The .918 Club will hold its regular monthly meeting in the Ken Kulakowsky Center for Letterpress and Book Arts, 117 Parkside Ave., Lancaster, on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. There is plenty of free parking.

The .918 Club seeks to keep the craft of letterpress printing alive in Lancaster County through presenting demonstrations at the Heritage Press Museum to illustrate the history of printing and through providing a working letterpress job shop. During meetings, volunteers of the Heritage Press Museum share ideas and suggestions concerning the educational demonstrations and sign up to operate the print shop. Meetings also provide a place for people to learn about letterpress printing or develop the skills to become volunteers in the print shop.

The first 15 to 20 minutes of the Jan. 27 gathering will be devoted to a business meeting. A presentation or video on some aspect of printing history will be presented, time permitting. The meeting will conclude with a show and tell, and attendees are invited to bring something they printed or discovered that was printed by letterpress.

Additionally, the club is seeking support through payment of dues and donations to the club. Because outside groups are currently not permitted to use the campus facilities at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, the .918 Club is receiving all its income from membership dues, donations, and museum sales.

Dues-paying members of the .918 Club will receive a membership card, a custom printed membership certificate, and regular email updates of all club meetings and events. In addition, members will be able to attend monthly meetings with full voting privileges, participate in instructional and certification workshops, schedule studio time in the center for personal use, and sell personally produced items in the Best Impression Letterpress Museum Gift Shop. Members will also receive up to a 50% discount on workshops.

For more information or to become a member, readers may visit http://www.918club.org.