Chocolate Class with Kakao Chocolate
Love chocolate? Love printing? Then you’re our kind of people! Join us Saturday, August 28th as Brian Pelletier of Kakao Chocolate fills your head with confectionery knowledge and your mitts with yummy samples from his shop. After you’ve gotten your chocolate fix, we’ll show you how our presses work and send you off with a unique, handmade box to store truffles in (or as a pretty keepsake after you’ve devoured the edibles). Reserve your spot today!
Read more... | Published: 08/21/10
Type Nerds Unite!
Come join your fellow typophiles as Bob Mullen discusses his book, Recasting a Craft: St. Louis Typefounders Respond to Industrialization. He will be presenting examples of typefaces and talking about the change in printing over the years. In addition to his expert take on historical printing in the Lou, we will be printing a type specimen. What’s more, you get one of these hand-printed works of art for the price of admission! Come learn & see the presses in action!
ONLY $5 per person. Space is limited, so reserve your seat today.
Saturday, August
Read more... | Published: 08/07/10
Beatle Bob's 5000th Show
Join the Firecracker Press on August 10th for Beatle Bob’s 5000th consecutive show at The Duck Room. It’s bound to be a great night with a huge lineup of StL rockers. This is a sneak peak of the limited edition poster for the event and we’ll be selling it the night of the show. You can get yours early here…
More info here…
Read more... | Published: 08/04/10
Poetry Reading with Pam Garvey and Nicky Rainey
Please join us Saturday, August 7 at 2 pm for our second printing and poetry reading. Local poets Pam Garvey (author of the chapbook Fear) and Nicky Rainey (St. Louis rep at the National Poetry Slam 2009) will be this Saturday’s featured poets, and a hand printed broadside of one of their poems is yours with admission.
ONLY $5 per person. Space is limited, so reserve your seat today here. You can RSVP for this event on Facebook, and stayed tuned for more exciting Saturday events!
Saturday, July 17th at 2 PM
Read more... | Published: 08/03/10
Lumberyard Magazine Party
The Lumberyard Magazine (issue 6) Release Party – the village was on fire. Get your copy here.
Read more... | Published: 08/02/10
