To Do: Digital Rights in Libraries
[Hi, pirates. The following is a press release from our dear comrade Alison Macrina of the Library Freedom Project. If you are going to ALA, or live near the Bay … Continue reading
To-Do: The Activist’s Guide to Archiving Ephemera
Pirates! My colleague Amy & I are giving a workshop at the Interference Archive here in Brooklyn this weekend: “The Activist’s Guide to Archiving Ephemera.” From Interference’s website, Do you … Continue reading
To-Do: Western Mass, NYC, Chicago
A pal brings this event, in Amherst, MA, to our attention: The publication of Hampshire College librarian Alana Kumbier’s book Ephemeral Material: Queering the Archive will be celebrated on Oct. … Continue reading
Books Through Bars Fundraiser
Hey, real quick, pirates. Here in NYC Books Through Bars, “a non-profit community group and collective which sends free donated books to people in prison,” is having their annual bingo fundraiser … Continue reading
To Do List
I’m told Holler If Ya Hear Me, the Broadway musical based on Tupac Shakur’s music, is very good, but it is closing Sunday after poor box office returns. If you’ll be … Continue reading
To-Do List
On Thursday, June 5, is the Phase I opening of the Chachalu Tribal Museum & Cultural Center in Grand Ronde, Oregon. The opening ceremonies start at 4pm, with a tour … Continue reading
To-Do List, Volume Next
Join NYC Anarchist Black Cross at the Base for a May Day card-writing night on Tuesday, April 29. Send notes to political prisoners & eat pizza, what could be better? Word … Continue reading
Tonight: Informed Agitation at Bluestockings
Tonight your dear co-captains, along with some of our brilliant friends and colleagues, will be at Bluestockings to speak about Informed agitation. We hope you will all come see us! … Continue reading
To Do List [updated]
Friends of the Shipwreck John & Molly Knefel are having the monthly Radio Dispatch Live! at Le Poisson Rouge on Wednesday, March 26 at 8pm. This month their guests are … Continue reading
World’s Oldest Procession
Short notice, bookish types, but if you’re not doing anything this evening & are within shouting distance of Brooklyn, you should definitely join friend of the Shipwreck Melissa Gira Grant … Continue reading
Call for Proposals
The Luddbrarian sends me things. Yesterday it was a call for proposals. He’s probably bogged down somewhere under a pile of books and cat hair, so I will take the … Continue reading
To Do List: mostly NYC again, sorry (updated)
First of all, as previously mentioned, Jeremy Hammond has been moved to MDC Brooklyn, which is in Sunset Park. There will be a noise demo for him tonight (12/3) at … Continue reading
Tonight (10/24)
Quickly, friends, in case you aren’t doing anything else in NYC this evening — Librarians & Archivists to Palestine are giving their report back on the trip they took this … Continue reading
To Do List
Three quick things, friends. First, our pals at Urban Librarians Unite are getting bigger and better by the second. (Congrats to the new west coast chapter, ULU Bay Area!) Which … Continue reading
Fucked up & Bullshit, But Completely Predictable
I assume you’ve all heard by now that George Zimmerman was acquitted? Well, he was. Here in NYC, we’ll gather at Union Square at 6pm this evening, Sunday, July 14. … Continue reading
Tonight: friends of the Shipwreck
Sorry for the short notice, but my brain is a little fried. Not that that’s anything out of the ordinary. Anyway, John & Molly Knefel of Radio Dispatch (@Radio_Dispatch) are … Continue reading
Hey, Queers!
Short notice, but this evening is Que(e)ry’s birthday party. They’re turning 3! The party, doubling as a send of to ALA, is at Metropolitan Bar, 559 Lorimer St., Brooklyn. 6-9pm. Yours truly … Continue reading
The Left! For…um… (the Left will return as soon as it remembers how to do so)
Since 1981, New York City has annually played host to the Left Forum conference, a quasi-academic/quasi-activist gathering which brings together a hodge-podge of representatives from the union hall to the … Continue reading
Exciting Things Happening Wednesday 5/29
Ok, bookish friends, everything ever is all happening tomorrow. I’ve mentioned these all before, but this is my blog (partially), so I can repeat myself. First up is the beginning … Continue reading
Upcoming Library Events: Mostly Drinking
If you’ve got nothing to do after work this Tuesday, join ULU for their May happy hour at LIC Bar, on Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City, at 8pm. They … Continue reading
BookExpo America: see your captains in person!
Oh, hey, BookExpo America is in a couple weeks! And, wouldn’t you know it, your captains will be there! We, with our lawyer, Normal Siegel, will be presenting the closing … Continue reading
Odds & Ends: mostly about Bluestockings
First of all, the monthly Radical Librarian Book Club at Bluestockings would normally be this weekend; it is being skipped this month, so the next meeting will be Sunday, May … Continue reading
OWS vs. Bloomberg – text of the settlement
For those looking for more information on the lawsuit between OWS (which included the People’s Library) and Bloomberg (NYC) you should head on over to: peopleslibrary.wordpress.com There you can see … Continue reading
#winning
Dearest supporters, we’ve been paddling like the dickens under the surface here lately, and I have big news for you! Our court case against New York City’s various officials and … Continue reading
Tonight & Tomorrow: Jeremy Hammond
To review, Jeremy hammond has been locked up here in New York for over a year awaiting trial for the Stratfor hack. He has court tomorrow, Wednesday, April 10, at … Continue reading
#ulcon13 Was Pretty Awesome!
Hi, librarians! I went to the Urban Librarians Conference on Friday! It was awesome! And not just because I took a day off work to attend! I hope there are … Continue reading
To Do List (Brooklyn Edition)
Reminder, friends — the Urban Librarians Conference is in a week. I just registered and my boss gave me the day off, so I’ll be there! So excited! Also, Saturday, … Continue reading
This Sunday: Radical Librarians Book Club at Bluestockings
Reminder, friends, this Sunday, March 17, at 2PM is the monthly meeting of the Radical Librarians Book Club at Bluestockings, located at 172 Allen St. in Manhattan. From their website: … Continue reading
Tonight: Librarian Libations
Tonight is the monthly Librarian Libations here in NYC. 6-9pm at Beauty Bar. Yours truly might stick her head in, depending on the snow and how the other three things I … Continue reading
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