The 11th annual Alt Press Fest showcases Utah's vibrant alternative-press community. Featuring over forty zine creators, unique printing demonstrations, and creative activities for the whole family.
Alt Press Fest is an annual celebration of zines, all forms of alternative press, and the awesome people who create in Salt Lake City. Besides browsing the creator booths, you can also pick up a zine with the CWC's Zine Vending Machine, see demonstrations of gelatin printing, steamroller printing, and try out different creative activities.
A zine is an ephemeral, printed work of art that fully represents its maker. These makers are driven by passion, with no constraints on what they can do and how they can do it. You'll find them with their head buried in a notebook or hunched over a drafting table. You'll find them on their bedroom floor surrounded by scissors, glue, discarded pages, and half-filled sketchbooks. You'll find them standing over a copy machine late at night, months of work finally becoming a finished product.
Alt Press is freedom, creativity, expression, and a little bit of anarchy. It's DIY publishing, where creators have total control of their work from concept to production.
AGE GROUP: | Teens | All Ages | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Local Issues | Festivals | Arts & Creativity |
NOTE: The Main Library's Rooftop Terrace is closed for renovations.
Salt Lake City's Main Library, designed by internationally-acclaimed architect Moshe Safdie in conjunction with VCBO Architecture, opened in February 2003 and remains one of the most architecturally unique structures in Utah. This striking 240,000 square-foot structure houses more than 500,000 books and other materials, yet serves as more than just a repository of books and computers. It reflects and engages the city's imagination and aspirations. The structure embraces a public plaza, with shops and services at ground level, reading galleries above, and a 300-seat auditorium.
A multi-level reading area along the Glass Lens at the southern facade of the building looks out onto the plaza with stunning views of the city and Wasatch Mountains beyond. Spiraling fireplaces on four floors resemble a column of flame from the vantage of 200 East and 400 South. The Urban Room between the Library and the Crescent Wall is a space for all seasons, generously endowed with daylight and open to magnificent views.