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New Stuff Jan 10th 2009
Well we are well into 2009 and here is your first big new stuff update of the new year. I let a few weeks pile up since with the holidays not much was coming in (more stuff was going out!). Also don’t forget we have local comic artist Lilli Carré signing her new book The Lagoon here on Thursday Jan 15th! So stop in.
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The Unlympic Spelling Bee at Quimby’s!
Join us for an evening of vocabulary gymnastics! The Spelling Bee, the ultimate grade-school competition of intellectual prowess and rote memorization, comes to Quimby’s Bookstore for one night only.
The Official Unlympics Spelling Competition will be held February 7 at 7 p.m. Attendance is free and open to the public, but potential competitors wanting to relive childhood glory days in front of an adoring, live bookstore audience must sign up in advance by replying to the blog entry at: http://tinyurl.com/unlympic-spelling-bee with a full name and email address. The spelling competition will be limited to 50 individuals and competitors will be charged a $5.00 entrance fee.
About The Unlympics:
The Unlympics is a month-long sporting event series intended to encourage active dialogue—extremely active dialogue—around the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid. The Unlympics looks at highly organized, internationally recognized, massively marketed, thoroughly branded, and extremely expensive sporting events not from a pro or con standpoint, but from a questioning standpoint.
Quimby’s Bookstore is proud to be the official bookstore and intellectual sponsor of the 2009 Winter Unlympic Games.
http://tinyurl.com/unlympics-chicago
http://tinyurl.com/unlympic-events-schedule
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Are you into this?
A few of our customers have asked us if there’s any chance we might start a book club. So this is an inquiry to see if that’s something that you’d be interested in, Dear Readers. So! If you are interested, please answer the following questions in an e-mail (cut’n’paste it, yo!) to us at info at quimbys dot com :
Is this a good idea? Lame idea? Only do it if it’s not so feel-good-cheesy-support-groupish or classroomy?
What types of books would you want to read? Fiction? Zine-related books, zines themselves, essays, political, graphic novels? Etc.?
How often would you want to meet? Here? Or somewhere else? What day or night of the week would you want it on? And for how long should it meet? How many people do you feel like should there be as a minimum for it to be fun, effective, etc. so that you don’t feel like you’re the only person at the party?
How do you want it structured? Free form? Someone mediating it? Or like, no format, just see how it plays out?
What things would be necessary for it to be worth doing or for you to participate?
What else do you want to tell us about this? Comments? Anyone? Anyone? Is anybody out there? Hello? Is this thing on? (tap tap) Testing testing, can I get some more vocals on the monitor?
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Quimby’s Top Ten Best Sellers For the Week of December 28th, 2008 – January 3rd, 2009
1. Slingshot Organizer 2009 Small Size $6.00
2. Trubble Club #2 $3.00
3. Quietly Sure Like the Keeper of a Great Society by Jo Dery (Little Otsu) $10.95
4. Acme Novelty Library #19 by Chris Ware (Drawn+Quarterly) $15.95
5. Toward 2012: Perspectives in the Next Age by Daniel Pinchbeck and Ken Jordan (Tarcher) $16.95
6. Cometbus #51 by Aaron Cometbus $3.00
7. FOUND Magazine #6 $5.00
8. Slingshot Organizer 2009 Large Size $12.00
9. King Cat #69 by John Porcellino $3.00
10. Free For All: Oddballs Geeks and Gangstas in the Public Library by Don Borchert (Virgin) $12.95 -
Props to the Chicago Decider for featuring us!
It’s true! Steve Heisler conducted a silly interview with a Quimby’s staff member written up on the Onion-related website, chicago.decider.com, in their Defend Your Taste section here. And we talked about one of our favorite best-sellers: Roy Orbison in Clingfilm, which you can purchase here!
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Animation, Art and More with Jo Dery
Saturday January 3rd 7PM
Join us for an evening of storytelling! Come see short animations, hear live radio plays, check out zines and books from the Ocean State, lil’ Rhody! Jo Dery will show several short animated films and Walker Mettling will read and perform stories and radio plays from the new audio issue of his zine “The Sparkle.” Get your hands on the recently published book by Jo Dery, titled Quietly Sure – Like the Keeper of a Great Secret (Little Otsu, publisher).
Click the Link for a sneak “Peek” of Jo’s Animation
I am so glad Jo could stop by the store and help us kick off 2009 with this great event. Don’t miss out!
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Quimby’s Top Ten Best Sellers For the Week of December 21st – December 27th 2008
1. Wake Up 2009 Calendar Nikki McClure $16.00
2. Slingshot Organizer 2009 Small Size $6.00
3. The Lagoon by Lilli Carre (Fantagraphics) $14.99
4. Proximity #3 $12.00
5. Slingshot Organizer 2009 Large Size $12.00
6. Make Your Place: Affordable Sustainable Nesting Skills by Raleigh Briggs (Microcosm) $7.00
7. Acme Novelty Library #19 by Chris Ware (Drawn+Quarterly) $15.95
8. Juxtapoz #96 Jan 08 $5.99
9. Ready Made #38 Dec 08 Jan 09 $4.99
10. Snowie by George Starr $10.00 -
Trubble Club Puts 'em on the Glass
Its been so holidaze! around here we forgot to tell everyone how awesome our new window display is! Done by the collective of Chicago comic artists Trubble Club, it has a little bit of something for every one: food as people, gore, animals with fire arms.
Trubble Club Vol 1 & Vol 2 available now
And be sure to check the Trubble Club Blog for more collaborative comic madness
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Ice Box Press at Quimby’s!
Ice Box Press will hold a reading and book signing to celebrate the release of their inaugural chapbook, These Bones, Live! by Ryan Pendell. Joining Ryan Pendall for the reading will be Tara Walker and Erin Messer with a special sneak preview from their up coming chapbooks. Ice Box Press is housed at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
About the Performers:
Ryan Pendell’s poetry employs lyrical and melodic abandon, combining elements of childhood daydreams and philosophical discourse. Pendell is the founder and co-editor of Lark(!) Magazine (www.larkmag.com).
Tara G. Walker is a poet fascinated by word games and the visual possibilities of language, currently finishing her MFA in writing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She works as a teaching artist with Urban Gateways and is the creator of the luckywhale jewelry line, available online at etsy.com.
E.C. Messer is a California native, like manzanita trees and purple sage. She was born on a very rainy Sunday. UCLA made her a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre…and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is almost done making her a Master of Fine Arts in Writing. She’s pretty sure both schools will either be very pleased or very sorry they did so. Her parents’ bizarre sense of humor is probably the great gift of her life. She suspects that you are delicious and would be glad to know you.
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New Stuff 12/22/08
Well this is the last new stuff update before the Holidays. Remember we close at 5PM on the 24th so don’t put off your last minute shopping to long! We still have some gift wrap and tote bags so make sure to get the specials when you come in the store! Happy Holidays!
