The places that are left.
There used to be a physical infrastructure for finding independent creative work. Record stores. Bookshops. Galleries. Zine libraries. Most of it is gone. But not all of it. These are the people keeping directories of what is still standing. Find something through Reel, then go get it from a real place.
The original. Find RSD-participating indie record stores across the US. Also runs RSD MRKT, where you buy direct from indie stores online.
Every brick-and-mortar record store in the US. Comprehensive. Clean. The most useful list that exists.
Independent record store directory with a Certified badge program. Physical shops connected to online storefronts.
Global interactive map. Good for finding stores when you are traveling.
By state and country. Descriptions and links for each store.
American Booksellers Association. Store finder. Bestseller lists from indie stores, not Amazon. The standard.
Buy books online and choose which indie store gets the full profit. Every purchase supports a real place. Use this instead of Amazon.
Map of independent bookstores across the US. The most comprehensive one out there.
State-by-state directory. US and Canada. Also covers literary magazines and small presses.
Every indie bookstore in the US, mapped and color-coded by regional association.
Gallery guides for every state and 37 major art cities. The most comprehensive gallery directory online.
Galleries, dealers, museums, and nonprofit art spaces. The industry reference.
Community art installations in public spaces. Take art, leave art, love art. DIY at its purest.
Exhibition listings. What is showing right now, where.
Where to drop off, sell, and find zines. Shops, distros, libraries, consignment info. The one map you need.
Zine distros organized by region. US, Canada, international. The go-to resource.
Zine libraries worldwide. University collections, community libraries, independent archives.
Nonprofit for artists’ books and independent publications. Bookshop, gallery, distribution. The institution.
Storefront, print studio, zine library, workshop spaces. A model for what a zine hub looks like.
The coalition. Comprehensive map of independent art house cinemas across North America. The closest thing to a record store directory for movie theaters.
Every art house, repertory, and indie cinema in the US. Listed by state and city. Nonprofits marked. Actively updated.
National celebration of independent cinemas. Find a participating theater and show up.
The largest free archive of avant-garde film, sound art, experimental video, and concrete poetry online. Kenneth Goldsmith built it by hand starting in 1996. Nothing like it exists anywhere else.
Free movies, audiobooks, ebooks, courses. Classic and rare films from Tarkovsky, Kurosawa, Hitchcock, and hundreds more. Curated since 2006.
Free archive of recorded poetry. Readings, performances, lectures. Over 60,000 recordings. Run out of the University of Pennsylvania.
Wiki-based archive of media art, culture, and the avant-garde. Texts, artist pages, bibliographies. Deep European and global focus.
D.L. Ashliman’s collection of folktales, fairy tales, and mythology organized by theme. Academic, free, deep. University of Pittsburgh.
The library of the internet. Books, films, audio, software. The Wayback Machine. Constantly under threat and still standing.
Found something through Reel? Go to one of these places. Or find the artist directly. Either way, leave the screen.