The Chicago Zine Fest has been bringing hordes of self-publishing enthusiasts together for eight years, and its ninth edition arrives this weekend. On Friday, May 18, it hosts a reading and panel discussion at the Institute of Cultural Affairs (4750 N. Sheridan), and on Saturday, May 19, the main event takes over Plumbers Union Hall (1340 W. Washington) with 250 zine exhibitors, food trucks, a bake sale, a GlitterGuts photo booth, and lots more. That night, the Co-Prosperity Sphere hosts a “punk rock karaoke” afterparty benefiting literary and visual-arts nonprofit the Chicago Publishers Resource Center. If you’ve ever wanted to see a bunch of zine makers joyfully massacring tunes by the Ramones, the Misfits, and Rancid, here’s your chance. Dibs on “Time Bomb”!
Born To Rock by HITTER
