1854 W. North Ave · Chicago, IL 60622 · 773-342-0910
Well we are well into 2009 and here is your first big new stuff update of the new year. I let a few weeks pile up since with the holidays not much was coming in (more stuff was going out!). Also don’t forget we have local comic artist Lilli Carré signing her new book The Lagoon here on Thursday Jan 15th! So stop in.
| Feb ’09 |
| 7 |
| 7:00 pm |
Join us for an evening of vocabulary gymnastics! The Spelling Bee, the ultimate grade-school competition of intellectual prowess and rote memorization, comes to Quimby’s Bookstore for one night only.
The Official Unlympics Spelling Competition will be held February 7 at 7 p.m. Attendance is free and open to the public, but potential competitors wanting to relive childhood glory days in front of an adoring, live bookstore audience must sign up in advance by replying to the blog entry at: http://tinyurl.com/unlympic-spelling-bee with a full name and email address. The spelling competition will be limited to 50 individuals and competitors will be charged a $5.00 entrance fee.
About The Unlympics:
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.
Quimby’s Bookstore is proud to be the official bookstore and intellectual sponsor of the 2009 Winter Unlympic Games.
http://tinyurl.com/unlympics-chicago
http://tinyurl.com/unlympic-events-schedule
http://tinyurl.com/unlympic-spelling-bee
A few of our customers have asked us if there’s any chance we might start a book club. So this is an inquiry to see if that’s something that you’d be interested in, Dear Readers. So! If you are interested, please answer the following questions in an e-mail (cut’n’paste it, yo!) to us at info at quimbys dot com :
Is this a good idea? Lame idea? Only do it if it’s not so feel-good-cheesy-support-groupish or classroomy?
What types of books would you want to read? Fiction? Zine-related books, zines themselves, essays, political, graphic novels? Etc.?
How often would you want to meet? Here? Or somewhere else? What day or night of the week would you want it on? And for how long should it meet? How many people do you feel like should there be as a minimum for it to be fun, effective, etc. so that you don’t feel like you’re the only person at the party?
How do you want it structured? Free form? Someone mediating it? Or like, no format, just see how it plays out?
What things would be necessary for it to be worth doing or for you to participate?
What else do you want to tell us about this? Comments? Anyone? Anyone? Is anybody out there? Hello? Is this thing on? (tap tap) Testing testing, can I get some more vocals on the monitor?
1. Slingshot Organizer 2009 Small Size $6.00
2. Trubble Club #2 $3.00
3. Quietly Sure Like the Keeper of a Great Society by Jo Dery (Little Otsu) $10.95
4. Acme Novelty Library #19 by Chris Ware (Drawn+Quarterly) $15.95
5. Toward 2012: Perspectives in the Next Age by Daniel Pinchbeck and Ken Jordan (Tarcher) $16.95
6. Cometbus #51 by Aaron Cometbus $3.00
7. FOUND Magazine #6 $5.00
8. Slingshot Organizer 2009 Large Size $12.00
9. King Cat #69 by John Porcellino $3.00
10. Free For All: Oddballs Geeks and Gangstas in the Public Library by Don Borchert (Virgin) $12.95
It’s true! Steve Heisler conducted a silly interview with a Quimby’s staff member written up on the Onion-related website, chicago.decider.com, in their Defend Your Taste section here. And we talked about one of our favorite best-sellers: Roy Orbison in Clingfilm, which you can purchase here!
Quimby's Bookstore · 1854 W. North Ave · Chicago, IL 60622 · 773-342-0910 
