Forbes Library’s resident Zine Club is hosting a Winter-themed/inspired Zine and Diorama Festival. The event will take place from 11-4pm on Saturday, Feb. 8th, in the Reading Room on the main floor of the library. The event will accommodate 20 artist vendors, 12 dioramas, plus host Western Mass Electronics electronic music open-mic from 12-3, all in an immersive Winter-scape. 

This all-day Zine Fest will counter the perceived eeriness of mild Winters by summoning the cold, wind, and snow into the library, and inviting the associated psychological effects of introspection, conviviality, and coziness to do their restorative work. Please dress warmly as you browse the wares of local book-artist and book-art adjacent creators. Peer into a plethora of winter-inspired dioramas, microcosms into which the entire season has been painstakingly depicted. From noon until early evening, you will hear the intuitive musings of locally-sourced electronic music composers as they evoke by way of sound the existential implications of the barren season. Lastly, take away home a frost-flower anthology of winter musings entitled, Winter Exquisite.

Electronic musicians interested in performing at the open-mic Pre-register here.

Diorama and Zine vendor applications are closed. Thank you for your consideration! 

Zine Club is a long-standing drop-in library group with ties to the local book-arts community. We meet on the last Wednesday of every month at 6:30-8pm to hang out and make zines. You're always welcome to join!