It's the social event of the summer, Plazm leaves its teenybopper days behind on August 20th 6:30- 8:00 PM (VIP $75) and 8:00 PM - 2:30 AM for the release party ($5-15). Details here.

Yes, twenty years ago... during the first wave of high quality independent media publishing, magazines like, Plazm, Emigre, Ray Gun, and Mondo 2000 stepped up to provide intelligent design and cultural coverage from outside the major corporate media umbrella. Today, only the Portland based Plazm remains and with its current reincarnation, the "Born Again" issue featuring David Lynch, Bruce Sterling, Corin Tucker, Daniel Heyman, and Dan Attoe and Wangetchi Mutu, the publication looks better than ever. This issue new issue discusses, humanity, culture, and the death of print with Plazm editor Tiffany Lee Brown. Other participants include author and futurist Bruce Sterling, cultural critic Douglas Rushkoff, “What Technology Wants” author Kevin Kelly, “The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains” author Nicholas Carr, and Sherry Turkle, MIT’s Technology Director for the Initiative on Technology and Self.

Of course there is a party celebrating this major 20 year milestone (when the average lifespan for serious cultural publications seems to be only 2-3 years).

Video and film is by Vanessa Renwick, E*Rock, Hooliganship, Lena Munday, Adrian Freeman, Shana Moulton, Duncan Malashock, Nic Chancellor, Bruce Bickford, Andrew Benson,
Andrew Jeffrey Wright & Clare Rojas.

Art: Laura Fritz creates a light and space installation for one night only, and Jason Kinney brings an elaborate and unusual photo booth.

A silent auction offering a Facebook post by Mayor Sam Adams, artwork from Michael Brophy and Storm Tharp, a gift certificate for eco sushi at Bamboo, and many other items happens 6:30 to 9 pm.

The VIP event featuring music by Eric Hausmann, a reading by Colin Meloy of the Decemberists and illustrator Carson Ellis, beer and wine, and a light supper by Tastebud is from 6:30 to 8 ($75 at the door). The main party is from 8 pm to 2:30 am, with a sliding entry fee of $5-15.

More party details and advance tickets here

@ Disjecta, 8371 N Interstate, Portland (MAX Yellow line to Kenton)