1854 W. North Ave · Chicago, IL 60622 · 773-342-0910
People in jackets, cars blasting music with the windows down, its like crazy global warming out in the streets today! Speaking of hotness some hot new stuff came in from Marcel Dzama, Carrie McNinch, and Martha Cooper this week. Also don’t forget tonight the Unlympic Spelling Bee is happening in the store some come watch the competition.
Wow it’s a lowbrow art book explosion over here. Tons of new stuff on contemporary surrealism and general wackiness flooded the new table this week. Perfect inspiration if you’re locked in your home working on art this winter season. We also just received a bunch of amazing sale books, so the sale shelves are bursting with great deals for all you ballers on a budget!
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.
Opening Day Ceremonies take place on January 24 and will include:
For more info, see: The Unlympics
Also, don’t miss the Spelling Bee event of the Unlympics at Quimby’s on Feb 7th! Why is Quimby’s involved in this? Quimby’s Bookstore is proud to be the official bookstore and intellectual sponsor of the 2009 Winter Unlympic Games. For over 16 years, Quimby’s Bookstore has championed the freedom of the press in offering a variety of independently published or small press zines, books and comics. This literature is important in providing alternative, subversive or controversial viewpoints necessary to make informed decisions about one’s community.
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
Naturally, the shipping Elves at Quimby’s will still do their best to keep your mail orders shipping out as soon as they come in! However, if your order is placed after today (December 17), we cannot promise that your order will arrive before December 25. While the elves ship everything via USPS Priority Mail, there is a small chance orders will arrive in time, but please do not count on it.
Happy Holidays,
Logan B- The Shippng WIZZARDD
Quimby's Bookstore · 1854 W. North Ave · Chicago, IL 60622 · 773-342-0910 
