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Zine Club Chicago Online: Talkin' Turkeys Edition
Zine Club Chicago Online:
Talkin’ Turkeys Edition
Tues, Nov 23rd, 7:30pm CT on Zoom
Free!This month, we’re going to be talkin’ turkeys … not the Butterball variety, but the type that gets cooked up by artists, writers, and makers. We’re inviting you all to share your own creative endeavors — bunglesome zines, clunky poetry, inconsequential comics, not-so-persuasive essays, visual art that missed the mark, overwrought teenage journal entries, etc. — that make you laugh when you recall them now. Let’s take a fun, lighthearted look at some of the less-than-perfect stuff we’ve created as we’ve explored our chosen art forms!
Grab your not-so-fine feathered endeavors, BYO(S)nacks, and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Talkin’ Turkeys Edition!
** RSVP required ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CST Monday, November 22. We’ll email you the Zoom link by 11 p.m. that evening.
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Chicago Zine Fest/Midwest Perzine Fest organizer Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs Zine Club Chicago’s monthly flyers, created the ZCC logo, and also made this awesome Zine Club Shoutout database of zines people talk about at Zine Club!
More info: event link at Facebook + @zineclubchicago on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.
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Zine Club Chicago Online: PURRzines Edition + Hallowine Celebration, Oct. 26
Zine Club Chicago Online: PURRzines Edition
7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, October 26 on Zoom
Free!Last month, Zine Club Chicago discussed perzines … this month, they’re welcoming the spooky season with a celebration of PURRzines!
Cats of all stripes have slunk across the pages of countless zines and into our hearts. In October, Zine Club Chicago will be discussing zines about our feline friends and other mysterious creatures (both real and imaginary)! This also will be the group’s annual Hallowzine celebration, so costumes — for humans and #zinepets alike — are highly encouraged.
Grab your fave zines about cats, BYOT(ricks)&T(reats), and join in on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: PURRzines Edition at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, October 26!
** Zoom info ** Zine Club Chicago wants to make sure that its events are a safe space, so the Zoom link won’t be released publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CT Monday, October 25 (the day before the event). You’ll receive the Zoom link by 11 p.m. CT that evening.
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Chicago Zine Fest/Midwest Perzine Fest organizer Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs the club’s monthly flyers, created its logo, and made the Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines.
More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago. Facebook event is here.
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Zine Club Chicago Online: Perzines Edition with Special Guests Jonas and Red of Midwest Perzine Fest, Sept. 21
Zine Club Chicago Online: Perzines Edition with
Special Guests Jonas and Red of Midwest Perzine Fest
7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, September 21 on Zoom
Free!This month, Zine Club Chicago has a lot to celebrate! The group is incredibly excited to welcome two special guests, Jonas and Red of Midwest Perzine Fest, to discuss one of the most compelling and enduring genres in self-publishing: Perzines.
In a world where too many voices still go unheard, perzines (short for personal zines) thrive at the intersection of the personal and the political, where our individual stories can inspire connection, hope, and revolutionary action. Jonas and Red will talk about their own deeply personal zines, their favorite perzines, and the fest they’re organizing to bring together perzine makers and fans from across the region. Everyone is invited to bring your own most-loved perzines to share, too!
The members of Zine Club Chicago also will be breaking out their finest fizzy beverages and snacks to commemorate Quimby’s’ 30th anniversary! This September marks three years that the store has sponsored Zine Club Chicago, too.
Grab your fave perzines, BYOB(ubbly), and join in on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Perzines Edition with Special Guests Jonas and Red of Midwest Perzine Fest at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, September 21!
** Zoom info ** Zine Club Chicago wants to make sure that its events are a safe space, so the Zoom link won’t be released publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CT Monday, September 20 (the day before the event). You’ll receive the Zoom link by 11 p.m. CT that evening.
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Chicago Zine Fest/Midwest Perzine Fest organizer Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs the club’s monthly flyers, created its logo, and made the Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines.
More info at quimbys.com and on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago. Facebook event is here.
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Zine Club Chicago Online: You're In My World Now Edition with Special Guest Host Chris Sienko, August 24
Zine Club Chicago Online: You’re In My World Now Edition
with Special Guest Host Chris Sienko
7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, August 24 on Zoom
Free!This month, Zine Club Chicago is really excited to welcome their first guest host, Chris Sienko! This zine enthusiast has been invited to lead a discussion about an intriguing theme he’s devised: Zines that take you into another world, especially through idiosyncratic writing or topics.
Many zines are created to convey information, whether they contain reviews, interviews, recipes, or travel dispatches. But sometimes, no matter the topic, you’ll find a zinemaker who just doesn’t follow any of the conventions of information delivery — they have a personal language of their own, their own shorthand or catchphrases that you don’t hear anywhere else. These types of zines are like a strange roadside attraction where you pull off to see something new and find a person who has created their own world and stored it in little glass jars and on display tables, offering you a glimpse for just a buck or two.
Grab your zines that are worlds unto themselves, BYOS(nacks), and join in on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: You’re In My World Now Edition with Special Guest Host Chris Sienko at 7:30 p.m. CT August 24!
Chris Sienko has been writing about noise, music, and all the permutations in between for over 25 years. He’s the co-author of As Loud As Possible, a large-format noise zine published in 2010. He’s written for such print and online publications as Muckraker, Blastitude, Dead Angel, Vulcher, Fördämning, and the forthcoming third issue of a zine simply called “untitled.” He’s written liner notes and feature-length interviews for such bands and solo projects as Ceramic Hobs, Sudden Infant, Sewer Election, The Rita, Jason Crumer, and LHD. Chris covered experimental music performances in Chicago via the Gapers Block music site, Transmission from 2007 to 2015.
When not ruining his hearing, Chris is a movie buff and has hosted the Stiff-Legged Film Festival, an obsessive, endurance-defying, money-losing event out of his home since 2001, a high point being a three-weekend, fifty-film 1970s sci-fi dystopia fest in 2016. Chris lives in North Park with his wife, Wendy, a 15-minute walk from the NEIU campus and, hopefully soon, from screenings by the Chicago Film Society.
** Zoom info ** Zine Club Chicago wants to make sure that its events are a safe space, so the Zoom link won’t be released publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CT Monday, August 23 (the day before the event). You’ll receive the Zoom link via email by 11 p.m. CT that evening.
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Chicago Zine Fest/Midwest Perzine Fest organizer Cynthia E. Hanifin and sponsored by Quimby’s Bookstore. Anna Jo Beck designs the club’s monthly flyers, created its logo, and made the Zine Club Chicago Shout-Outs site, where folks can peruse and recommend zines.
More info on the Zine Club Chicago social media channels: @zineclubchicago
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Zine Club Chicago Online: On the Road Edition, July 27th
Zine Club Chicago Online: On the Road Edition
7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, July 27 on Zoom
Free!
Celebrate International Zine Month #IZM2021 with us as we recognize zines as passports to places we want to go, both geographical and metaphorical!
When summer hits its peak, the open road beckons. And this year in particular, many of us are dreaming about and making plans for travel to locales both far and near. This month, we’ll be answering the call to adventure and exploring zines about travel!
Grab your fave travel zines (bonus points for bringing zines that include hand-drawn maps!), BYOS(nacks), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: On the Road Edition at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, July 27 on Zoom!
** Zoom info ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CST Monday, July 26. We’ll email you the Zoom link by 11 p.m. that evening.
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Chicago Zine Fest/Midwest Perzine Fest organizer 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: https://zineclubchicagoshoutouts.spread.name/
More info at social media channels: @zineclubchicago
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Zine Club Chicago Online: How-To Zines Edition, Tues, June 29th
Zine Club Chicago Online: How-To Zines Edition
with Special Guest Anna Jo Beck
7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, June 29 on Zoom
Free!
This month, we’re thrilled to be celebrating a special guest: One of our founding members (and also our incredibly talented designer) Anna Jo Beck! Anna will discuss Broke, Not Broken: Personal Finance for the Creative, Confused, Underpaid, and Overwhelmed, her newly released first book that has its origins in her popular how-to zine about personal finance.
Everyone is invited to share your favorite how-to zines, as well! Please join us for Zine Club Chicago Online: How-To Zines Edition with Special Guest Anna Jo Beck at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, June 29 on Zoom.
Broke, Not Broken, a compassionate, friendly, and fun guide to personal finance, is being published in Summer 2021 by Microcosm Publishing. (Snag your copy from ZCC’s sponsor, Quimby’s Bookstore, which you can PRE-ORDER HERE!) Anna also runs a Zine-a-Month subscription through Patreon and publishes Zine Fiend, a free e-newsletter about zine culture. You can find links to Anna’s work here: linktr.ee/annajobeck
** Zoom info ** We want to make sure that our online events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link publicly.
If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CT Monday, June 28 (the day before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 11 p.m. CT that evening.
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Chicago Zine Fest/Midwest Perzine Fest organizer 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: https://zineclubchicagoshoutouts.spread.name/
More info at ZCC social media channels: @zineclubchicago
Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/590645888507102/
Links
Anna’s linktree: https://linktr.ee/annajobeck
Anna’s portfolio: annajobeck.com
Buy Anna’s zines: https://annajobeck.storenvy.com/
Read Anna’s zines online for free: https://issuu.com/annajobeck
Buy Anna’s book (though Quimby’s will have copies too): https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/artist/anna-jo-beck
Anna’s Patreon/Zine-a-Month subscription: www.patreon.com/annajobeck
Zine Fiend: https://tinyletter.com/zinefiend
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Zine Club Chicago Online: Zine Bingo II Edition, May 25th
Zine Club Chicago Online: Zine Bingo II Edition
7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, May 25 on Zoom
Free!
We had such a good time playing Zine Bingo last month that we’ve decided to keep the game rolling into our May event! We’ll be covering the squares on our zinecentric bingo board that we didn’t get to during the first round, so plan to bring zines that fit the categories that aren’t already checked off.
Our twist on the classic game gives everyone an opportunity to go on a scavenger hunt through your own zine collections. Check out our updated bingo card, grab your zines, BYOS(nacks), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Zine Bingo II Edition at 7:30 p.m. CT Tuesday, May 25!
Here’s how our version of Zine Bingo works: We’ve created a zinecentric bingo card that you can find in this post and at quimbys.com. (We’ll all be using the same card for the game; feel free to print it out or download it). Each square on the card represents a category of zines that you might have in your collection; for example, a how-to zine or a zine that makes you laugh.
Before we meet, search your collection and find zines that correspond to the categories in the unchecked squares on the card. (If a square has a check mark on it, that means we’ve already discussed that category during our April event.) The card’s rows are marked with the letters Z-I-N-E-S. Each square also has a number in the corner. Y’all are welcome to bring zines that correspond to as many of the unchecked squares as you like, or to not bring zines at all and join us just to hang out.
During our event, we’ll randomly pull bingo balls marked with the letter and number of each unchecked square on the bingo card. Folks with a zine that fits the category in the square we’ve called will then tell us about the zine they brought. We’ll keep going until we get a collective full-card bingo! (Everyone is a winner at Zine Club Chicago).
** Zoom info ** We want to make sure that our online events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link publicly.
If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CDT Monday, May 24 (the day before our event). Zine Club will email you the Zoom link by 11 p.m. CDT on 5/24.
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Chicago Zine Fest/Midwest Perzine Fest organizer 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: https://zineclubchicagoshoutouts.spread.name/
More info on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook: @zineclubchicago
Facebook event here.
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Zine Club Chicago Online: Zine Bingo Edition, April 20th
Zine Club Chicago Online: Zine Bingo Edition
7:30 p.m. CDT Tuesday, April 20 on Zoom
Free!
Please note that we will need to receive your RSVP by 9 p.m. Monday, April 19 (the day BEFORE our event).
This month, we’re shaking up our usual format to play Zine Bingo! Our twist on the classic game will give everyone an opportunity to go on a scavenger hunt through your own zine collections.
Check out our bingo card, grab your zines, BYOS(nacks) and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Zine Bingo Edition at 7:30 p.m. CDT Tuesday, April 20!
Here’s how our version of Zine Bingo will work: We’ve created this zine-centric bingo card here! We’ll all be using the same card for the game; feel free to print it out or download it. Each box on the card represents a category of zines that you might have in your collection; for example, a how-to zine or a zine about cats.
Before we meet, search your collection and find a zine that corresponds to a category in one box from each vertical row on the card. The rows are marked with the letters Z-I-N-E-S. Each box also has a number in the corner. (Y’all are welcome to bring zines that correspond to more or fewer than one box per row, or to not bring zines at all and join us just to hang out.)
During our event, we’ll randomly pull bingo balls marked with the letter and number of each box on the bingo card. Folks with a zine that fits the category in the box we’ve called will then tell us about the zine they brought. We’ll keep going until we get a collective bingo! (Everyone is a winner at Zine Club Chicago).
** Zoom info ** We want to make sure that our online events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link publicly. Please note that the deadline to RSVP is changing this month!
If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 9 p.m. CDT Monday, April 19 (the day before our event). We’ll email you the Zoom link by 11 p.m. CDT on 4/19. While we will do our best to accommodate any RSVPs that come in late, the only way to make sure you’ll get the Zoom link is to email us by the deadline.
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Chicago Zine Fest/Midwest Perzine Fest organizer 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: https://zineclubchicagoshoutouts.spread.name/
More info on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook: @zineclubchicago
Facebook event here.
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Zine Club Chicago Patches!
Zine Club Chicago now has merch! Check out the new Zine Club Chicago embroidered patches — perfect for embellishing battle vests, denim jackets, and totes bags full of zines! These 2.75-inch round iron-on patches, which were custom-made by Tim Tucker of Uranian Threads and feature the circular ZZC logo designed by Anna Jo Beck, are exclusively available at Quimby’s Bookstore now, while supplies last! There’s only had a handful made, so once they’re here in the store you’ll have to jump on it soon now if you want one!
Zine Club Chicago will also be giving away a patch for FREE — along with an official ZCC mini cowbell, a copy of our collab zine, and fun mystery snacks — in the first-ever Zine Club Chicago raffle! Here’s how to enter:
Buy something (anything you like!) in person or online at Quimby’s Bookstore (1854 W. North Ave) between the dates of Feb. 24 and March 15, 2021. (You can peruse the shop’s wares at quimbys.com).
Email a copy of your Quimby’s receipt to zineclubchicago@gmail.com by 9 p.m. CST Monday, March 15. Please include your name and include any dietary restrictions when it comes to snacks.
One winner will be randomly selected during the Zine Club Chicago Online: Is It a Zine? Edition Zoom event on Tuesday, March 16. You don’t need to attend the event to win — Zine Club Chicago will get in touch if you can’t make it that evening and your name is pulled. You can arrange to either have your package sent or leave it at Quimby’s for you to pick up.
More info about Zine Club Chicago at Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook: @zineclubchicago
Good luck!
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Zine Club Chicago Online: Is It A Zine? Edition, March 16th
Zine Club Chicago Online: Is It A Zine? Edition
7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, March 16 on Zoom
Free!
“Zine” has always been a nebulous term without a universally accepted definition. This month, we’re continuing the decades-long debate over what is a zine and what is not. All are invited to share the publications in our collections that make us go hmmmm… — for example, is a glossy booklet put out by a chart-topping rapper or a denim conglomerate really a zine? What about a one-sheet newsletter published on someone’s home printer? — and discuss where we personally draw the line between zine and not-a-zine.
Grab your zines, not-zines, and maybe-zines, BYOS(nacks), and join us on Zoom for Zine Club Chicago Online: Is It A Zine? Edition!
** Zoom info ** We want to make sure that our online Zine Club events are a safe space, so we won’t be releasing the Zoom link publicly. If you’d like to attend, please email zineclubchicago@gmail.com to RSVP by 5:30 p.m. CST Tuesday, March 16. We’ll email you the Zoom link one hour before the event begins.
Zine newbies and longtime enthusiasts alike are always welcome at Zine Club Chicago, the city’s only book club-style event for people who read zines. This free monthly series is produced by Chicago Zine Fest/Midwest Perzine Fest organizer 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: https://zineclubchicagoshoutouts.spread.name/
Thank you to Zine Club members Mariano Muñoz and Michelle Yacht for suggesting this month’s theme!
More info at quimbys.com and on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook: @zineclubchicago
Find the Facebook event here.
P.S. Thank you to everyone who snapped up the first batch of Zine Club Chicago embroidered patches! If you didn’t snag one this time around, we’ll have more restock soon.
Zine Club Chicago will also be giving away a patch for FREE — along with an official ZCC mini cowbell, a copy of a ZCC collab zine, and fun mystery snacks — in the first-ever Zine Club Chicago raffle! Here’s how to enter:
- Buy something (anything you like!) in person at Quimby’s here in Chicago or online between the dates of Feb. 24 and March 15, 2021. (You can peruse the shop’s wares at quimbys.com).
- Email a copy of your Quimby’s receipt to zineclubchicago@gmail.com by 9 p.m. CST Monday, March 15. Please include your name and let us know if you have any dietary restrictions when it comes to snacks.
We’ll randomly select one winner during our Zine Club Chicago Online: Is It a Zine? Edition Zoom event on Tuesday, March 16. You don’t need to attend the event to win — we’ll get in touch if you can’t make it that evening and your name is pulled. We’ll arrange to either send your prize pack by mail or leave it at Quimby’s for you to pick up.
These 2.75-inch round iron-on patches were custom-made by Tim Tucker of Uranian Threads and feature our circular logo designed by Anna Jo Beck.
Good luck, y’all!
