Monthly Archive for January, 2026

2/8 Closing Reception Blonde Bombastic by Frankie Lyne

Feb
8
5:00 pm

Closing Reception
Blonde Bombastic by Frankie Lyne
Sunday, February 8th, 2026 – 5:00-7:00 PM

in-person at Quimby’s Bookstore 1854 W. North Ave Chicago, IL 60622

Blonde Bombastic features the work of Frankie Lyne [ they/them ] centered around Marie a 50’s does 70’s heroine who’s incredible outfits, glamorous looks, and bad news boyfriend Simon keep her just ahead of the dire consequences of her full on sex-and-drugs rock and roll lifestyle.

Featuring a full wall of plush cheetah print, blow ups of the original art, process work, Risograph prints, and bejeweled safety pin bound risograph zines, Blonde Bombastic will be closing with a reception and celebration of Frankie’s work on Sunday February 8th.

Frankie Lyne [ they/them ] is a recent School of the Art Institute Chicago graduate, comics creator, and musician. Their comics and zines include Supercvnt, Simon and Marie, Death of Marie, Devout, Vive La Vie MoonStride, Alter Ego, and Starr Ramone.

Frankie sells comics and zines at Quimby’s Bookstore, Chicago Comics, and Howling Pages. They are also published in SAIC’s Mouth Magazine and have run Starr Ramone in F News since 2021.

2/7 Peeragogy Handbook: Editathon & Game Night With Charlie Danoff

Feb
7
7:00 pm

Peeragogy Handbook Editathon & Game Night
With Charlie Danoff

Saturday, February 7th,  7:00 pm 
In Person at Quimby’s Bookstore

Please join us to learn about peeragogy, edit the new Handook, and play a game to imagine more inclusive technological futures!

Peeragogy is an approach to learning and working together on projects ranging from the mundane to the monumental. Peer learning and peer production are probably as old as humanity itself, but they take on new importance in our digital age.

The game we play combines these two card decks and maybe more…

Oracle for Transfeminist Technologies & Flaws of the Smart City

After the creative juices are flowing there will also be a brief reading from the Peeragogy Handbook by co-author, co-editor, and co-publisher, Chicago local and friend of the store Charlie Danoff!

We will end this collaborative evening with an editathon where attendees will have the chance to share their own experiences with peeragogy in the latest version on Wikibooks! It is the chance for all attendees to gain credit as a co-author and help the world learn from their wisdom.

Register for the Event

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Pay what you can afford in person or via Venmo.
Suggested: $10
Venmo: @quimbysbookstore
Please include “Peerology” in the note!

Your generous donation directly supports artist honorariums and ensures the continuation of this program. We are so grateful for your support of local creators, Quimby’s Bookstore, and DIY culture—we truly couldn’t do it without you!

Your generous donation directly supports artist honorariums and ensures the continuation of this program. We are so grateful for your support of local authors, publishers, creators, Quimby’s Bookstore, and DIY culture—we truly couldn’t do it without you!

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1/29 After Hours: General Things Press

Jan
29
6:00 pm

After Hours with General Things Press Thursday, 1/29 6:30-8.
Readings by: Evan Fusco, Jessie McCarty, Lemmy Ya’akova, Grace Papineau-Couture
In Person at Quimby’s Bookstore, 1854 W. North Ave, Chicago, IL

General Things Press is an assemblage of various people coming together to collaborate on producing works in the world. Underneath its umbrella it contains a publishing effort, a latent radio show, and a reading series. General Things Press makes as it can with vigor and excitement. All works are printed locally and bound by hand by the editor.

Jessie McCarty is a writer and information science worker from Louisiana. Their book, Pretty Punks, is out with Magra Books now. They often write about gender, folklore, Irish and American-Southern diasporas.

Evan Fusco is a lecturer based in Chicago, IL. Pieces of theirs have been published, performed, contained, or shown in and/or at: Other Forms, MOCA Cleveland, Apparatus Projects, The Chicago Art Book Fair, Plates Journal, Carrol University, Prompt Press, Watershed Art & Ecology, Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection.

Lemmy Ya’akova is an advocate for y2k low culture, an amateur pool player, a popcorn enthusiast and a cat parent to their son, Moose. Their work can be found in HAD (Hobart After Dark), Anti-Heroin Chic Magazine, SAND Journal and more. They’re the author of the poetry collections Overflowing the Tub, Night Gallery Press, 2024 and Tiger’s Tail, General Things Press, 2024.

Grace Papineau-Couture is a Canadian interdisciplinary artist currently based in Chicago. They are interested in sound as a generative process – something unfolding, recursive and responsive, allowing for sound and listener to have a dialectical relationship. Using old and low-fidelity technology such as cassette tapes, contact microphones, and experimental instruments, Grace’s sound performances interface with themes of haunting, environmental disaster and acoustic ecology. These compositions urge the listener to ask themselves, “what do we hear in the latency? What kind of apparition reveals itself to us through the cracks of low fidelity?”

After Hours is a production of Taylor Thornburg and Quimby’s Bookstore

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Pay what you can afford in person or via Venmo.
Suggested: $10
Venmo: @quimbysbookstore
Please include “After Hours” in the note!

Your generous donation directly supports artist honorariums and ensures the continuation of this program. We are so grateful for your support of local creators, Quimby’s Bookstore, and DIY culture—we truly couldn’t do it without you!

Your generous donation directly supports artist honorariums and ensures the continuation of this program. We are so grateful for your support of local authors, publishers, creators, Quimby’s Bookstore, and DIY culture—we truly couldn’t do it without you!

1/23 Show & Tell: Blonde Bombastic, Frankie Lyne | Opening & Reading

Jan
23
6:30 pm

Quimby’s Show & Tell
Blonde Bombastic
Art Opening and Talk by Frankie Lyne
Comics Reading by Frankie Lynn, Gren Bee, and J.E Paeth
Friday, January 23rd, 2026 – 6:30 PM

Show runs through Sunday February 8th
in-person at Quimby’s Bookstore 1854 W. North Ave Chicago, IL 60622

Blonde Bombastic features the work of Frankie Lyne [ they/them ] centered around Marie a 50’s does 70’s heroine who’s incredible outfits, glamorous looks, and bad news boyfriend Simon keep her just ahead of the dire consequences of her full on sex-and-drugs rock and roll lifestyle.

Featuring a full wall of plush cheetah print, blow ups of the original art, process work, Risograph prints, and bejeweled safety pin bound risograph zines, Blonde Bombastic will be on view at Quimby’s Friday Jan 16 – Sunday February 8th.

On Friday, January 23rd, at 6:30 Frankie will be joined by friends Gren Bee and J.E Paeth for a artist talk and reading.

Frankie Lyne [ they/them ] is a recent School of the Art Institute Chicago graduate, comics creator, and musician. Their comics and zines include Supercvnt, Simon and Marie, Death of Marie, Devout, Vive La Vie MoonStride, Alter Ego, and Starr Ramone.

Frankie sells comics and zines at Quimby’s Bookstore, Chicago Comics, and Howling Pages. They are also published in SAIC’s Mouth Magazine and have run Starr Ramone in F News since 2021.

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Register for the Event

Your generous donation directly supports artist honorariums and ensures the continuation of this program. We are so grateful for your support of local creators, Quimby’s Bookstore, and DIY culture—we truly couldn’t do it without you!

Pay what you can afford in person or via Venmo.
Suggested: $10
Venmo: @quimbysbookstore
Please include “Show & Tell” in the note!

Your generous donation directly supports artist honorariums and ensures the continuation of this program. We are so grateful for your support of local authors, publishers, creators, Quimby’s Bookstore, and DIY culture—we truly couldn’t do it without you!