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…

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Read more... | Published: 08/04/10

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

The Lumberyard Magazine (issue 6) Release Party – the village was on fire. Get your copy here.

Read more... | Published: 08/02/10

If you missed our first poetry reading last Saturday, you missed some fun! Richard Newman & Joseph Sulier read for us while we printed broadsides of their poems. You can check out pictures of the event here, and be sure to join us for the next one on August 7 when Nickey Rainey & Pam Garvey grace us with some more beautiful words.

Read more... | Published: 07/24/10

We’ve been working hard on Lumberyard Magazine for three years now. With two issues per year… that makes this Summer’s issue, say, number six? That’s right, number six.
If you’ve followed Lumberyard’s short history you know that it’s gotten plenty of attention from the graphic design community and the poetry community as well (see the July issue of Small Business Monthly).
If you know nothing about Lumberyard it’s your lucky day. Saturday, July 31st at 7:00pm, The Firecracker Press will host “The Lumberyard Magazine #6 – Release Party.” We’ll have plenty of

Read more... | Published: 07/22/10