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12 Weeks of Quimbas: Caseen Gaines Presents A Christmas Story at Quimby’s – with Special Guest Ralphie’s Little Brother, Ian Petrella! 10/12
Calling all A Christmas Story fans! Award-winning author Caseen Gaines (Inside Pee Wees Playhouse) is returning to Quimby’s Bookstore to discuss and sign copies of his brand-new book, A Christmas Story: Behind the Scenes of a Holiday Classic with special guest Ian Petrella, who played Ralphie’s little brother Randy Parker in the film!
This definitive guide to everything fans want to know about A Christmas Story shares the inside story behind the film’s production, release, and unlikely ascent to the top of popular culture. In conjunction with the 30th anniversary of its theatrical release, this is the untold story of the making of the film, and what happened afterwards. Complete with rare and previously unreleased photographs, now fans of the movie and film buffs alike can learn all they didn’t know about the timeless classic.
“Fans of the film — and film fans in general — will love this book. Extremely detailed and immensely fun to read, Caseen Gaines’ book only adds to the magic that is A Christmas Story. Expertly told in a style and tone that would make Jean Shepherd and Bob Clark proud.” — Michael Ambers, producer of the TV Guide’s The Cast of A Christmas Story: Where Are They Now
For more information about A Christmas Story, visit www.facebook.com/AChristmasStoryBookFor press inquiries, contact Jenna Illies, jenna(at)ecwpress(dot)com
*Celebrate National Doughnut Month with Quimby’s that day too with coffee (from Big Shoulders Coffee!) and doughnutty treats! This event kicks off The 12 Weeks of Quimbas, and this is our first gift to you!
Saturday, October 12, 7:00pm
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New Stuff This Week
Cocktail Nation: The Definative Guide to the Lounge Universe by Koop Kooper (Bear MANOR) $19.95 – Koop Kooper, the Cocktail universe’s high priest of all things hep, swinging, and swank, and cyber disc-jockey of his radio show, “The Cocktail Nation,” has unleashed the definitive guide to the Lounge universe. Replete with gassin interviews and cool pixeramas, he reveals the incredible diorama of Cocktail culture, lifestyle, and music. Koop mixes it up with cool luminaries and pioneers of the Cocktail soundtrack, such as hepster Jack Constanzo, the bongo player of the 1950s, shakes a martini with the leaders of the revival Combustible Edison, trades smart lip with comedian satirist Shelley Berman and 21st century hit-makers Martini Kings, heads down the dark streets of Cocktail noir, muscling it up with croonoir Jimmy Vargas, then it’s off to the Vegas pool, where he conducts an underwater interview with gorgeous fire-eating mermaid Marina. Koop Kooper’s Cocktail Nation book is a glorious panorama of all things Lounge, created by the swank meister of uber cool himself. As featured in Tiki Magazine.
Zines
Roctober #51 Special Comedy and Novelty Records Issue $5.00
She Is Restless vol 4 Drought and She Is Restless vol 5 Underwater Cities by Rebecca Mir $3.00 each
Shit Nonentity Illustrated #1 and Probably Only by Doug Fahrman $5.00
Serial Killers Unite #14 $3.00
Dylan Zine #3 $1.00
Sentimental Value #1 by Emily Spivack $10.00
Cometbus #55.5 Love You Like Suicide $3.00 – Limited pressing! We only have 2 left!
Snot Rocket City #3 $2.00
Sometimes You Gotta Be Your Own Cheerleader $1.00
Doom Spiral #8 $5.00
The Difference Between by Billy McCall $1.00 – LOL hilarious. Tells the difference between easily confusable things, like Puddle of Mudd and Pile of Shit. Recommended for guffaws.Comics & Comix
Its Happening by Theora Kvitka $4.00
Vortex #4 by William Cardini $6.00
Little Tommy Lost vol 1 by Cole Closser (Koyama) $15.00
Kodoja Terror Mountain Showdown #1 and #2 by Keith Foster et al. $4.50 each
Occupy Comics #3 by Alan Moore, Molly Crabaple, Shannon Wheeler et al. $3.50Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Squirrel Machine by Hans Rickheit (Fantagraphics) $22.99
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen – Omnibus Edition by Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill $29.99
Drama by Raina Telgemeier $10.99
Blobby Boys Book by Alex Schubert (koyama Presss) $10.00
Festival Frenzy by Kyle Platts (Nobrow) $24.75
Hole by Oyvind Torseter (Enchanted Lion) $22.95Art & Design
Printing at Home by Xavier Antin $23.36
Visual Funk: Jim Mahfood Art by Jim Mahfood $49.99
The Astonishing World of Art: Stickers, Postcards, Full Color Art Coloring Pages by Brandon Bird $14.95 – paint by numbers action.
Samplings and Babblings: A Cartoon Art Museum Exhibition by Sam Kieth $19.99
High Fidelity: The Art of Jim Flora – Album Covers and Music Illustrations (Fantagraphics) $34.99
Cruelty and Carnage: Superviolent Art Ukiyo-e Master Series vol 6 $34.95Fiction
The Suicide Shop by Jean Teule (Gallic Books) $13.95 – One stop shopping.
NW by Zadie Smith $16.00 – Now in soft cover.
Zero Fade a Novel by Chris L. Terry (Curbside Splendor) $12.00
As Flies To Whatless Boys by Robert Antoni (Akashic) $15.95Kids Stuff
Wild by Emily Hughes $16.95Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
Larceny Games: Sports Gambling Game Fixing and the FBI by Brian Tuohy (Feral House) $18.95 – Don’t miss Brian Tuohy here to talk about this book on 9/28!
Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace by DT Max $17.00 – Now in soft cover.
Spy Rock Memories by Larry Livermore (Don Giovanni Records) $12.99 – In 1982 Larry Livermore, ex-greaser, post-hippie, burnt out and disillusioned by the Bay Area punk scene, journeyed north into an off the map, off the grid mountain wilderness that lay at the heart of California’s Emerald Triangle in search of something “real.” Things got way more real than he’d bargained for, as he ended up confronting blizzards, droughts, floods, fires, marauding bears, skunks, rattlesnakes, and a posse of ornery pot growers, all while launching a magazine, a solar-powered punk rock band, and the DIY record label that introduced the world to the likes of Green Day, Operation Ivy, and Screeching Weasel. With a cover by Gabrielle Bell.
Politics & Revolution
Radical Unionism: The Rise and Fall of Revolutionary Syndicalism by Ralph Darlington (Akashic) $22.00
Underminers: A Guide to Subverting the Machine by Keith Farnish (New Society) $19.95Magazines
Lucky Peach #8 The Gender Issue (McSweeneys) $12.00 – With split covers for men and women.
Grantland Quarterly vol 7 (McSweeneys) $25.00
Creative Nonfiction #49 Sum 13 $10.00
The Believer #101 Sep 13 $8.00
Bizarre #205 Oct 13 $10.50
Mojo #238 Sep 13 $9.99
Brownbook #40 $14.99
Monocle vol 7 #66 Sep 13 $12.00Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
Lookbaby Poems by David Welper $14.00Sexy
Pinups #17 Jake by Christopher Schultz $17.00To see what is for sale in our webstore, see quimbys.com/store.
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September Newsletter
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Laydeez Do Comics September Edition: Rachel Foss and MK Czerwiec aka Comic Nurse 9/26
Laydeez do Comics is a unique salon with a focus on graphic works based on life narrative, the drama of the domestic, and the everyday. Invited guest speakers have 10-20 minute slots to present works/ideas followed by a Q&A. Launched in London in July 2009, the group has now expanded to other cities, including Chicago. Quimby’s hosts the Chicago chapter and it is usually the last Thursday of every month.
September’s guests:
Rachel Foss is a happy cartoonist drawing sad stories for real people everywhere. Originally from Grand Rapids, MI, she moved to Chicago after spending a year with the Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont. Her new comic, the Wandering Fox, a historical drama based on her family history, will debut October 1, 2013. She writes: ”
I was raised in the general area of (infamous) Flint, MI, where I watched a lot of Nickelodeon and read every Goosebumps book released prior to 1996.However, Flint sucked, so I left as soon as possible. I went to school and studied film and design. I graduated realizing that I didn’t really want to do either of those things. I moved to Grand Rapids and did nothing for a really long time. THEN in 2009, thanks to some amazing people, i discovered Comics/Graphic Novels/Cartooning. For many reasons, including this, I consider Grand Rapids, MI my true home.
In 2011 I moved to White River Junction, VT (or more fondly TOON TOWN, VT) after I was accepted into the Center for Cartoon Studies Master’s Program.I now live in Chicago where everything is awesome, especially me.
For more info:
thingsiveseenandheard.wordpress.com
rachelftfoss.wix.com/wanderingfoxMK Czerwiec aka Comic Nurse presents on “Comics, Laydeez, and the Movies,” with a surprise announcement at the end!
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Danny Bland Reads from In Case We Die 10/2
This debut novel by veteran Seattle musician Danny Bland follows a pair of outsiders who find themselves locked in the palpable, dizzy grunge-rock scene of early ’90s Seattle. Drenched in cloud of second hand smoke, Bland’s prose is funny and heart-breaking as he explores falling in and out of love, redemption and what you will and won’t do for one more cheap thrill all backed by the swelling sound of electric guitars, booze and petulant misbehavior.
“Our anti-hero is floating in a tiny lifeboat made of heroin, graveyard shifts & rock music. His companions are two fabulous women: a bombshell who robs banks & a beautifully pale rock violinist who can barely dodge suicide. ICWD is much funnier & more satisfying than any other junkie rock’n’roll tragedy.” – John Doe (X)
Danny Bland has been a musician (The Dwarves, Cat Butt, Best Kissers in the World) and road manager (Dave Alvin, The Knitters, The Gutter Twins, The Supersuckers) for over 25 years. Born in South Carolina, the longtime Seattle resident is most likely in a Ford Econoline van on a long stretch of highway, driving a rock band to its next engagement.
Also available: A star-studded AudioBook featuring Duff McKagan, Marc Maron, Donal Logue, John Doe, Mark Lanegan, Mark Arm (Mudhoney), Norman Reedus and Lew Temple (The Walking Dead), Aimee Mann, and more! Visit InCaseWeDie.com to hear a sample.
“A great piece of work — full of filth and heart.” –Steve Earle
For more info: www.fantagraphics.com/incasewedie
Contact: Jen Vaughn, Marketing and Outreach Manager vaughn(at)fantagraphics(dot)com
Wednesday, October 2nd, 7pm – Free Event
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Brian Tuohy Reads From Larceny Games: Sports Gambling, Game Fixing and the FBI 9/28
Major League Baseball claims it hasn’t had a game fixed by gamblers since 1919. Point shaving hasn’t admittedly occurred in the NBA since 1954. And the NFL publicly states not one of its games has come under outside influence—ever. This league-sponsored history, however, is wrong.
Larceny Games provides the details and names the names of Hall of Fame athletes who have either bet upon their own sport or outright thrown games for the benefit of gamblers—and why the sports leagues have covered-up these incidents.Larceny Games also digs into this vast underworld through interviews with sports gambling insiders and former FBI agents as well as detailing information from more than 400 previously unreleased FBI case files relating to sports bribery to reveal how professional athletes and referees have been corrupted into fixing games in the NFL, NBA, MLB, boxing, soccer, and tennis.
Brian is also the author of The Fix Is In: The Showbiz Manipulations of the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and NASCAR and is the leading expert on the subject of game fixing.
“Once again, Brian shows there’s much more to professional sports than meets the eyes (or ears), He digs so deep that he’ll need a bodyguard!” — Sam Bourquin, Host, WHBC Ohio
Saturday, September 28th, 7pm – Free Event
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Quimby's Bookstore Podcast Episode #8 With Adam Parfrey & Peter Sotos Now Available
This episode is entitled “We’re Having a Good Time With That Goat, Wish You Were Here: Decadence With Adam Parfrey and Peter Sotos.” Feral House publisher Adam Parfrey, talks about his book Ritual America: Secret Brotherhoods and Their Influence on American Society: A Visual Guide, and controversial local writer Peter Sotos talks about his book Pure Filth.Stream or download this episode and past episodes (it’s free!) on our Podbean site at quimbys.podbean.com.
Or find us on I-Tunes!
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New Stuff This Week
Home 2014 Nikki McClure Calendar $16.00
Zines
Za The Pizza Zine #2 by Nicki Yowell $4.00 – Hot N’ Ready Pizza Bachelors, pie-ku poems, pizza-wine pairings? ‘Za #2 has got it all, extra cheese.
Mend My Dress #11 A Book of Days by Neelybat Chestnut $2.00 – Made For the 24 Hour Zine Thing July 27th, 2013.
One Night at the Jackson Stop by Sean Linn $3.00
Clocktower Nine #2 by Danny $2.50
Letter To My Younger Self by Erin Leslie $3.00
Uncharted Waters #1 Goodbye High School Sweetheart by Miss C. Bean $3.00
Pilsen On the 4th of July by Rick Majewski $6.00Comics & Comix
Wet Cough by Michael DeForge $6.00 – A beautiful fully-silkscreened wordless presto-chango comic fresh from DeForge and printed by the genius squeegees at Mille Putois!!
Big In Japan: An Illustrated Travel Diary by Moogs Kewell $6.00
Idyll Of The White Lotus $7.00 – An anthology of comics from Ron Regé Jr.’s Cartoon Utopia Summer Comics Camp at SAW. Centered on visions from Mabel Collins’ novel of the same name, eleven plugged-in comics with standout work from Amy Peltz and James McShane.
Flower Flies by Kaitlin Smrcina $3.00
Echo Island #1 by Anderes Holm and John Lawlor $6.99
Creepy Comics #13 The Finest in Illustrated Horror Unsweet Thirteen with Josh Simmons, Peter Bagge ane more. $4.99
Powdered Milk issues #9-#11 by Keiler Roberts $2.00 each
Tale of Heroism issues #1 and #2 by Adam Matthew Ink Roob $5.00 each
Peehole #11 Amazing Stories for the Easily Amazed by Jim Donaldson $3.00
Galactic Breakdown #5 Part 1 by Keenan Marshall Keller (DrippyBone) $8.00
Spills #1 by Kristine Conroy $3.00
Parfreys Glen by Scott Roberts $5.00Graphic Novels & trade Paperbacks
Marvel 1602 10th Anniversary Hard cover Edition by Neil Gaiman et al. (Marvel) $29.99
Summertimeby Gina Sialiano $15.00
Nudnik Revealed: The History of Americas Lost Loveable Loser by Gene Deitch (Fantagraphics) $29.99
Willow Wonderland by Jeff Parker et al. (Drk Horse) $17.99 – Linked to the Buffy season 9 adventures.
Chew vol 7 TPB Bad Apples by John Layman et al. $12.99
Turd A Day by Joshua Wysocki $10.00
I Am My Own Stereotype the My Small Diary Collection vol 1 by Delaine $8.00Childrens
Zig and Wikki in Something Ate My Homework by Nadja Spiegelman and Trade Loeffler (Toon Books) $4.99
Mo and Jo Fighting Together Forever by Jay Lynch and Dean Haspiel (Toon Books) $4.99Fiction
Pulpit vs the Hole by Jay Shearer $8.00
Clockwork Man by EV Odle (HiLo) $13.95
In Case We Die by Danny Bland (Fantagrphics) $26.99
Hard Times Blues by Elwin Cotman $12.00 – Thanks to everybody that came out to this splendid event last night!Mayhem, Miscreants, Memoirs, Music & Misc
Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons and Dragons and the People Who Play It by David M. Ewalt $26.00
Dying for the Truth: Undercover Inside the Mexican Drug War by the Fugitive Reporters of Blog del Narco (Feral House) $24.95Magazines
Frankie #54 $13.95
Capricious #14 $25.00
Interzone #247 $9.99
Murder Most Foul #89 $9.99
True Crime Aug 13 $8.99
Sneaker Freaker #27 $14.95
Cosplay USA Sum 13 $5.99
Paper Sep 13 vol 30 #1 $4.00
Wire Aug 13 #354 $11.25
Maximumrocknroll #364 Sep 13 $4.00
Shindig #34 $12.99
Filter Good Music Guide Aug Sep 13 $2.99
Shadow #54 $1.00
Harpers Magazine Sep 13 $6.99
Transformation #86 $12.50
Skin and Ink Nov 13 #147 $8.99
Fool #3 Food Insanity Brilliance and Love $19.95 – Fool was named best food magazine in the world this year…or something absurdly prominent like that….and it’s really no lie, this thing is solidly written and stylishly presented awesomeness for those interested in eating and curious about living. Glad it made the journey from Sweden to join us at the Quimbystore! -EF
Poetry, Lit Mags, Lit Journals, Chap Books
Images a Collection of Poetry vol 1 by Maurice D. Waddell $11.95
Donsongs an Anthology of Literary Sound vol 2 by Maurice D. Waddell $12.95
Barge Journal #2 $7.00
Literary Review vol 56 #2 Early Sum 13 Scenester $8.00
Cobblers Story: The Cobblers Second Tale The Bikers Tale The Hero by Michael Paul Lopez $3.00
Overtime Hour 29 Twenty First Floor by Miha Mazzini $2.00Notable Restocks & Reprints
Open the Door How to Excite Young People About Poetry (McSweeneys) $16.00
Anna and Froga I Dunno What Do You Want To Do by Anouk Ricard (D&Q) $14.95
Rule Is to Break: A Childs Guide to Anarchy by John and Jana (Manic D Presss) $14.95
The Guide To Getting It On by Paul Joannides $28.95
In Memorariam to Identity by Kathy Acker $13.00Other Stuff
Spray Can Light Up LED Keychain $6.00
Bike Snob Blank Journal $12.95
Cone of Shame Light Up LED Keychain $6.00
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Off-Site: Audrey Petty, Editor of High Rise Stories, at the Hull-House 9/24, in conversation with WBEZ's Natalie Moore
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum and The Public Square presents, author and WBEZ reporter Natalie Moore in conversation with Audrey Petty, compiler and editor of HIGH RISE STORIES: VOICES FROM CHICAGO PUBLIC HOUSING.
Cabrini-Green. Robert Taylor Homes. Stateway Gardens. Ida B. Wells and Harold Ickes. Imposing structures that dominated the landscape of the city and the lives of residents in the second half of the 20th century in Chicago. In the gripping first-person accounts of High Rise Stories, former residents of Chicago’s iconic public housing projects describe life in the now-demolished high rises. These stories of community, displacement, and poverty in the wake of gentrification give voice to those who have long been ignored, but whose hopes and struggles exist firmly at the heart of our national identity.
About the editor:
Audrey Petty is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A Ford Foundation grantee, her work has been featured in Colorlines, StoryQuarterly, and Saveur, among many others.For more info: http://voiceofwitness.org
Join us Tues, Sept 24th from 7-9pm at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum (800 S. Halsted St.) as we provide this title for event attendees.
*Please note: this event is NOT at Quimby’s. It is at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum at 800 S. Halsted St., Chicago IL 60607
About the book, among the narrators:
DONNELL, who was initiated into gang life at the age of twelve. A former resident of Rockwell Gardens, Donnell recounts growing up in an environment where daily life involved selling drugs, fighting rival gangs, and navigating encounters with a corrupt and often violent police force, as well as his efforts to turn his life around after incarceration.SABRINA, whose sister was shot in the head in their Cabrini-Green apartment when she was caught in the middle of a turf-related shooting. Because ambulances refused to come to Cabrini-Green, and the elevators were out of order, Sabrina’s father and her then-pregnant mother had to carry her sister down thirteen flights of stairs to rush her to the hospital.
DOLORES, who, at the age of 82, was hastily displaced from her home in Cabrini-Green after 53 years and forced to leave many of her belongings behind. Dolores depicts her community’s evolution over five decades, including her leadership in resident government, and her husband’s mentoring of youth through a Drum and Bugle Corps.
CHANDRA, whose son’s felony conviction bars him from entering the grounds of Chandra’s home in Orchard Park. Chicago Housing Authority rules demand that Chandra report him to the police if she sees him on the property, or face eviction herself.
Advance praise for High Rise Stories:
“The importance of this book cannot be overstated. High Rise Stories is essential reading for anyone interested in fair housing. The Voice of Witness series is a megaphone for our country’s most marginalized voices, opening critically needed space in the national conversation on housing reform.” —Van Jones, Former Special Advisor to the Obama White House, author of Rebuild the Dream and The Green Collar Economy
“A hard look at the consequences of poverty and flawed concepts of public housing and urban renewal.” — Kirkus Review
“The[se] stories demand attention…though nearly all of the high-rises themselves have been torn down over the last decade, the problems discussed in th[is] book remain.” —Publisher’s Weekly
“A powerful and authentic work. High-Rise Stories captures the vibrant sense of community and home, as well as the challenges, that existed for those who lived in Chicago’s public housing developments, through a series of searing first person narratives. An important book and a very moving read.” —Dave Isay, founder of StoryCorps
“Although Chicago demolished almost all of its public housing towers over the last few years, the “projects” live on in infamy. Cabrini-Green, Henry Horner, Robert Taylor–these were the imagined wastelands of the inner-city’s decay, the proper names of urban catastrophe. Employing the intimate interview style of Studs Terkel, High-Rise Stories allows real residents of public housing to speak in their own voices. Their gripping life stories are at once harrowing and inspiring, and give the lie to the myth that the projects were a monolithic hell, the people there mere victims or victimizers. The book is important reading for anyone hoping to understand Chicago in all its workings.” —Ben Austen, The Last Tower
‘Whatever else might be said about Chicago’s Plan for Transformation, it has proved a stunningly effective disappearing act. The city did not merely demolish its high-rise public housing developments; it erased them, without regard for the identities, attachments, and histories of those for whom these communities were home. High-Rise Stories is a major act of recovery and rescue. Bypassing the official narrative of enlightened urban “transformation”—as well as the social scientific folklore and magical thinking about “mixed income communities” deployed to support it—Audrey Petty has done something radical: she has simply and deeply listened to residents. Her book is an extended act of neighborly hospitality. Each of the voices she has assembled is distinct. Taken together, they evoke a lost world and speak to a future in which all have an equal right to the city.” —Jamie Kalven
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Joe Janes and Friends Present Staged Readings From Seven Deadly Plays 9/21
In Joe Janes’s new book Seven Deadly Plays, he assembles seven plays he wrote that are set in dangerous places in and around Chicago. All the plays were written in one week and then presented at Strawdog Theatre in the summer of 2012. The locations include a speedboat on Lake Michigan, an urban farm in Englewood, the abandoned Damen Silos, a haunted cemetery, a fun house, up in a big tree and Lower Wacker. The approach was similar to how many 24-Hour projects are constructed. Directors and casts were predetermined. Janes visited each site and then wrote a play that day which was submitted to the director and actors the following morning. The first group had six days to prep their play. The last group had the day of opening night to get ready. The result was a dynamic mix of comedy and drama in some very unusual settings.“silly, bizarre, violent, and provocative…the pieces showcase Janes’s willingness to take risks of all kinds.” – Chicago Reader on 50 Plays
Joe Janes is an Emmy award winning writer and former stand-up who teaches comedy writing at The Second City and Columbia College. He has written for Jellyvision’s “You Don’t Know Jack” and SNL’s “Weekend Update.” He has written three books: 365 Sketches, 50 Plays and Seven Deadly Plays. His full-length plays include Metaluna and the Science of the Mind Revue, A Hard Day’s Journey Into Night and Always Never. He writes regularly for WNEP Theatre and Robot vs Dinosaur. He has been a director for Second City for over ten years including directing the national touring company and Second City main stages in Las Vegas and Detroit.
For more info: joejanes.blogspot.com or e-mail joejanes1065(at)gmail(dot)com
Saturday, September 21st, 7pm – Free Event
