The Stampa agenda
November is the month of small venues: fanzines stapled by hand, cinema that never reaches the multiplexes, and posters that make you laugh and scare you at once. Less sun and more people with something to say.
If you're going with a stall, a stamp or a collective, we'll print the fanzine tote and the T-shirt for the door, from 25 units and with a written quote. And if you're thinking of Christmas for the team or your customers, with the normal lead time, now is when to order.
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21
Nov · 12:00
BarcelonaAteneu L'Harmonia, Sant Andreu
A whole day of stalls from illustrators and micro-publishers, put on by people from the fanzine and self-managed scene. Free, from 12:00 to 20:00, and afterwards the Ateneu rolls into the Sant Andreu Junction: northern soul, powerpop, ska and hip-hop until one in the morning. If you have a table, the tote with your illustration sells itself.
6–15
Nov
Baix LlobregatMolins de Rei
Forty-five editions of fear, this year devoted to found footage, with the directors of The Blair Witch Project as guests. On Thursday 5th at 19:00, «Cartells Trobats» opens at Ca n'Ametller, by the Illustration students of the Escola Joso: the posters of an invented production company that used artificial intelligence so as not to pay anyone. And on Saturday 14th, grindcore from Thanatopraxy at the door of La Peni before the 12-hour marathon.
12
Sep → 28 Nov
Baix LlobregatCan Castells Centre d'Art, Sant Boi
The youth and music subcultures of the Barcelona area, told through objects, photos and testimonies, with a chapter of its own for Sant Boi. In the end, it's about how a T-shirt says which tribe you belong to. Free, booking required.
17
Sep → 6 Nov
BarcelonaChiquita Room, Eixample (c/ Villarroel, 25)
Last days of an exhibition where screen printing on fabric sits alongside frottage, graphite sgraffito and monotype. Free entry: to see what a screen does when it isn't printing T-shirts.
31
Oct → 28 Mar
BarcelonaPalau de la Virreina, la Rambla
The first time here for the collaborations of these two artists: eighties New York counterculture, AIDS and the Reagan years. Free, Tuesday to Sunday.
5
Nov → 2 May
BarcelonaMacba, el Raval
A centenary retrospective of a pioneer of Catalan textile art: macramé, embroidery and paper. For anyone who works with clothes, a lesson in how far a thread can go.
6–29
Nov
Baix LlobregatEl Castell, Cornellà
A whole month of comic panels around the city, with the competition exhibition at the Castell: winners, finalists and lots of people just starting out. Friday 6th at 20:00, prize-giving.
7
Nov · 10:00
Baix LlobregatMuseus d'Esplugues, Can Tinturé i La Rajoleta
A morning of clay, painting and Modernista mosaic for young and old in Esplugues, the workshop's own town, with a concert by Més Tumacat at one o'clock. Free; some workshops are booked on arrival.
7–8
Nov
Barcelonac/ Pellaires, Poblenou
Young designers, local artists, fashion and food in a warehouse in Poblenou, with two sessions a day. Anyone with a stall knows it: the bag with the logo is the first thing to sell out.
12–22
Nov
BarcelonaCentre de Cultura Contemporània, el Raval
Eleven days of independent cinema, with a free programme in the foyer: screenings, performances and debates. To see what's being made far from the big screens.
27–29
Nov
Baix LlobregatEl Prat de Llobregat
El Prat's big fair, with a trade show, a crafts fair and a showcase of local associations. If you want a stall, booking is open until 15 November: the bag and the T-shirt for the stall, order them now.
Bar of the month
El Clot, Barcelona
Open since 1939; in 1987 Manolo and Lola bought it and named it after their daughter. Half traditional tavern, half neighbourhood bar with a punk soul. The illuminated sign broke the bylaw by a few centimetres and the trial was suspended on 21 October: we live off letters, so we raise a glass to that.
Carrer d'Aragó, 558, BarcelonaDay trip · Eighty illustrators in one room
Vic · 24 Oct → 19 Dec
For a Saturday outside the area: the ACVic brings together around eighty illustrators from the press, books, children's albums, murals and life drawing, and shows where illustration lives in Catalonia today. On Saturdays it opens 11:00 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 19:00. On Friday 27th at 18:00, a visit with the curators, Marga Sala and Sílvia Ferran.
The exhibition