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Zine Club Chicago: Zine Valentines Hangout, Jan. 20th!
Zine Club Chicago: Zine Valentines Hangout!
3 p.m. Saturday, January 20, 2024
Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave.
Free!Zine Club Chicago is kicking off the season of love in all its incarnations with a heart-shaped invitation: Come make zine valentines with us about your self-publishing passions!
We want you to pour your admiration for your favorite zinemakers, most beloved art supplies (who doesn’t love a long-arm stapler?), or whatever else you adore about DIY culture into the pages of a mini zine. We’ll also have postcard supplies on hand so you can send a sweet note to our out-of-town zine pals.*
Please join us at Zine Club Chicago: Zine Valentines Hangout at 3 p.m. Saturday, January 20 here at our shop. Free!
We’ll provide zinemaking supplies, blank postcards, and snacks. Zine Club Chicago is a mask-supportive environment; we’ll have masks available if you’d like to wear one.
*Out-of-town friends, Zine Club Chicago would love to pair you up with a zine pen pal! Fill out this Google form by 10 p.m. CT Tuesday, Jan. 16 if you’d like to receive a postcard from our in-person event: tiny.cc/ZCCZineValentines2024
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago. This free monthly event series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers, created our logo, and made our Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines we’ve discussed at our events.
Facebook event link here. More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago
Image description: A red-and-blue infographic flyer, with an image of several vintage valentines and text that reads: “Zine Club Chicago: Zine Valentines Hangout; In Person! Free!; Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave.; www.quimbys.com; 3 p.m. Saturday, January 20, 2024”
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A Letter From Ecuador
Perhaps you’ve been wondering what Quimby’s alumni Brian “International” $hapiro is up to these days. Well, here’s a peek into what his Exciting, Educational, Emotional, Enviable life in Exhillarating Ecuador is like:
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There are no Sawzalls here
“Hello, Quimby’s.”
“Yeah, I got a question about this Sawzall you got on up your websi-”
“Sawzall? I think you have the wrong number.”
“This the Quimby’s on North Ave?”
“Yes, bookstore. No hardware.”
“I got the right Quimby’s. I want a Sawzall like the ones you got on your website.”
“You’re on the website now? What does the page say?
“It says Sex Machines on it I want one of those.”
“Yeah, see, it’s a book with pictures of sex machines. We sell the book with the pictures, not the machines.”
“‘Oh. You don’t sell the machines..? Then where do I get the Sawzalls at?”
“For a sex machine? I don’t know. Not here. Try Myopic.”
“You sell the attachments?”
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Quimby's Mailbag: "Dear Maury"
This letter arrived in an envelope addressed to us. WTF.
