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Alt Press Fest 2019

2019-10-12 12:00:00 2019-10-12 17:00:00 America/Denver Alt Press Fest 2019 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. Main Library - Urban Room

Saturday, October 12
12:00pm - 5:00pm

Add to Calendar 2019-10-12 12:00:00 2019-10-12 17:00:00 America/Denver Alt Press Fest 2019 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. Main Library - Urban Room

Main Library

Urban Room

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 |

Main Library


Hours
We're closed Monday November 04
Mon, Nov 04 Closed
Tue, Nov 05 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Nov 06 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Nov 07 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Nov 08 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Nov 09 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Nov 10 11:00AM to 5:00PM

About the branch

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.

Upcoming events

Tue, Nov 05, 10:15am - 11:00am
Story Room

Tue, Nov 05, 11:00am - 11:30am

Thu, Nov 07, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Tinker Lab

Thu, Nov 07, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Thu, Nov 07, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Fri, Nov 08, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Craft Room

Fri, Nov 08, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
This event is full

Sat, Nov 09, 10:15am - 10:45am
Story Room

Sun, Nov 10, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Story Room

Sun, Nov 10, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Craft Room

Tue, Nov 12, 10:15am - 11:00am
Story Room

Wed, Nov 13, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Wed, Nov 13, 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Thu, Nov 14, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Tinker Lab

Thu, Nov 14, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Creative Lab

Thu, Nov 14, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Fri, Nov 15, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Craft Room

Fri, Nov 15, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Creative Lab

Sat, Nov 16, 10:15am - 10:45am
Story Room

Sat, Nov 16, 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Sun, Nov 17, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Auditorium

Sun, Nov 17, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Story Room

Tue, Nov 19, 10:15am - 11:00am
Story Room

Thu, Nov 21, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Tinker Lab

Thu, Nov 21, 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Thu, Nov 21, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Fri, Nov 22, 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Craft Room

Sat, Nov 23, 10:15am - 10:45am
Story Room

Sun, Nov 24, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Story Room

Tue, Nov 26, 10:15am - 11:00am
Story Room

Wed, Nov 27, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Story Room

Thu, Nov 28, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Tinker Lab

Sun, Dec 01, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Story Room

Sun, Dec 01, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Level 3 Conference Room

Tue, Dec 03, 10:15am - 11:00am
Story Room

Wed, Dec 04, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Urban Room