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Arts & Culture, Feature Jan 18, 2021
Finding happiness in letting go

Empty bookshelves aren’t a bad thing.
- By Dmitry Samarov
- Tags: Feature, Indoor Delights, reorganizing, Marie Kondo, Open Books, moving, eBay, Etsy, Discogs, spark joy

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Apr 27, 2020
Peruse these virtual bookshelves

Ditch Amazon and support local bookstores.
- By S. Nicole Lane
- Tags: Lit Feature, Pilsen Community Books, The Book Table, Open Books, Women & Children First, Paragon Book Gallery, Sandmeyer's Bookstore

Blogs, Bleader Apr 18, 2016
Chicago Chef Week, Lyra Hill, and more to do during the next few days

Shout Your Abortion, Josh Rosenthal, and more happenings from April 18-21.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Three Rooms, Kristina Isabelle Dance, High Concept Laboratories, Lyra Hill, Gene Siskel Film Center, Josh Rosenthal, City Lit Books, Whistler, Whistler Cocktail Challenge, the Laugh Factory, Open Books, Ian Belknap, Hideout, Write Club, Half Acre, Hopped Up Beer Dinner, House of Blues, Chicago Chef Week, Shout Your Abortion, SlutTalk, Alicia Swiz

Blogs, Bleader Jul 11, 2014
How to celebrate Chicago Independent Bookstore Day

A guide to events and giveaways at indie bookstores around the city
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Books, Do This, Arts, Chicago Independent Bookstore Day, Book Cellar, City Lit, Open Books, Powell's, Sandmeyer's Bookstore, Seminary Co-op, 57th Street Books, Unabridged Bookstore, Women & Children First, Lilli Carré

Arts & Culture, Lit Critic's Choice Jul 7, 2014
Recommended
Shop local during Chicago Independent Bookstore Day

Indie booksellers band together to offer discounts, giveaways, and author appearances on July 12.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Lit Critic's Choice, Chicago Independent Bookstore Day, Book Cellar, Lincoln Square, Sandmeyer's Bookstore, Printer's Row, Women & Children First, Andersonville, Seminary Co-op, 57th Street Books, Hyde Park, Paula Haney, Hoosier Mama Pie Company, Open Books, River North, Lilli Carre, Stefan Moorehead, Unabridged Bookstore, Lakeview, City Lit Books, Logan Square, Powell's, University Village, Recommended

Best of Chicago, City Life Jun 25, 2014
Readers' Poll
Best charity

PAWS Chicago
- Tags: City Life, Best of Chicago 2014, best charity, PAWS Chicago, Open Books, PAWS Chicago Adoption Center, Readers' Poll

Best of Chicago, City Life Jun 19, 2013
Readers' Poll
Best Charity

Tie
- Tags: City Life, Best of Chicago 2013, PAWS Chicago, Open Books, Mercy for Animals, charities, Readers' Poll

Blogs, Bleader May 16, 2013
Reader's Agenda Thu 5/16: Fall Out Boy, Craft Beer Week, and Surviving as a Freelancer

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, May 16
- By Hannah Lorenz
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Fall Out Boy, Leor Galil, Save Rock and Roll, Lumineers, Riviera, Chicago Craft Beer Week, Lincoln Square, Bridgeport, David Wolinsky, Surviving as a Freelancer, Open Books, River North

Blogs, Bleader Feb 28, 2013
Reader's Agenda Thu 2/28: The Ensemble Dal Niente, "I Sh!t You Not," and speculative fiction

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, February 28, 2013
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, spectralism, the Ensemble Dal Niente, Austria, Georg Friedrich Haas, In Vain, Ruth Page Center for the Arts, Township, Michael Sanchez, Monte LaMonte, I Sh!T You Not, Caitlin Bergh, Colt Cabana, Keith Ecker, Open Books, Chicago Writers Conference, An Evening of Speculative Fiction, science fiction, horror, fantasy

Arts & Culture, Book Review Jan 21, 2013
Recommended
These lightweights can't take a punch

In Zak Mucha's Heavyweight Champion of Nothing, a dead-end furniture-moving crew turns to petty crime—with dead-end results.
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Book Review, Heavyweight Champion of Nothing, Zak Mucha, Shake Rattle & Read, Reading Under the Influence, Sheffield’s, Emotional Self-Defense workshop, Open Books, The Beggar's Shore, Andrew Vachss, Frank Caruso, Heart Transplant, Ten Angry Pitbulls, Edgewater, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Nov 9, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Fri 11/9

What's on the Agenda for Friday, November 9, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Smart Bar, Wrigleyville, Open Books, Neal Brennan, Chappelle's show, Hideout, Wicker Park, Logan Square, French Montana, Congress Theater, Miles Raymer, Coke Boys 3, Bo Deal, M.I.C, AFM, P Coakley

Blogs, Bleader Oct 20, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Sat 10/20

What's on the Agenda for Saturday, October 20, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Curious George Day, Open Books, River North, Haymarket Pub & Brewery, Drinking and Writing Festival, the Beats, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Bill Savage, Congress Theater, Logan Square, The XX, Coexist, John Talbot, 2:54

Blogs, Bleader Sep 27, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Thu 9/27

What's on the Agenda for Thursday, September 27, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Ray Bradbury, Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury, John McNally, Bayo Ojikutu, Bradbury, Sam Weller, Mort Castle, McNally, Ojikutu, Book Cellar, Ravenswood, Cult, Berlin Nightclub, l DJ Teen Witch, Oakland, Chippy Nonstop, Leor Galil, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potte, Open Books, Growing Up With Harry Potter

Blogs, Bleader Jul 30, 2012
Where Virginia Woolf meets the White Sox

So long, Reader
- By Allegra Kirkland
- Tags: Behind Our Scenes, Books, Moving Week, Moving Week, books, Open Books, Variations on a Theme

Best of Chicago, Goods & Services Jun 20, 2012
Readers' Poll
Best Bookstore

Myopic
- Tags: Goods & Services, Open Books, Myopic, Myopic Books, Readers' Poll

Blogs, Bleader Apr 26, 2011
Celebrating the Reader's New Look
- By Alex Parker
- Tags: Inside the Reader, Food Chain, Free Shit, Swag, Behind Our Scenes, Chicago Reader, redesign, Gaztro-Wagon, Windy City Rollers, Open Books, Bagel on Damen, Gene Siskel Film Center, Tamalli Space Charros, Provenance Food & Wine

Blogs, Bleader Mar 18, 2010
Mural Painting at Open Books

artists Geoff Bevington and Phil Yeh paint a mural at Open Books
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Books, Geoff Bevington, Phil Yeh, Steve the Dog & the Winged Tiger, Open Books

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