitting on the curb, waiting for the trash collector. Score!
The cart reminded us of the industrial-teal ones from school—you'd leave your books on its shelves, and later the librarian would wheel them around and put them away. We didn't know what we'd do with it, just that we had to have it. We rolled that sucker all the way home and it made an ungodly noise the whole way, its hollow metal body booming through the quiet neighborhood with every little bump.
And now we have a plan for our lovely old cart. We're restoring it to its former glory with a paint job and a new sign, and then we'll take the EFZRR zine collection on the road!
On Sunday, September 26 from 11am — 3pm, we'll spend the afternoon at McMichael Park on Midvale Ave. in East Falls. Our cart will be filled with a selection of zines, books about zines, and comics for an interested public to browse. As always, all are welcome—just drop by any time between 11am and 3pm. We plan to pack a picnic lunch and will bring some snacks to share. We hope to see you there!
Rain date: Sunday, October 10
Come enjoy the music of future femme electro duo New Mysterian, draggy performance art by A Good Host, and the gorgeous visual art of Rachael Amber.
Spend Leap Day reading zines with us! Drop by any time between 12–4 to browse our collection.
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Drop by any time between 12–4 to browse our zine collection. We’ll put the kettle on for tea!
We're very excited to announce our next show. On Saturday, December 7, from 1-4 pm we'll be treated to a performance by seasoned storyteller and comedian Neil Bardhan, electro music by tech wizard Pam Selle, and improvisational guitar by Corey Duncan of Strange Parts and Oh! Pears (among other projects). Melba of WaxLeaf will have her gorgeous, sculptural handmade jewelry on display and for sale. And we'll be serving up delicious hard ciders by Young American Cider. Don't miss this one!
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Hope to see you there,
Katie and Joe
