1854 W. North Ave · Chicago, IL 60622 · 773-342-0910
A word from Chicago Zine Fest (which usually happens in the spring):
“The Chicago Zine Fest is looking for volunteers interested in helping us gear up for CZF 2014! All levels of involvement are available, including full-time organizer positions and new lead volunteer roles created this year to help streamline the organizing process! Please email us at chicagozinefest(at)gmail(dot)com if you’re interested in being involved and having a hand in a great and rewarding event! Thanks!”
Need an excuse to finish that zine you’ve been working on? Or um, talking about working on? Well the perfect kick in the pants is here: July is International Zine Month. Get your zine on. On our racks that is. When you’re done making it, you come in and consign it. Give us five copies, fill out a form, and then once it sells you get 60% of your retail price. It’s that easy. More info about consigning here at Quimby’s here.
More info about International Zine Month at the amazing zine resource site stolensharpierevolution.org.
| Apr ’13 |
| 6 |
Off-Site Event:
Caxton Club/Newberry Library Symposium presents
OUTSIDERS: Zines, Samizdat, and Alternative Publishing
Sat, April 6th (various times)
The Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, Chicago, Illinois 60610
This symposium explores the world of the alternative press with experts from around the country, featuring speakers such as Jenna Freedman (Lower East Side Librarian Winter Solstice Shout Out zine), Davida Breier (Xerography Debt) Anne Elizabeth Moore (independent publisher, activist, writer and teacher). And Quimby’s will be there selling zines! For more info: caxtonclub.org/events/2013-symposium
Please note, this event is NOT at Quimby’s. It’s at the Newberry Library at 60 West Walton St.
| Jan ’13 |
| 19 |
| 9:00 pm |
Hey zinesters! Come to our Zine Slumber Party (Zlumber Party, geddit? Gosh we’re clever.) This is the second year in a row we’re inviting you to come in and spend the night with us working on your zine, because we had so much fun doing it last year. The store closes at 10pm on Sat the 19th and then you’re invited to spend the night here. So bring yer jammies and a sleeping bag, then leave in the morning with the zine you worked on. Interested in attending? Be sure to shoot a regular ol’ e-mail our way at info(at)quimbys(dot)com or call us at 773-342-0910 so we can have a head count.
Facebook event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/490262824359447/?__req=9
A zinester who went to Chicago Zine Fest was so inspired by the experience that they’re accepting submissions for a compilation called Zine Crush, like a Missed Connections exclusively for zinesters. Do you have one or more zine crushes you’d like to confess? The deadline for submitting to Issue #1 is July 1st. Send letters, comics, or whatever format you prefer. Payment will be a free issue of the zine, and just maybe that special someone you write about will feel the same way. You can live happily ever after. That’s the fantasy, right?
More info:
ZineCrush.com
Zine Crush
PO Box 936
Portland, OR 97207
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