1854 W. North Ave · Chicago, IL 60622 · 773-342-0910
| Jul ’10 |
| 17 |
| 10:00 pm |
Clockwork Vaudeville is Chicago’s Premiere Steampunk Dance party, this month featuring among other things, a magician, dancers, the DJ group The Chaotic Good and even a hypnotist! Also, fashion and invention contests, with prizes! And Quimby’s will be there with swag! For more info: steampunkchicago.com/
This is an off-Site Event, not at Quimby’s. It will be at Exit Chicago Punk & Rock Club, 1513 W. North Ave, 773-395-2700.
| Jul ’10 |
| 13 |
| 7:00 pm |
Think the brain really is the sexiest organ? Find out with other unattached smarties during a singles trivia night featuring a video quiz by local filmmaker and critic Collin Souter (“Breakup Date” and “Meet the Monkeys”), an audio quiz by staff from Record Breakers music store and guest rounds by staff from Quimby’s Bookstore, American Science and Surplus, G-Mart Comics and Abraham Lincoln Book Shop.
How it works: Singles mingle over moderate-level trivia questions in a variety of general interest categories, including books, music and movies, with a different round dedicated to each subject. Each round, the winners score prizes and all attendees get the chance to win a themed giveaway inspired by the topic. Singles meet by rotating tables and forming new teams every round. Includes a cocktail.
Venue: Holiday Club
Address: 4000 North Sheridan Road, Chicago
Date: 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 13
Price: $20 advance/$25 door
Registration: nerdsatheart.com <http://nerdsatheart.com> or 312-265-6085
For more info: http://nerdsatheart.com>
NOT AT QUIMBY’S!
IT’S AT HOLIDAY CLUB
4000 North Sheridan Road, Chicago, IL 60613-2005 – (773) 348-9600, www.holidayclubchicago.com
Home Gallery is proud to host Brooklyn, New York’s Art House Co-op and the Sketchbook Project, a library of sketchbooks collected from artists around the world. In addition, Home Gallery will be featuring drawings, sketchbooks, and artist’s books from Anders Nilsen (Big Questions, Dogs and Water), Michael Brehm, Amanda Vähämäki & Michelangelo Setola (Souvlaki Circus), and Doug Shaeffer. For more info: and http://thelarch.org
The Op Shop
And then also, check out the Op Shop. The Opportunity Shop, that is. It’s a transitory, experimental project space for contemporary art in Hyde Park, and they’ve got stuff goin’ on, extended for the next few weeks. For more info: http://www.theopshop.org/about.php
That’s right! Time Out Chicago did a feature with Neil Brideau, our comics sommelier, in their March 11-17th issue, about zines and the Zine Fest, which is this weekend, Fri 3/12 and Sat 3/13 at various places around Chicago. Click here to read the full article in Time Out Chicago. Click here for more info about this year’s Chicago Zine Fest.
Zines Fer Sale!
| Dec ’09 |
| 15 |
| 6:00 pm |
Dystopias vs. Enchanted Forests
at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago,
220 E. Chicago Ave, in Puck’s Cafe
Quimby’s and the MCA present a night of the Cabinet of Curiosities series, offered the third Tuesday of the month. It’s a curated grab bag of “un-lectures” about a myriad of topics that create a variety show-like evening of artist presentations curated by different groups from around Chicago. Our theme? Dystopias vs. Enchanted Forests. Artists/performers that we’re featuring include Ed Marszewski (Lumpen, Proximity, Co-Prosperity Sphere), Kate Sheehy (puppeteer), Joe Mason (pop culture specialist), Oscar Arriola (street art archiver and documentarian), Jon Resh (Viper Press, Amped) and more!
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