Tag: Pop Up

  • Off-Site: POP-UP BOOK FAIR, Sunday, July 7th at The Empty Bottle

    POP-UP-BOOKS-624x794Sunday (July 7th) at The Empty Bottle is POP-UP BOOK FAIR! Beginning at 12:30pm and going until 5pm, join Curbside Splendor Publishing as they play host to 40+ small indie presses and publishers. The event is FREE with RSVP if you click here, and it’s $5 at the door. It is a 21+ event, so all minors must be accompanied. There will be live music provided by  Nagasaki, DJ Goldie Bear, DJ “2nd Cousin, Twice Removed”, DJ Kale Party, DJ Heavy Inspinuation, KRUBREDNUF, and DJ DG.

    Featured purveyors include:

    2nd Story
    7 Vientos
    826chi
    Another Chicago Magazine
    Artifice Mag
    Black Ocean
    Burial Day Books
    Chicago Center for Literature and Photography (CCLaP)
    Chicago Zine Fest
    chicagopoetry.com
    co•im•press
    Convulsive Editions
    Criminal Class Press
    Curbside Splendor Publishing
    Dream of Things
    Fifth Star Press
    Haymarket Books
    Kenning Editions
    Knee Jerk Magazine
    Labletter
    Love Symbol Press
    Mid American Review
    Miss Nyet
    Monsters & Dust
    Moon City Review
    New American Press
    Orange Alert
    Quimby’s
    READ/WRITE
    Rhino Poetry
    Richochet Review
    Rose Metal Press
    Soberscove
    Solace in So Many Words
    South Loop Review
    Switchback Books
    THE 2ND HAND
    Tortoise Books
    & MORE

    Please note this event IS NOT at Quimby’s. It is at The Empty Bottle which is at 1035 N. Western Ave.  Chicago, IL 60647.

  • Offsite: Quimby's Opens Pop Up Shop In Bridgeport on May 11th & 12th as Part of Version 12: Bridgeport: The Community of the Future


    Version Festival     is an annual arts festival produced by the Public Media Institute, makers of Lumpen magazine, Proximity magazine and producers of the MDW Fair and other events and festivals. This year Version festival is opening or remixing twelve different Pop Up enterprises in the neighborhood of Bridgeport throughout the month of May. Quimby’s Bridgeport pops up along side cultural workers ,community developers, urban entrepreneurs, artists, designers, foodies, public space hackers, urban planners, cultural geographers, and dreamers.

    Quimby’s was part of the first pop up experiments that the Public Media Institute introduced to the neighborhood back in 2006. This year Quimby’s return to bring the denizens of the neighborhood a taste of Quimbys Bookstore. A selection of the finest independent zines, periodicals and books will be available.

    Quimby’s Bridgeport pop-up will be open May 11th and 12th, from 11AM to 6PM. The shop is located at  755 W 32nd Street, right behind the Blue City Bike shop on Halsted Street.

    More info: www.versionfest.org

    Quimbys Bridgeport temporary pop up shop
    At  755 W 32nd St, Chicago, IL 60616
    May 11th and 12th, from 11AM to 6PM

    Please note this event is NOT at Quimby’s in Wicker Park.