Category: Off-site event

  • Zine Camp at the Richard J. Daley Branch of the Chicago Public Library, July 21st

    Zine Camp 2024 presented by Zine Club Chicago

    1 p.m. – 5 p.m.  Sunday, July 21, 2024

    Richard J. Daley branch of the Chicago Public Library

    3400 S. Halsted St. in Bridgeport

    Free!

    Zine Camp, the annual summer camp-style hangout for folks who love zines presented by Zine Club Chicago, returns this July at a new location in Bridgeport!

    Zine campers, get ready for a fun day of zinemaking, workshops, zine trading, socializing, snax, and more! Newbies and Zine Club Chicago regulars alike are welcome at Zine Camp 2024, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, July 21 at the Richard J. Daley branch of the Chicago Public Library, 3400 S. Halsted St. in Bridgeport. Free!

    Camp activities include:

    *Fortune teller zine workshop led by Larry Wolf!
    *An impromptu rhyming zine appreciation jam led by Ayun Halliday!
    *Mixtape-themed zine workshop led by Cynthia E. Hanifin!
    *Zinemaking stations for adults and kids!
    *All. the. snacks! (s’mores and more)

    Zine Club Chicago also be hosting a pen pal station so you can strike up a correspondence with an out-of-town zine friend! Can’t make it to Zine Camp and want a pen pal? Sign up here: tiny.cc/ZineCamp2024PenPals

    Feel free to drop in anytime between 1-5 p.m. and stay for as long as you like. Zine Camp homebase will be the indoor Community Room at the Richard J. Daley library branch, with activities around the fountain outdoors as weather permits. Make sure to visit the brand-new Zine Club Chicago South Side Zine Library while you’re in the Community Room, too!

    Need a map, directions to help you get there, accessibility information, and details about our afterparty? You can find all the info about Zine Camp 2024 (including where we’re going for the afterparty!) at zine.camp + @zineclubchicago + quimbys.com

    Zine Camp is made possible by the Richard J. Daley branch of the Chicago Public Library and branch manager Jeremy Kitchen; Quimby’s Bookstore and shop manager Liz Mason; and zinemakers Lucinda J. Williams and Johnny Misfit.

    Shoutout to the Zine Camp Counselors: Aim Beland, Michael Verdi, Ayun Halliday, Liz Mason, and Cynthia E. Hanifin.

    Thank you to Aim Beland for designing the Zine Camp 2024 logo and poster!

    Facebook Event Link is here!

    Image description

    A blue flyer with the illustration of an orange tent made out of a stitchbound zine and a tree branch, with this text: “Zine Camp 2024; A (free) meetup for those who love zines!; Brought to you by Zine Club Chicago; 1-5 p.m. July 21th; Richard J. Daley branch of the Chicago Public Library, 3400 S. Halsted St. (Bridgeport, Chicago); for more info, visit zine.camp”

    Note: this event is not at Quimby’s!

  • South Side Zine Library Launch Party in Bridgeport, June 9th

    Zine Club Chicago is thrilled to announce the launch of a brand-new South Side Zine Library! This free community resource, stocked with zines of all kinds, will be permanently housed in the Community Room at the Richard J. Daley branch of the Chicago Public Library in Bridgeport.

    To celebrate, Zine Club Chicago is pairing up with the Blue Ribbon Glee Club to host a launch party featuring the intermittent reading and performance series Three Songs, plus an open mic and zinemaking!

    All are invited to the Zine Club Chicago South Side Zine Library Launch Party featuring Three Songs with the Blue Ribbon Glee Club on Sunday, June 9 at the Richard J. Daley branch of the Chicago Public Library, 3400 S. Halsted St. in Bridgeport. Zinemaking begins at 1 p.m.; the Three Songs readings and performance will start at 2 p.m. Free!

    For the Three Songs performance, a trio of featured readers will each share a story about one of the songs in the BRGC punk a capella repertoire, and then the group will sing it. The readers are:

    More info at quimbys.com and on the Zine Club Chicago socials: @zineclubchicago

    Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago. This free event series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs the monthly flyers and created the logo, and she also created the visuals for the South Side Zine Library.

    Zine Club Chicago would like to thank the South Side Zine Library sponsors: The Richard J. Daley branch of the Chicago Public Library + branch manager Jeremy Kitchen, Quimby’s Bookstore, Lucinda J. Williams, and Johnny Misfit.

    Want the Facebook Event Post for this? Go here!

    Want the CPL listing? Go here!

    Image description

    A flyer with an image of the Chicago skyline viewed from Palmisano Park in Bridgeport and this text: “Zine Club Chicago South Side Zine Library Launch Party! Featuring Three Songs with Blue Ribbon Glee Club; Readings by Nikki Roberts, Liz Olney, and Cynthia E. Hanifin; Punk a capella performance, open mic + zinemaking!: 1-4 p.m. Sunday, June 9; Richard J. Daley Branch, Chicago Public Library in Bridgeport; 3400 S. Halsted St.; More info: quimbys.com; Instagram: @zineclubchicago; chipublib.org

  • Quimby's Offsite: Emil Ferris Discusses My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two at Harold Washington Library Center, June 5th

    Emil Ferris at the Harold Washington Library Center 
    400 S. State Street, Cindy Pritzker Auditorium, Lower Level
    Wednesday, June 5
    6pm–7pm

    Not at Quimby’s.

    The Chicago Public Library and Quimby’s welcome Emil Ferris to the Harold Washington Library Center to discuss her highly anticipated new book, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two. Emil Ferris will be in conversation with painter Kurt Devine.

    Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two is the eagerly awaited conclusion to the most acclaimed graphic novels of the past decade. Presented as the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes as she tries to solve the murder of her beloved and enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold.

    In Book Two, dark mysteries past and present continue to abound in the tumultuous and violent Chicago summer of 1968. Young Karen attends the Yippie-organized Festival of Life in Grant Park and finds herself swept up in a police stomping. Privately, she continues to investigate Anka’s recent death and discovers one last cassette tape that sheds light upon Anka’s heroic activities in Nazi Germany. She wrestles with her own sexual identity, the death of her mother, and the secrets she suspects her brother Deez of hiding. Ferris’s exhilarating cast of characters experience revelations and epiphanies that both resolve and deepen the mysteries visited upon them eariler. Visually, the story is told in Ferris’ inimitable style that breathtakingly and seamlessly combines panel-to-panel storytelling and cartoon montages, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster mag iconography.

    My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two is part of the My Favorite Thing is Monsters series.

    Emil Ferris grew up in Chicago during the turbulent 1960s, where she still lives, and is consequently a devotee of all things monstrous and horrific. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Find her at on Patreon here – on IG @emilferris on Twitter @Emilferrisdraws

    How to Attend – In Person: Doors to the Auditorium open at 5:30 p.m., and seating is first come, first served (350 capacity). Quimby’s will be selling Emil’s book, and she’ll be available to autograph books at the conclusion of the program.

    How to Attend – Virtual: This event will also take place live on CPL’s YouTube channel and CPL’s Facebook page. You’ll be able to ask questions during the event as well! Can’t make it to the live stream? CPL will archive the video on YouTube to watch later.

    Accessibility: Need sign language interpretation or other accessibility assistance for this event? Please call (312) 747-8184 or email access@chipublib.org to request accommodations. Requests must be made at least 14 business days before the event.

    More info at the CPL Event Listing here.

    Facebook event listing here.

    Note this event is NOT at Quimby’s!

  • Off-Site: Zine Club Chicago: Zinemaking Hangout on Marz, April 30th

    Zine Club Chicago: Zinemaking Hangout on Marz
    Life on Marz Community Club, 1950 N. Western Ave. in Logan Square/Bucktown
    7 – 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 30
    Free!

    Local zine friends, Zine Club Chicago is thrilled to announce that we’re launching a new in-person meetup for folks who want to get together and make zines! We’re teaming up with Life on Marz Community Club, a brewery taproom and café space that we love, for an evening of zinemaking and camaraderie every other month, beginning in April.

    Please join us for our first Zine Club Chicago: Zinemaking Hangout on Marz, 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, April 30 at Life on Marz Community Club, 1950 N. Western Ave. in Logan Square/Bucktown. Free!

    Zine Club Chicago will provide the zinemaking supplies! Just bring your creativity. Life on Marz Community Club offers awesome alcoholic, CBD, and non-alcoholic beverages from Marz Brewery and more, plus some very fun snacks, for purchase.

    Life on Marz also hosts a Drink & Draw with resident comic illustrator Matt Salazar every Tuesday evening starting at 5 p.m., so feel free to arrive early or stay late to check that out, too!

    Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago. This free event series is produced by Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs our monthly flyers and created our logo.

    More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago

    Facebook event link is here.

    Image description
    A flyer featuring a background image of the red surface of the planet Mars and this text: “Zine Club Chicago: Zinemaking Hangout on Marz; 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, April 30; Life on Marz Community Club, 1950 N. Western Ave; Free; Info: quimbys.com”

  • Off-Site: Quimby's at Shred the Shed Portable Gray Release Celebration at the Salt Shed, 6/21

    The Salt Shed presents Shred the Shed, their four day skatepark pop-up coming June 21-24, four days of DJs, food and drink vendors, guest skaters, and a skatepark designed and built by Chicago artist and skater Juan Chavez. It kicks off National Go Skate Day (June 21) with a Portable Gray release celebration, which Quimby’s will be there to sell, as well as other relevant items from 4pm to 9pm.

    What does this UChicago Press arts & ideas journal have to do with skateboarding, you ask? This spring issue of Portable Gray is the Family Issue, and Brent Heyl of the Empty Bottle and The Salt Shed appears in the issue with his brother Shane (a professional skateboarder).

    In addition to the skateboard park, music and refreshments, Bad at Sports will be streaming conversations with contributors to this issue.

    The Fairgrounds will be open to all to come and skate, though they require participants to sign a waiver (and if you’re under 18, your parent/guardian must sign a waiver). RSVP at this link.

    We hope to see you there! 

    The Salt Shed is accepting donations at this event to donate to the Chicago Abortion Fund, which you can donate to online here, and donations will be accepted on site as well.

    (very sick drawing by @agrapedope!)

  • Off-Site Event: Zine Camp 2023 presented by Zine Club Chicago, July 9th!

    OFF-SITE EVENT!

    Zine Camp 2023 presented by Zine Club Chicago
    2 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
    Sunday, July 9, 2023
    Picnic Grove 5 at Dan Ryan Woods
    Free!

    Join Zine Club Chicago for an in-person outdoor hangout for adults who love zines!

    We had such a blast at Zine Camp last year that we’re bringing it back and packing in even more summer fun. Newbies and Zine Club Chicago regulars alike are welcome at Zine Camp 2023, set for 2 p.m.-6:30 p.m. Sunday, July 9 in Picnic Grove 5 at Dan Ryan Woods on Chicago’s Southwest Side. Free!

    Camp activities include zinemaking, zine trading, and socializing with fellow self-publishing enthusiasts; a crowd-sourced, collaborative, zine-focused Complaint Chorus by Ayun Halliday: a Zinemaking Workshop by Jude R. Bettridge; and SO. MANY. SNACKS!

    We’ll also be hosting a pen pal station so you can strike up a correspondence with one of our out-of-town Zine Club Chicago friends! (Can’t make it to Zine Camp and want a pen pal? Sign up here: tiny.cc/ZineCamp2023PenPals)

    Feel free to drop in anytime between 2-6:30 p.m. and stay for as long as you like. Dan Ryan Woods is a Cook County Forest Preserve; our campsite at Picnic Grove 5 will be located off Western Avenue near 84th St.

    Need a map, directions on how to get there via public transit or car, and accessibility information? You can find all the details about Zine Camp 2023 (including where we’re going for the afterparty!) at zine.camp. Facebook event here.

    Zine Camp is made possible by the generous support of zinemaker and all-around awesome person Lucinda J. Williams. Check out her Bookshelf Voyeur zine series here at our shop and online at quimbys.com!

    Shoutout to our Zine Camp Counselors: Aim Beland, Michael Verdi, Liz Mason, Cynthia E. Hanifin, Ayun Halliday, and Jude R. Bettridge

    Thank you to Aim Beland for designing the Zine Camp 2023 poster!

    Image description: A pink flyer with the illustration of a green tent made out of a stitchbound zine and a tree branch, with this text: Zine Camp 2023; a (free) meetup for adults who love zines; Brought to you by Zine Club Chicago; 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. July 9th; Dan Ryan Woods Shelter #5 @ Western x 84th; for more info, visit zine.camp

  • Quimby's Offsite: Chicago Zine Fest, May 19th + 20th

    Chicago Zine Fest 2023 is back in person! Quimby’s is proud to be a sponsor for Chicago’s annual celebration of independent publishers in the Chicago area and beyond. This two-day festival includes an online panel discussion and youth reading on Friday, May 19th and an in-person exhibition day featuring 100+ exhibitors and interactive workshops on Saturday, May 20th.

    Friday May 19: two online events starting at 7pm: CZF YouTube channel:  youtube.com/c/chicagozinefest

    Online Zinester Panel Discussion: “Quaranzines: How Zine Culture Has Survived and Thrived Since 2020” featuring Julia Arredondo, Oscar Arriola, Brian Baynes, Anna Jo Beck, Jonas Cannon, CHema Skandal, Billy Smith, and Liz Yerby. Moderated by Quimby’s own Cynthia E. Hanifin. Sponsored by the University of Chicago Library.
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    Online Zinester Reading featuring members of the Illustration Student Group at Columbia College.

    Saturday May 20: Zine Exhibition Day
    11:00 am-6:00 pm
    Plumbers Union Hall (1340 W Washington Blvd) in Chicago’s West Loop neighborhood. Come visit the Quimby’s table!

    And join us the day after CZF here at Quimby’s: Zine Club Chicago informal hang on Sunday, May 21st from noon-2pm at Quimby’s. Info about that here.

    For more info see chicagozinefest.org.

    Poster art by Andrea Bell.

  • Quimby's Offsite: Hit Girls: Women of Punk in the USA, 1975-1983, Chicago Book Party at GMan Tavern, April 27th

    Join us at the GMan tavern on while we sell books for a very special Chicago Book Party!

    Deep Eddy Vodka welcomes
    Hit Girls: Women of Punk in the USA, 1975-1983
    Author Reading with Jen B. Larson * Q&A hosted by WBEZ’s Jill Hopkins
    Thursday, April 27th
    Doors: 7pm / Show: 7:30pm
    $10 Adv. / $12 Door / 21+
    Jen Lemasters (aka She Bop), Clare Kelly, and Jill Hopkins DJ
    at GMan Tavern, 3740 North Clark Street Chicago, IL.
    (Note: this event is not at Quimby’s.)

    Click this link to buy tickets at etix.com.

    About Hit Girls (published by Feral House):

    Think punk was only a boys club? Read about the women who were the punk revolution!

    Women have been kicking against the pricks of music patriarchy since Sister Rosetta Tharpe first played the guitar riffs that built rock-n-roll. The explosion of punk sent shockwaves of revolution to every girl who dreamed of being on stage. Punk godmothers Suzy Quatro, The Runaways, Patti Smith, Poison Ivy, Tina Weymouth, Debbie Harry, The Go-Gos, and Fanny’s Millington sisters provided the template for thousands of girls and women throughout the United States to write and record their songs.

    Hit Girls is the story local and regional bands whose legacy would be otherwise lost. Despite the modern narrative labeled women anomalies in rock music, the truth is: women played important roles in punk and its related genres in every city, in every scene, all over the United States. The women and bands profiled by Jen B. share their experiences of sexism and racism as well as their joy and successes from their days on stage as they changed what it meant to be in a band. These pioneering women were more than novelty acts or pretty faces–they were fully contributing members and leaders of mixed-gender and all-female bands long before the call for “girls to the front.”

    The women of Hit Girls are now rightfully exalted to cult status where their collective achievement is recognized and inspiring to new generations of women rockers. Included are interviews with: Texacala Jones, Stoney Rivera, Mish Bondaj, Alice Bag, Nikki Corvette, Penelope Houston, and many more formidable and infamous women who made their voices heard over the screaming guitars.

    Hit Girls includes over 100 rare and never-before seen images. Author Jen B. includes a comprehensive playlist of all the artists. Foreword by punk journalist, Ginger Coyote.

    About the author:  Jen B. Larson is a writer, musician, and public art schoolteacher living in Chicago. She holds a B.A. in English literature and creative writing as well as an M.Ed. in special education. Her bands, Swimsuit Addition, beastii, and Jen and the Dots, have performed and recorded extensively over the last decade. Visit Jen on the web at instagram.com/conspiracyofwomen.

    Wanna buy the book in advance? Come in to the store or get it off our website here.

  • Midwest Perzine Fest – Off-Site 10/8

    Quimby’s is proud to co-sponsor the 2022 Midwest Perzine Fest, which is Saturday, October 8th at Columbia College’s Conaway Center, at 1104 S Wabash Avenue, 10 am to 4 pm! Make sure to stop by our table to say hi!

    What’s a perzine? Perzine is a genre of zine. It is short for “personal zine” and is often a self-identified term used by zinesters to describe their zines written about their own personal thoughts, stories, or experiences and can be of a confessional nature. But perzines are not limited to discussions of emotions; they can also explore topics of interest or interactions with hobbies or travel experiences.

    More info at MidwestPerzineFest.com.

    Still in town on Sunday afternoon? As a post-MWPZF event, Zine Club Chicago and Quimby’s invite you to join us for coffee and cookies. Come here to Quimby’s (1854 W. North Ave) at noon, Sunday, October 9th, to hang out with your zine friends. Feel free to leave items you want to consign (though we will not be able to do payouts due to how busy we will be or check stock levels). We can’t wait to see you all during MWPZF weekend!

  • You're invited to Zine Camp on July 17th!


    Zine Camp
    3-5 p.m. Central Time
    Sunday, July 17, 2022
    Humboldt Park, Chicago
    Free!

    ++ PLEASE NOTE: This is an off-site event! ++

    Pack up your long-arm stapler, grab your sunscreen, and meet up with your fellow zine enthusiasts at Zine Camp! If you love zines, you’re invited to this in-person, outdoor summer hangout.

    Join the fun at 3-5 p.m. CT on Sunday, July 17 in Chicago’s Humboldt Park.* There will be s’mores, snacks, and some fun surprises … feel free to drop in anytime and stay for as long as you like.

    Where to go in Humboldt Park:

    Zine Camp will be held on the park side of North Avenue between Mozart Street and Francisco Avenue (just west of the intersection of California Avenue and North Avenue). **

    Look for the Zine Camp flying proudly!

    What to bring to camp (if you choose):

    • Zines to trade (your own or your faves by other zinemakers)
    • Snacks to share
    • A beverage (we recommend bug juice)
    • Sunscreen and bug spray if you need it
    • Something to sit on (blanket, camp chair, etc.)
    • A face mask if you want to wear one

    Zine newbies and longtime fans alike are welcome at Zine Camp! This free event is brought to you by Zine Club Chicago + Zine Party.

    More info at zine.camp. Facebook event here.

    * Post-event gathering + BAD WEATHER LOCATION info:  After Zine Camp wraps up in the park at 5 p.m., a group of folks will head over to the outdoor patio at the Hi-Lo (1110 N. California Ave.) to continue the revelry! The Hi-Lo patio (which has tables covered with umbrellas) also will be the alternate Zine Camp gathering spot in case of rain — please keep an eye on the Zine Club Chicago social media accounts (@zineclubchicago) for updates if the weather is not conducive to a park gathering.

    ** Please note that the closest public restrooms that will be open during our event are just across North Avenue at Burger King (2840 W. North Ave.; purchase may be required to use facilities) and a few blocks down North Avenue at Cermak Produce (2701 W. North Ave.; purchase not required to use facilities). This isn’t ideal, of course, but the event organizers could not confirm that any public restrooms within the park will be open.

    ++ This event will NOT be held at Quimby’s ++

    Image description: A light green, black, and white flyer with a collaged background of vintage camping advertisements and the following text: Zine Camp; Join us for an in-person summer hangout for folks who love zines! Sunday, July 17, 2022; 3-5 p.m. Central Time; Humboldt Park, Chicago; Free! For more info, go to zine.camp; Hosted by Zine Club Chicago + Zine Party