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Diversion (and sale) alert! Join Rick + Debra for Juneteenth this Friday, June 19 for all the unusual treats of a diversion, doughnuts, coffee, and vibes. If that's not enough, check out 10% OFF all James Baldwin, Angela Davis, Akwaeke Emezi, and Frantz Fanon.

Friday, June 19 from 11:00am-6:00pm. RSVP NOT REQUIRED but you'll want to visit.

Fully Booked: our weekly newsletter of books and media we've been loving.

This week brings...
📚 'When We Are Kin' by Kyle T. Mays
Feature: Centering the land in our futuring...

📚 'Big Swiss' by Jen Beagin
Your next q***r dark comedy...

📚 'The Killing Spell' by Shay Kauwe
Murder mystery meets linguistic fantasy...

📚 'Selah: A Báyò Akómoláfé Reader' by Báyò Akómoláfé
MATTER's current favorite philosopher poet...

📚 'A Life Made by Hand' by Andrea D’Aquino
Beauty in the ordinary...

Find these books in the bookstore or through our bookshop.org (Linkin.bio).

We are SO excited for June's Local Author Showcase! We had 34 authors submit work for the June showcase. Congratulations to this month's authors: Cassondra Windwalker, Jason Masino, Krista Lee, Kehinde Winful, Charity Yoro, and Paula Lehman-Ewing.

Join us as we celebrate this amazing group of literary talents. From fiction, to poetry, to journalism, to zine creators, our showcase will feature a little something for every type of reader. Who knows, maybe you'll discover your new favorite writer!

Sunday, June 21 from 2:00-4:30pm. RSVP through our Linkin.bio.

July's Showcase will be steamy. We'll announce the line-up at June's Showcase.⁠⁠⁠
.lee.writes .e.yo

TWAM (This Week at MATTER):⁠

🗓️ Saturday, June 13
1:00-3:00pm // BOOKSTORE
SILENT BOOK CLUB AT MATTER
Silent Book Club is a global community of readers and introverts, with more than 500 chapters in 50 countries around the world led by local volunteers. SBC members gather in public at bars, cafes, bookstores, libraries, and online to read together in quiet camaraderie. Bring your own book, e-book, comic, audiobook, zine, textbook, or shop beforehand in our bookstore. RSVP through our Linkin.bio.

🗓️ Tuesday, June 16
4:00-5:00pm MST // RADIORETHINK.COM/LISTEN
DESIGN TO KILL
Rick's weekly radio show. Punk, post-punk, and other non-conforming music. An hour of your life you can't get back.

🗓️ Thursday, June 18
5:00-8:00pm // PRINTSHOP
PRINT TRUTH TO POWER ⁠
A weekly event on Thursday evenings. Doors are open to anyone who wants to hang out, watch our letterpress print shop in action, and/or talk about printing with us. Open to the public. No RSVP required.

6:00-7:30pm // BOOKSTORE
MATTERBETA BOOK CLUB
A vital book club to include our community in our bookstore's curation. We will discuss our books from the past month. Then our participants will choose an Advanced Reader's Copy from the scores of books that are sent to us by publishers and authors. As Beta Readers of these titles, we all report back on the books we read. Books are free. One per month. Simple evaluation rubric provided. We hope to catch you MATTERBETA-ing. RSVP through our Linkin.bio.

What patterns of supremacy shape the ways we practice, learn, and leverage design for social and environmental justice work? Activist design collectives like Dark Matter U (DMU) and Design as Protest (DAP) seek to call out some of the institutions that perpetuate white supremacy in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, planning, and graphic design.

Join people within and beyond these fields to think critically about patterns of supremacy that we can make visible and organize to dismantle.

The event will include a brief reading and workshop. First, authors of DMU’s Challenging Patterns of Supremacy (2025) and DAP’s Chapbooks (forthcoming) will share brief examples of ways they organize to address supremacy through pedagogy and direct action. Then we’ll work collectively to create zines as a demonstration of an organizing tactic!

Food + drinks provided. Participants all provided free copies of 'Challenging Patterns of Supremacy' and the 'Chapbooks' will be provided to all participants. Suggested donations of $10 will all go to support Matter and their amazing platform!

Monday, June 22 from 5:00-7:00pm. RSVP through our Linkin.bio.

The Sunset Lofi Jazz Café is this Thursday at The Shop at MATTER! This event is a sunset-inspired, non-alcoholic jazz series supported by Denver Arts & Venues and presented by The Orchestrator — Guinness World Record holder and two-time Best of Denver Westword winner.

Designed to unite Denver’s jazz community, the series partners with local venues and businesses to uplift independent musicians and strengthen the city’s creative ecosystem.

Join us Thursday, June 11 from 6:00-8:00pm. The event is free, and we appreciate your RSVP at our Linkin.bio.

THIS WEEKEND: Full-Day Letterpress Workshop on Saturday, June 13 from 9:00am-4:00pm.

Join us for a day of letterpress printing. Attendees will typeset and print whatever words they wish to immortalize. This workshop is beginner-friendly. No experience necessary. We supply everything, including paper. The ink might still be wet when you leave.

RSVP through our Linkin.bio.⁠⁠⁠

Fully Booked: our weekly newsletter of books and media we've been loving.

This week brings...
📚 'The Lilac People' by Milo Todd
Feature: Trans history with hope for the future...

📚 'Women Without Men' by Shahrnush Parsipur
Love, resistance, and the garden...

📚 'The 9 Things Every New Graduate Should Know' by Brianna Wiest
For those setting out to create their own way...

📚 'The Geometry of Hand-Sewing' by Natalie Chanin
Makers be making! Learn the systems, and explore the possibilities...

📚 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar/La Oruga Muy Hambrienta' by Eric Carle
Your childhood favorite, in English and Spanish...

Find these books in the bookstore or through our bookshop.org (Linkin.bio).

Pardeep Toor's Author Talk and writing workshop, 'Who Says What When,' is TOMORROW, June 7, from 4:00-6:00pm!

Why is it so hard to say the right thing to the right person on the page? Communication is everything—why are we so bad at it? Discover the intricacies of writing clear and effective dialogue in this upcoming interactive workshop 'Who Says What When' with Pardeep Toor.

The session will discuss how dialogue is the essence of how-we-speak and offer concrete strategies on using dialogue to move a story forward. This is a participatory workshop that will provide ample opportunities for participants to practice writing dialogue.

Sunday, June 7 from 4:00-6:00pm. RSVP through Linkin.bio.