Events

Come hang with us at the Pop-Up Book Fair!!!

Submitted by Jacobsknabb on Fri, 11/30/2012 - 21:22

 

BUY some freshly toasted BOOKS at the POP-UP BOOK FAIR on DEC 9TH!
 
In conjunction with Chicago Writers House and The Chicagoan, Another Chicago Magazine & Curbside Splendor Publishing present: 
 
A POP-UP BOOK FAIR!  
 
Chicago's finest independent publishers will be on hand hocking their goods.  Quimby's Bookstore will also stock a table with a selection of books/zines penned by Chicagoans. The bar will be open so grab a cocktail and listen to live music all afternoon as you ogle some books and satiate your bibliophiliac needs!
 
FREE with an RSVP by clicking here!
 
Otherwise $5 at the door.  
 
This tasty event is 21+ unless minors are accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
 
Current list of participating Chicago publishers (check back for updates):
 
&Now Books
7 Vientos
826chi
Agate Publishing
Allium Press
Anobium 
Another Chicago Magazine
Anything Goes Publishing
Artifice
Burial Day Books
Chicago Center for Literature and Photography (CCLaP)
Chicago Zine Fest
contratiempo
Convulsive Editions
Curbside Splendor Publishing
Dancing Girl Press
Dream of Things
Ginger Piglet
Graze Magazine
The Handshake
Kenning Editions
MAKE Magazine
Other Voices (OV) Books
Poetry
Quimby's Books
Solace in So Many Words
Soup & Bread Cookbook
Switchback Books
Two With Water
 
Sweet Tunes provided by:
 
Good Evening
Mr. Mayor and the Highballers
Wooden Wing
&more!

ACM & Curbside Splendor Publishing host a [pre]release celebration at the Uptown Book Expo!

Submitted by Jacobsknabb on Thu, 11/17/2011 - 18:39

 

 

ACM & Curbside Splendor host a reading of present and past contributors this Saturday, November 19th from 5-6pm, celebrating ACM's forthcoming Issue 50.2, the second in our all Chicago issue, Curbside Splendor's recent Issue 2, and Curbside Splendor's new book Chicago Stories: 40 Dramatic Fictions by Michael Czyzniejewski, coming out April 2012.

Readers include:

Chris Bower 

Philip Jenks

Natalie Edwards

James Tadd Adcox

Ben Tanzer

Ben Spies

Paul Luikart

Sondra Morin

Come to this, but more important, come to the Expo running all day Saturday Nov. 19 and Sunday Nov. 20. Support Chicago Independent Publishing! 

For more information about the Uptown Book Expo, click here!!!


 

Let us help you plan your weekend

Submitted by Jason on Fri, 12/03/2010 - 16:29

Winter hath bared its cruel fangs and is preparing to bite our collective doughy hides this weekend. But I beseech thee, do not cower under your blankets, there's just too much to do here in the fine city of Chicago! Just look!

  • Tonight at 7pm, Steve Blush will be discussing the newly expanded second edition of 2001's AMERICAN HARDCORE: A TRIBAL HISTORY at Quimby's. There's a part about Chicago. You can ask him about it.
  • Take a "tour" of Chicago with the Poetry Performance Incubator's collectively written piece, Tour Guides. The show promises a "lyrical tour of the Chicago tourists never see." See it this Friday or Saturday at 7:30pm at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts, 777 N. Green St., Chicago. Tickets available at the door.
  • To celebrate the release of The Kenning Anthology of Poets Theater: 1945-1985, Kenning Editions has partnered with Oracle Productions for a unique launching party this Sunday. The show will include a performance of Poets Theater, a discussion, and hors d’oeuvres. The entire thing will be written 48 hours prior to the performance by six poets: Daniel Borzutzky, Duriel E. Harris, John Keene, Jacob Saenz, Leila Wilson, and recent ACM contributor Tim Yu. The show is free but attendees are encouraged to RSVP in advance. 7:30pm on Dec. 5th at the Oracle Theater, 3809 N. Broadway.