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Curbside Splendor Publishing and Other Voices Books are proud to present WORDS+MUSIC! Join us at 9pm on Tuesday, May 21st, at Chicago's indie-music mecca The Empty Bottle (1035 N. Western Ave.) as we celebrate the release of new books by three authors we LOVE: Joe Meno, Lindsay Hunter, and Rob Roberge. Then stick around for music by The Peekaboos, Swimsuit Addition and headliners Billy Blake & the Vagabonds. FREE with an RSVP (just click here).  Facebook invite HERE.

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Wannabe is a blog series by Chicago area artist Chris Prunckle, author of our serial graphic story Asylum Doors, documenting his trials and tribulations as a wannabe artist.  Check back next week for a new posting.

See the previous installment of Asylum Doors here.  Stay tuned for the next installment coming soon, but now on a monthly basis with fuller stories.

Chris Prunckle is a graphic designer, illustrator and comic book artist banished to the suburbs of Chicago. Though an advertising industry minion by day, he slaves his nights away creating a mad little world.  He’s previously worked on the comics Fisted, Bonesetter, and The Scarab.  Follow him at @midjipress.

I’m running the Shamrock Shuffle 8k in less that 48 hours. The only problem is that I’m not an avid runner. Hell I’m not even really a runner. Let’s be honest, the only thing I really run to is my fridge to grab some more hot sauce for whatever it is I’m eating because I love hot sauce.

I haven’t trained at all for the Shamrock Shuffle. Why I thought I could train for it in the midst of all of the baby/thesis/work/freelance/teaching/Project Runaway/when do I get to sleep again? stuff in my life is beyond me, but I signed up anyway and I am going to follow through. Honestly I am not looking forward to the aches and pains that will be in my thighs and my feet and my ass. But despite all of that I can’t wait for the race.

See I did the Turkey Trot 5k a few months ago and that one I did train for, sort of (I went running all of two times). I don’t like listening to music when I run, so I just showed up for the Turkey Trot and ran and to my surprise something amazing happened.

To honor the passing of Roger Ebert, a staff favorite here at Curbside Splendor, we are re-releasing the free mini-book version of Michael Czyzniejewski's Chicago Stories:  40 Dramatic Fictions.  Click below to read the complimentary mini-book and to enjoy Rob Funderburk's gorgeous illustrations, but most importantly flip to the end for Czyzniejewski's loving (and completely fictionalized) account of Roger Ebert's ill-fated second date with Oprah Winfrey! RIP, Mr.

Curbside Splendor Publishing & Madame ZuZu's present SALON SPLENDOR - a night of

intimate readings, literary discussion, warm music, and world-class tea at Billy Corgan's

northshore Tea House, Madame ZuZu's!

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The program for the evening will include ORIGINAL WORK composed on the topic of

"ORIGINS" by the following authors:

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