Being a college paper we never get around to really exploring the literary and 'zine realm outside of our own college... which is a damn shame because York associates are doing some awesome stuff! So this is my first of many posts inviting you to explore what Yorkies have to offer online.
Today's good read:
Check out Steel Bananas (http://www.steelbananas.com/). It's a not-for-profit art collective and cultural 'zine focused primarily on exploring contempory urban culture in Toronto. Every month they put out an online issue chock-full of intelligent and playful content, running the gamut on everything from literary theory to video game culture. The Steel Bananas gang also runs events in Toronto, like the Monthly Eggplant Reading Series at Zoot's Cafe (the third Tuesday of every month) and the Art-i-choke Revue. In 2009 they also published GULCH: an assemblage of poetry and prose in tandem with Tightrope Books. The book contains work by 52 Canadian authors, including some York students and professors. The book inspired an art exhibit hosted in our very own EWAG, featuring a collaboration of up-an-coming artists from across the city.
Today's good read:
Check out Steel Bananas (http://www.steelbananas.com/). It's a not-for-profit art collective and cultural 'zine focused primarily on exploring contempory urban culture in Toronto. Every month they put out an online issue chock-full of intelligent and playful content, running the gamut on everything from literary theory to video game culture. The Steel Bananas gang also runs events in Toronto, like the Monthly Eggplant Reading Series at Zoot's Cafe (the third Tuesday of every month) and the Art-i-choke Revue. In 2009 they also published GULCH: an assemblage of poetry and prose in tandem with Tightrope Books. The book contains work by 52 Canadian authors, including some York students and professors. The book inspired an art exhibit hosted in our very own EWAG, featuring a collaboration of up-an-coming artists from across the city.
Steel Bananas was started by York affiliates, though now it houses writers from all walks of life.
Steel Bananas pushes the envelope, breaks boundaries, and draws on your walls!
(An image from the GULCH art exhibit in EWAG, October 2009. )
(An image from the GULCH art exhibit in EWAG, October 2009. )
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