Sunday 8/19: It’s time for Minneapolis’s Premier Comic and Independent Print Festival: Autoptic, an arts festival that celebrates independent print culture, with an emphasis on comics and print-based multiples as well as alternative and small press labels of varying media. Aria Event Center, 10 a.m., free.
Monday 8/20: Join SubText Books in the store for a reading with Jacqueline Bussie for her latest work, Love Without Limits. Author Chris Stedman will join Bussie for a conversation. SubText Books, 7 p.m., free.
Tuesday 8/21: Come to the Playwright Workshop with Applause Community Theatre. They’ll reads, encourage, and critique a new play from local playwright Ginny Leutgeb. Eat My Words Bookstore, 7 p.m., free.
Wednesday 8/22: Minnesota artists will fight silence on sexual violence with poetry, song, and stories at the second Liberation Cabaret. Featuring readings and performances by Chante Wolf, Sarah Koper, Inayah El-Amin, Tracy Lea Landis, and Robbie Orr. Boneshaker Books, 6:30 p.m., free.
Christopher A. Paul will present The Toxic Meritocracy of Video Games: Why Gaming Culture Is the Worst. Magers & Quinn Booksellers, 7 p.m., free.
Thursday 8/23: Join SubText Books in the store for an event with Chaun Webster. Webster will read and discuss GeNtry!fication: or the scene of the crime, and a book signing will follow. SubText Books, 7 p.m., free.
Friday 8/24: Jasper Hardin is a poet and visual artist who will be performing with fellow performer Miss Kay and surprise guests. Eat My Words Bookstore, 8 p.m., free.
Join SubText Books in the store for a reading with Andrea Thome. She will read and discuss the final installment in the Hesse Creek series, House of Belonging. Book signing to follow. SubText Books, 7 p.m., free.
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Here’s a thing: If you haven’t already, check out Rain Taxi’s summer edition. It’s chock-full of excellent reviews and interviews; you really can’t go wrong!
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