In the last few months several new infoshops
have opened up around the land, and some
have moved. If you're in the area, stop by and
help support them. If you know of other
openings, let us know.
New Autonomous Zone in Chicago
The Azone in Chicago has moved. The new
address is 2129 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL
60647 and the new phone # is (773) 460-0237.
The mailing address remains the same; 1573 N.
Milwaukee, Chicago, IL 60622. The new space
should be fully constructed by this printing and
will include a full kitchen, computer lab,
infoshop, library, bike shop and darkroom, and
a basement for shows. Sounds cool! If you're in
Chicago check it out.
Flor y Canto opens in LA
Flor y Canto Centro Comunitario Flor y Canto
has a bookstore, internet hookup, a meeting
space and a foosball table! They are a
not-for-profit space seeking social change.
They also have films, potlucks, study groups
and other classes. Hours are--Tuesday through
Saturday 1-6 pm. 3706 N. Figueroa Ave. Los
Angeles, CA 90065 www.florycanto.org
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Corner Books opens in Yellow Springs
Corner Books is located at 108A Dayton Street,
Yellow Springs, OH. They offer free alternative
literature, new and used books, and a weekly
video showing. Corner Books is run by a
collective of local Yellow Springs residents and
Antioch College students. Hours are Saturday
12-5 and Sunday 1-5, and other hours as
volunteer effort allows. email:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] web:
www.CornerBooks.org. Phone: 937-374-1552.
New Activist Resorce Center in DC
The Gaea Foundation will soon open a public
resource center for activism and arts (no name
yet) at 1730 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 2nd
floor, Washington, DC 20036. It will have a
library, Internet access, a web portal, art display
space and a video projector. It will be staffed by
a trained reference librarian and will support
study groups and present guest speakers.
Boxcar Books open in Bloomington, IN
Boxcar Books will be opening February 1st at
310 A S. Washington St. Bloomington, IN
47401. We can be reached at (812) 339-8710,
[EMAIL PROTECTED], or
www.boxcarbooks.org Our hours are 11-9 Mon
- Sat and 12-5 Sun. The bookstore specializes
in new and used books, zines, periodicals,
graphic novels, and comics. The meeting space
is open to any groups and discussion groups
interested in using it. And, The Midwest Pages
to Prisoners Project is officially part of our
non-profit and uses the back part of the space
to fulfill 80-100 requests for books a week.
Urbana-Champaign IMC & library
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
and Library collective located at 218 West Main
Street in Urbana, IL 61801 (217) 344-8820.
We're open every day, noon-9pm on Sun.,
Tues., and Sat., 4-9 all other days. We will be
celebrating the 1-year anniversary of the
opening of our space later this month. The
library holds a growing number of materials in
print, audio and video from alternative and/or
small, independent publishers as well as
independently produced zines, alternative
journals and a media archive of work produced
by IMC members.
urbana.indymedia.org
urbana.indmedia.org/library
Brycc House Library, Louisville
The Brycc House Library is located at 1055
Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY 40204, (502)
456-1006, [EMAIL PROTECTED],
www.brycchouse.org. The library is part of the
Brycc House, a collectively-run center with a
venue, computer lab, internet radio station, and
art studio. The library takes zines and
radical/independent books and literature. We
are looking for more volunteer librarians.
Arise Resource Center, Minneapolis
Arise Resource Center and Bookstore. 2441
Lyndale Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55405. We
are a collectively run infoshop offering meeting
space, office space, and research facilities for
the Twin Cities activist community and the
community at large. Groups actively meeting
currently are; ARA, NORML, Minnesotans for a
United Ireland, Mumia Coalition, Women's
Prison Book Project, and Free Radio. Our hours
are 9am-8pm everyday.
Black Oyster Infoshop: Williamsburg
This is a great opportunity for us, because we
recently formed. We'd like to offer a free and
alternative forum for various events in
Williamsburg, Virginia such as poetry readings,
discussions, film presentations, and later offer
anarchist and other radical literature. Our
address is Black Oyster Infoshop 206 South
Boundary Street Williamsburg, VA 23187 We
want to offer a free forum for progressive issues
and events, as well as attempt to build a
community solidarity with labor or other groups.
We plan to have alternative and anarchist
literature available. For now we are more event
oriented.
Internationalist Books & Community
Center
We've been around as a bookstore for 21 years
now, but just got 501(c)3 status last month. We
carry new and used books and magazines and
should have a lending library started within the
month, and hopefully a computer resource
center by summer(depending on grant
moneys). We're open Tues-Sat from 11-8, Sun
12-6 and Mon2-8, with Food Not Bombs on
Sundays at 3:30 and Earth First! meetings
Tuesdays at 8pm. 405 W. Franklin St. Chapel
Hill, NC 27516, (919)942-1740,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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