Mission
The Portland Zine Symposium aims to promote greater community between diverse creators of independent publications and art. This fun and free event helps people share their work while exchanging their skills and information related to zine culture. Through workshops, panels and discussions, Portland Zine Symposium explores the role and effect of all types of zines.
What are the 10th Annual Portland Zine Symposium hours?
The hours for this year's PZS (the main event) are August 28th from 10:00am until 5:00pm and August 29th at 10:00am until 4:00pm. As always, the Portland Zine Symposium is free to attend. So, come see our 230 different tablers and check out all the informative and fun workshops each day.
How can I help?
You can email us to volunteer doing small tasks or even to help us organize! Also, tabling fees help us rent space and much PZS fun, but our costs have gone up as we have moved from the Smith Ballroom to the MAIN GYM. You can help support us through donation:
How do I participate?
Show up! The Portland Zine Symposium includes workshops, panels, discussions, raffles, and other outreach events before/during the weekend of PZS, as well as tables upon tables of creative folks trading, buying and selling zines.. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. If you want to help out with the nitty gritty at the event, try volunteering for PZS 2010!
How do I get there?
PZS will be held at the Portland State University in the Peter W. Stott MAIN GYM in downtown Portland, Oregon. If you'd like to hook up with a rideshare, you can use our messageboard.
To plan your trimet trip, visit http://trimet.org/go/cgi-bin/plantrip.cgi
VIA TRAIN
Amtrak offers a number of train lines into the Rose City. There is one train daily from the south (the Coast Starlight) connecting Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Eugene, and intermediate points. There is one train daily from the east (the Empire Builder) connecting Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Spokane, and intermediate points. Additionally, there are four trains daily from the north (Cascades) connecting Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, and intermediate points, plus two additional trains from the south connecting Eugene, Salem, Albany-Corvallis to Portland. Portland's Union Station (800 NW Sixth Ave, cross street Irving) is conveniently located at the north end of the Transit Mall downtown. (You can't miss the station, it's got a tower that says "Go by Train!") If you're coming from Vancouver, B.C. or other Canadian points, there is one daily train (plus several busses) connecting Vancouver's Pacific Central Station to Seattle's King St. Station. For more info regarding Canadian rail travel, go to Via Rail Canada. A tip to the wise: Amtrak frequently runs behind schedule, whether it be 5 minutes to a couple hours. Be prepared for this (ESPECIALLY if you take the northbound Coast Starlight!)
VIA BUS
Greyhound has a station at NW 6th Ave at NW Glisan (one block south of Union Station). Greyhound has many routes in and out of Portland, and is especially useful for points not served by Amtrak.
VIA AIR
Portland International Airport is located on the outskirts of town, where I-205 meets the Columbia. To get from there to downtown, you can a) hail a cab and pay upwards of $20 (plus tip), or b) take the new Airport MAX, which is inexpensive, runs frequently, and takes about 20 minutes to get to downtown.
(and finally) VIA CAR
The primary north-south artery in and out of Portland is Interstate-5 (I-5). This superhighway (or, if you will, "freeway") goes from the Canadian border to the Mexican border, slicing through Seattle, Eugene, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and San Diego. If you're coming from the bay area, take I-80 east, where you'll connect with I-5 in Sact-o. If you're coming from any of California's spectacular and numerous cities of the Central Valley (Fresno, Modesto, Bakersfield, etc) you can take California Highway 99 north to Sacramento and connect with I-5 there.
FROM THE SOUTH: I-5 North will split around milepost 299. Go to the left--Exit 299B to I-405 N (toward City Center/Beaverton). You will have to get to the right immediately upon getting on I-405, and take Exit 1C to 6th Avenue. The exit puts you right on SW 6th Ave. After a half mile, take a left onto SW Clay, then turn left onto SW Park. The Peter W. Stott Center is 6 blocks down from that intersection on the right side of the road, between SW Hall and SW College, but you cannot drive all the way down that street. You'll have to park and then walk the rest of the way down the park blocks.
FROM THE NORTH: Take I-5 S and continue on to I-405 N. You will see signs for City Center/Beaverton. Take exit 1D toward 12th Ave. After a few blocks, turn left onto SW Market, then take a right onto SW Park. The Peter W. Stott Center is 4 blocks down from that intersection on the right side of the road, between SW Hall and SW Park, but you cannot drive all the way down that street. You'll have to park and then walk the rest of the way down the park blocks.
An alternate route from the south is US Route 101, which connects to Los Angeles and San Francisco, but closer to the coast than I-5. From San Fran, US-101 crosses the Golden Gate Bridge (oooh! aahhh!) and hugs the Pacific for most of the many miles to Astoria, passing through Eureka/Arcata, Coos Bay, Newport, and the coast redwood forests! It's a slower, more meandering route than straight-shot I-5, but if you have the time, it just might be worth it.
If you're coming from central/eastern Washington state, Northern Rockies, or Montana, take either I-90 west or US-2 west into Spokane and then take US-395 south to the sprawling Tri-Cities. Then take I-82 east, crossing the Columbia, connecting with I-84 just west of Pendleton. Take I-84 all the way to the end, past Exit 1. There will be two choices: North or South. Go to the left, to I-5 South (toward Beaverton/Salem). This road will split shortly, and you should stay to the left to merge onto I-405 N (toward Beaverton/Salem). Take exit 1D toward 12th Ave. After a few blocks, turn left onto SW Market, then take a right onto SW Park. The Peter W. Stott Center is 4 blocks down from that intersection on the right side of the road, between SW Hall and SW Park, but you cannot drive all the way down that street. You'll have to park and then walk the rest of the way down the park blocks.
If you're coming from central/eastern Washington state, Northern Rockies, or Montana, take either I-90 west or US-2 west into Spokane and then take US-395 south to the sprawling Tri-Cities. Then take I-82 east, crossing the Columbia, connecting with I-84 just west of Pendleton. Take I-84 all the way to the end, past Exit 1. There will be two choices: North or South. Go to the left, to I-5 South (toward Beaverton/Salem). This road will split shortly, and you should stay to the left to merge onto I-405 N (toward Beaverton/Salem). Take exit 1D toward 12th Ave. After a few blocks, turn left onto SW Market, then take a right onto SW Park. The Peter W. Stott Center is 4 blocks down from that intersection on the right side of the road, between SW Hall and SW Park, but you cannot drive all the way down that street. You'll have to park and then walk the rest of the way down the park blocks.
Once in the City...
You can park on the street at a meter, but most of them will only let you stay for a couple of hours, so you have to move your car a few times a day. If you want to park in the PSU parking structure, enter on 6th Street (Parking Structure 1). Buy a day pass at the kiosk. Parking is NO LONGER free on Sundays.. You have to pay to park from 1pm-7pm.
You can also utilize either your bike or Portland's great public transit system, TRI-MET.You can also utilize either your bike or Portland's great public transit system, TRI-MET.