A celebration of local arts, literary and cultural magazines, the Main Street Magazine Tour sees BCAMP team up with neighbourhood businesses to showcase the local literary landscape of BC magazines. Local poets Elizabeth Bachinsky and Jennica Harper lead you to a free series of 30-minute readings, exhibits and performances, held in various Main Street shops and cafes. The evening culminates in an afterparty with music, prizes and more.

FREE ADMISSION

 THE TOUR

Meetup point: Rhizome Café (317 E. Broadway), Vancouver

6:00–6:15 p.m. Meet your tour guides and cohorts. Fuel up with a hot beverage and a sweet treat (free for first 60 tour-goers).

Select Tour A or Tour B—or mix and match! Here's a map of all the tour venues.

TOUR A

6:20–6:55 p.m. @ Kafka’s Coffee & Tea  (2525 Main St.)

Room magazine presents readings from issue 33.3 and 33.4: “The Corpse Pose” by Casey Wolf and “How to navigate” by Elena E. Johnson.

7:00–7:35 p.m. @ Pulpfiction Books (2422 Main St.)

subTerrain magazine, source of Strong Words for a Polite Nation, presents contributors to issue #56: poet Rob Taylor and Ray Tupach, the 2009 Lush Triumphant winner for fiction.
 

7:40–8:15 p.m. @  F As In Frank Vintage Clothing (2425 Main St)

Slam poetry by OCW 5.1/#17 contributor Fernando Raguero collides with improv by members of The Exploding Sandwich, Hip Bang!, and Pump Trolley, presented by the recently relaunched OCW Magazine. 

 TOUR B

6:20–6:55 p.m. @ Rhizome Café (317 E. Broadway)

Literary meets culinary: Ricepaper magazine celebrates the launch of 15.3, the Food Issue, with a reading of a tasty new play by Linda Mei, Culinary Contributions, featuring Adrienne Wong and Fiona Tinwei Lam. Followed by Ray Hsu mixing one part Joy of Cooking, two parts happening!

 7:00–7:35 p.m. @ Western Front (303 E. 8th Ave)

Visit the FRONT magazine reading room and meet artist Heidi Nagtegaal, who’s combed through 20 years of the magazine’s archives to produce a limited number of one-of-a-kind presents for tour-goers.

7:40–8:15 p.m. @ Mine:Stylesource (177 E. Broadway)

Sad Mag presents a conversation with salon owner Jim Dreichel and Burcu Ozdemir (Burcu’s Angels) on drag culture, gay and lesbian culture, and the history of Main Street. Hosted by drag sensation Jaylene.

 AFTERPARTY

8:20 onwards: Return to the Rhizome Café (317 E. Broadway) for readings by Elizabeth Bachinsky and Jennica Harper, prize giveaways, magazine sales and music! 

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