hosted by: Allison
description: Join Read & Run Chicago community programs guide John Foley for a point-to-point route crossing four different Chicago areas on and around Milwaukee Avenue—West Town, Wicker Park, Logan Square, Avondale—to celebrate nine different bookstores, many of which are new (or at least new to you), like Passages Wine and Books, and others on the cusp of change (Semicolon Books is about to rebrand as Junction Cafe). John says this route is best for “new places and unique spaces,” including Los Amigos, a bilingual children’s bookstore started by a Chicago Public Schools teacher. Besides Bucket O’ Blood Books and Records owned by two of John’s friends, Jeni and Grant—their horror book club (about to surpass 100 books read this summer) has been ongoing since early 2016 and John has attended almost the entire time, forging friendships along the way—John is excited for both Open Books, one of his favorite non-profits, and Quimby’s, “because there I always find something there that I didn’t even know that I wanted to read,” he explains. Find all sorts of treasures—even those you didn’t realize you wanted!—with John this Indie Bookstore Day.
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