Category: reading group

  • CHIPRC’s Zine Club Special Event: Zinemaking Hangout, at Quimby’s!

    CHIPRC’s Zine Club Special Event: Zinemaking Hangout, at Quimby’s!

    Tuesday, May 7th, 7pm

    Here at Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Avenue in Wicker Park

    Free Event

    Chicago Zine Fest is just around the corner, so let’s get together to finish our zines (or make a brand-new one) before the fest! Join us at Quimby’s for a special zinemaking event. Bring your work in progress, create a mini-zine on the spot (we’ll have supplies on hand), or learn a new zine-binding technique from Zine Club member Heather Anacker.

    Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are invited to hang out, make zines, and enjoy snacks!

    This event is produced by Chicago Zine Fest organizer Cynthia E. Hanifin.

    Facebook link here.

  • CHIPRC's Zine Zine Club: Postmarked Edition, Meets at Quimby's Sept 11th!

    CHIPRC is closing, so Zine Zine Club is moving to Quimby’s for the September meeting!

    Long before the Internet was a thing, far-flung zinesters exchanged zines via postal mail. For many of us, the thrill of finding zines in our mailbox is just as potent as ever.

    This month the book club-style event for people who read zines will be talking about zines received in the mail. Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are invited to bring your favorite titles that you’ve bought or traded online from an individual zinemaker, distro, or zine shop. BYOZ and join the discussion about which zines are worth paying extra for postage!

    There will also be a Blind Zine Swap, so please bring a zine (wrapped up or concealed in some way) to trade with someone else on the spot this month.

    This event will be led by Chicago Zine Fest organizer Cynthia Elizabeth Hanifin.

    Tuesday, September 11th, 6:30pm

    Here’s the Facebook invite for this event!

     

  • Zine Reading Club Wed, April 8th at the CHIPRC

    Screen shot 2015-04-07 at 11.43.54 AMOff-site Event: Zine Reading Club at CHIPRC Discussing Shotgun Seamstress #7
    Wed, April 8th, 7pm
    at
    The Chicago Publishers Resource Center (CHIPRC)
    858 N. Ashland Avenue (not Quimby’s)
    $3 donation asked at the door

    CHIPRC’s Zine Reading Club gets together periodically to discuss and support zine culture. At each event, new self published zine and comic titles will be selected to read and discussed. This month’s community partner, Stranger Danger Zine Distro select this month’s work to read: Shotgun Seamstress #7 by Osa Atoe. In this issue, Osa shares her experience with booking woman-positive, queer-positive, all-ages DIY shows in New Orleans, detailing the joy and struggle found in organizing such a project. Don’t forget, you can also bring in your favorite titles and come join the discussion! Pick up this month’s comic here at Quimby’s, with Stranger Danger Zine Distro or at CHIPRC  (while supplies last). Go to chiprc.org for more information. This event is NOT AT QUIMBY’S. It is at CHIPRC at 858 N. Ashland Avenue.

  • Offsite: Quimby's Night at LiveWire Lounge: 3 Songs, 3 Writers Reading About Those Songs 3/22

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    The LiveWire Lounge (3394 N Milwaukee) asked Quimby’s if we wanted to curate a night at their lounge. And we said yes. So this is what we’re bringing, a themed mix of reading and music with a very specific focus:

    Quimby’s Night at LiveWire Lounge: 3 Songs, 3 Writers Reading About Those Songs

    Original Readings by:

    Mike “McBeardo” McPadden, reading about Kiss Me Deadly by Generation X
    Celia Forrest, reading about Black and White by the DBs
    Dan Kelly, reading about X Offender by Blondie

    All 3 songs performed by The Blue Ribbon Glee Club

    Celia Forrest is a writer, director, teacher and actress who was born and raised in Fairbanks, Alaska. She is a new mother and couldn’t shut up about it if she tried. She is well-known in Minnesota for her work teaching theater to kids and her award-winning turn in Neil Labute’s Fat Pig. In Chicago she is mostly known for her sketch comedy writing and directing, as well for her work on The People’s Republic of Edward Snowden. Celia is also famous in a subset of radical activists as a co-host of Morning Damnit, the morning news and talk show on Q4 Radio, and the weekly program The Celia and Erik Show, which features comedy, commentary and interviews with local artists. Find her on Twitter at twitter.com/thatcelia

    Mike “McBeardo” McPadden is the author of Heavy Metal Movies: Guitar Barbarians, Mutant Bimbos, and Cult Zombies Amok in the 666 Most Ear- and Eye-Ripping Big Scream Films Ever! (Bazillion Points, 2014) and the upcoming Going All the Way: The Ultimate Guide to Teen Sex Comedy Films of the VHS Era (Bazillion Points, 2016). You will love him. More info at mcbeardo.com.

    Dan Kelly is the author of Hilaretic. He is not to be confused with the Australian judoka and mixed martial artist Dan Kelly. He occasionally writes for The Baffler and Gapers Block. He blogs at mrdankelly.com/blog.

    The Blue Ribbon Glee Club is Chicago’s punk rock a capella glee club, and regularly performs songs by Fugazi, Gang of Four, the Dead Kennedys, the Buzzcocks and more.

    Please note: This event is NOT at Quimby’s. It is at the LIVEWIRE LOUNGE | 3394 N MILWAUKEE AVE, CHICAGO, IL

    Facebook event post can be found here.LiveWire Lounge

  • Off-site Event: Zine Book Club at CHIPRC "Is It the Future Yet" With Corinne Mucha 2/11

    Zine Book club at the #CHIPRC with #CorinneMucha 2/11. “Is It the Future Yet?” sold here. More info at chiprc.org

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    CHIPRC’s Zine Book Club returns in 2015 on Wednesday, February 11th at 7pm at The Chicago Publishers Resource Center (CHIPRC) at 858 N. Ashland Avenue (not Quimby’s). The discussion will feature local comic artist Corinne Mucha’s work, Is It the Future Yet?, which was commissioned exclusively by Quimby’s! Corrine Mucha will be present to join the discussion, sign work and will have other titles available for sale.

    Also, bring in your favorite zine/comic from 2014 to discuss and share. Pick up this month’s comic here at Quimby’s bookstore, located at 1854 West North Avenue (while supplies last).

    There will be a $3 donation asked at the door. Meet other zinesters, read new work, bring in your favs, be part of the discussion and have a good time. Chicago Publishers Resource Center is located at 858 N Ashland Ave.

    ABOUT: CHIPRC’s Zine Book Club gets together periodically to discuss and support zine culture. At each event, new self published zine and comic titles will be selected to read and discussed. CHIPRC works with community partners and local self-publishers to select the titles read for the month.

    Go to chiprc.org for more information.

    This event is NOT AT QUIMBY’S. It is at CHIPRC at 858 N. Ashland Avenue.

  • New Stuff This Week

    ofrendaOfrenda: A Zine Anthology by Celia C. Perez $15.00 – Collected from twenty years (1994-2014) of zines, Ofrenda is the work of Chicago-based librarian (and longtime Quimby’s consignor!) Celia C. Perez. Cultural identity, loss, book love, and music nostalgia are just a few of places this books goes to. Collected zines include issues of I Dreamed I Was Assertive, Roots and Wings, Hickey Underworld, Sherman Sez (a Sherman Alexie fanzine), and many others.

    Fell into a Vortex! #QuimbysBookstore

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    Vortex by William Cardini (Sparkplug) $13.00 – Includes issues #1-#4 on the mini-comic. Vortex follows the Miizzzard as he travels to a mysterious planet and battles a strange, regenerating monster.  The story gets more complex as the Miizzz finds himself sympathizing with the monster and her kin.

    Zines
    KerBloom #110 Sep Oct 14 by Artnoose $2.00
    Basic Paper Airplane #8 by Joshua James and Alexis $2.00
    Break Em Up The Whole Goddammy Thing by Dave Roche $1.00
    HindSight Lesbian Chicago 1994-2014 $3.00 No Place For A Vacation by Andrew Okun $4.00
    Lazy Mom #1 Lazy Wow & #2 Lazy Chow by Phylis Ma and Josie Keefe $10.00 each – Food photo zine.
    Salmon Candles #1 by Margot Reynolds $1.00 First Tour Problems #1 by Maxx $3.00
    Non Dom #1 Drawings Done With My Non Dominant Hand by Chris P. $2.00 Moral Fiber #10 by Chris Pernula $5.00

    Comics & Minis
    Reich #12 by Elijah J. Brubaker (Sparkplug) $4.00
    Bulletproof Chicken #2 Nuggets by Jonathan Westhoff & friends $3.99
    Prophet Strikefile #2 by Brandon Graham and friends $3.99
    Thingswamp #3 $8.00
    Old Ground #1 by Noel Freibert $7.00
    Good Feeling to Know by Tim Pigott $3.00
    Mushroom Guardians by Virginia Paine (Sparkplug) $1.00 – Pixie-like protectorates inspired by the mushrooms from the book Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest.

    Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
    Incredible Change Bots Two Point Something Something by Jeffrey Brown (Top Shelf) $19.95
    Soppy – A Love Story by Philippa Rice $14.99
    Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath by INJ Culbard and HP Lovecraft (Self Made Hero) $19.95
    The Late Child And Other Animals by Marguerite Van Cook & James Romberger (Fantagraphics) $29.95
    Iranian Metamorphosis by Mana Neyestani (Uncivilized) $19.99
    Tales of An Imperfect Future by Alfonso Font (Dark Horse) $17.99
    Hellboy – Weird Tales by Mike Mignola and Roger Landridge (Dark Horse) $24.99

    Art Books
    Good Old Neo Signs, You’re In Chicago by Nick Freeman (Lake Claremont) $17.95
    Come Together: The Rise Of Cooperative Art and Design by Francesco  Spampinato(Princeton Arch Press) $35.00

    Fiction
    Luminaries by Eleanor Catton $18.00 – Now in soft cover.

    Humor
    Spoiled Brats by Simon Rich $25.00

    Mayhem
    Patty Hearst and the Twinkie Murders a Tale Of Two Trials by Paul Krassner (PM Press) $12.00
    Dr. Mary’s Monkey: How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses Are Linked to Lee Harvey, Assassination and Emerging Global Epidemics by Edward T. Haslam (Trine Day) $24.95
    Silent Witnesses: The Often Gruesome But Always Fascinating History of Forensic Science by Nigel McCrery (Chicago Review Press) $16.95
    How 2 Hustle by Raphael Wright $9.99 how2hustlecoverMusic Books
    Stealing All Transmissions: A Secret History Of the Clash by Randal Doane (PM Press) $15.95
    Punk USA: The Rise and Fall Of Lookout Records by Kevin Prested (Microcosm) $14.95
    Katrina’s Sandcastles: New Hope From The Ruins of New Orleans Schools by Kaycee Eckhardt (Microcosm) $14.95
    Alternative Jukebox: 500 Extraordinary Tracks That Tell the Story Of Alternative Music by Lloyd Bradley (Octopus) $24.99
    Johnny Cash: The Life by Robert Hilburn $20.00 – Now in soft cover.
    Art of Asking: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Let People Help by Amanda Palmer (Grand Central) $27.00     artofasking Politics & Revolution
    Who’s Afraid Of the Black Blocs? Anarchy In Action Around the World by Francis Dupuis-Déri (PM Press) $19.95
    Doing History from the Bottom Up. On E.P. Thompson, Howard Zinn, and Rebuilding the Labor Movement From Below by Staughton Lynd (Haymarket) $17.00
    Drug War Capitalism by Dawn Paley (AK) $16.95
    More Than a Score: The New Uprising Against High Stakes Testing by Jesse Hagopian (Haymarket) $18.00
    Speaking Out: Queer Youth In Focus by various (PM Press) $14.95

    DIY
    Brew It Yourself: Professional Craft Blueprints For Home Brewing by Erik Spellmeyer (Microcosm) $11.95

    Kids Stuff
    C Is For Chicago by Maria Kernahan (Dry Climate Studios) $19.95

    Magazines
    Bizarre #221 Dec 14 $10.50
    Gather #6 Fall Win 14-15 Magic $19.99
    Flaunt #138 Nine Lives Issue $5.95
    Little White Lies #56 Truth and Movies $12.99
    Wax Poetics #60 $11.99 Decibel #123 Jan 14 $5.95
    Tom Magazine Issue 1 How Clouds Are Made and #2 Skin Cities $10.00 each

    Chap Books
    Overtime Hour 34 La Gorra by Michael Pearce $2.00
    Grammar Rulse by Daviel Shy $1.00 Letters Unsent $4.00

    Other Stuff
    Geek Pennant $4.50

    Let yr #geek flag fly. $4.50. #QuimbysBookstore #pennant

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  • CHIPRC's Zine Zine Club Returns!

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    CHIPRC’s zine book club is back Wed, September 10th, 8pm. The club will be reading Kerri Radley’s Deafula #7 and Brianna Dearest’s Motor City Kitty #23 available at Quimby’s and through Stranger Danger Zine Distro. Also bring in a zine you’ve been reading too. There’s room to discuss them all! There is a suggested $3 donation. All ages.

    For more info visit:
    strangerdangerzines.com
    quimbys.com
    chiprc.org

    Please note: This is not at Quimby’s. It is at The Chicago Independent Publishing Resource Center at 858 N. Ashland.

    Wed, Sep 10th, 7pm