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Albany Park’s friendly, neighborhood bookseller focused on AANHPIs and other authors of color.
🖖 Established 2024 ✊
Asian American, family-owned 💛

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FNFVF Fall 2026• Full Program Details
Stay tuned for more information on Film makers in attendance as well as Special Guest @michael_greyeyes in attendance for the Chicago Premier of @tasha.alaine Tasha Hubbard’s @meadowlarksmovie Meadowlarks

All screenings are free and open to the public
FNFVF.org

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Friendster costume party tomorrow 👻 Join us @restoriedbookshop in beautiful Albany Park for an evening of tricks n treats n fellowship n fun 🤡

Featuring Chicago’s funniest n friendliest:
@sierra_skank_kenyon
@kait.braz
@zaratekid1
@gabegabegabegabegabegabe

and your gracious hosts @ptcruiserbrandambassador n @alicensedjoyologist 🎃

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🎄📚 THE HOLIDAY BOOKSTORE TROLLEY IS BACK — AND THE LIT WAGON IS A STOP! 🚎❤️

Book lovers, this is your sign to make a little holiday magic! ✨ The 2026 Chicagoland Holiday Bookstore Trolley by @chilovebooks & @glibabooksellers is bringing readers together for a festive day of independent bookstore hopping, holiday shopping, and discovering your next favorite read.

📍 ROUTE 2: Saturday, December 5 at 1:30 PM
We’re so excited to welcome trolley riders to The Lit Wagon at @burningbushbrewery! 🍻📚 Come browse our curated book collection, find gifts for the readers on your list (and maybe a little something for yourself 😉), and celebrate the magic of shopping small this holiday season.

Your route also includes stops at Restoried Bookshop, The Book Cellar, Partners in Crime Bookshop, and Uncharted Books — so you know it’s going to be a book lover’s dream!

🎟️ Tickets are $68 per rider and include a festive trolley ride to 4–5 independent bookstores, exclusive trolley postcards, and plenty of holiday bookish fun.

Spots are limited, so grab your tickets and come support your local indie bookstores! ❤️ & if you can’t make the trolley, come see us for a festive day and a pint from 2-6pm at the brewery!

🔗 Tickets + all route details at the link in our bio!
Tag your book-loving bestie who needs to come along! 👇📚

#TheLitWagon #HolidayBookstoreTrolley #CHIBOOKS #ShopSmall #ShopLocalChicago IndependentBookstore BookLovers ChicagoEvents BurningBushBrewery HolidayShopping

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Hey, friend! Fall’s the perfect time for fellowship & fun with Chicago’s funniest & friendliest 🎃 We are also having a costume party 👻 This Thursday @restoriedbookshop in beautiful Albany Park 🍬

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Last week, #ChicagoDocumenter/Civic Reporting Fellow Sol Sanchez led a fun workshop focused on all things zines at @restoriedbookshop — check out what everyone made!

This fall’s Documenters-led workshops are FREE and OPEN to ALL — you don’t need to be a Documenter to attend! Join us for free virtual events to help us learn, connect, act and play together.

Next up on Oct. 20 — Please Say Yay or Nay: Roberts Rules of Order with Kellie Morris of Cleveland Docs.

RSVP for free at the link in bio!

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This past weekend marked the final stop of The Hyphenated Life Book Tour. I am both exhilarated and exhausted. These past four months have been A DREAM. Every delicious conversation and connection along the way has nourished my soul.

More reflections to come in these next weeks as I reorient to daily life and find completion after this truly remarkable chapter.

Huge THANK YOU to every single person who came out to support me. I am so so honored that I got to do this and it wouldn’t have been possible without you. 🫶🏽🫶🏽

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Friendster returns with an all new lineup of Chicago’s funniest & friendliest 😊

Come meet your new BFF Thursday 10/22 @restoriedbookshop in beautiful Albany Park 🎃

Friendster is having a costume party! Costume optional obviouslyyyyyyyyy 👻 but laughter & fellowship is mandatory 😈

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Friendster 💜 Halloweentime! Join us for a crisp fall evening of tricks n treats from Chicago’s funniest n friendliest 🎃 costumes strongly encouraged/fun n fellowship strictly mandatory 👻 RSVP at the link in our bio if you daaaaaare 💀

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Chicago Bookstore 📕 📖 Guide pt.2

User Guide: Thanks to those who have highlighted these businesses in our app and on our socials

🚨 Skip the slop and support local! 🚨

What’d we miss?❓
Comment below 👇

#enshittification #slopscore #privateequity #chooselocal #supportlocal

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“Last week, I had the privilege of representing the North River Commission as a member of the local host committee for Next City’s 2026 Vanguard Conference, an immersive gathering that brought emerging civic and community leaders from across the country to Chicago to learn from our neighborhoods, organizations, and local leaders.

As part of the conference, I moderated an immigration panel at Restoried Bookshop in Albany Park featuring incoming State Representative Miguel Alvelo-Rivera, State Senator Graciela Guzmán, and Cook County Commissioner Jessica Vásquez.

The conversation explored immigration through the lens of Albany Park and Chicago’s Northwest Side…from the impact of federal policies at the neighborhood level and access to essential services, to the role of government, community organizations, and mutual-aid networks in supporting immigrant families.

This conversation reflects so much of NRC’s work. Albany Park has long been shaped by immigrants and refugees who have built businesses, raised families, strengthened our schools, and contributed to the cultural and economic vitality of our community. Our role is not only to serve that community, but also to ensure its experiences and lessons are represented in larger conversations about the future of our cities.

It was especially meaningful to welcome Vanguard participants from across the country to our neighborhood and share lessons from Chicago that they can take back to their own communities.

One takeaway continues to resonate with me: welcoming communities don’t simply happen—they are intentionally built. And NRC is proud to be part of that work every day.”

Kay Villamin, Executive Director

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We are pleased to announce the venues for the Fall 2026 FNFVF.

Visit https:// fnfvf.org/events/fall-2026-fnfvf for information on the films.

#musicboxtheatre #skokiepubliclibrary #facets #restoriedbookshop #evanstonpubliclibrary

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Sometimes I forget how different things were 10 years ago. My only priority in life was alcohol. I was lost and searching for an identity and purpose. What could I possibly do without it?

Sobriety has given me many gifts. One of my favorites has been discovering a love of books. It was also around this time that I discovered Korean-American authors existed.

“Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee was one of the first books I read early into sobriety which would turn out to be a life defining moment for me. It led me to discover a whole world of Korean-American authors who shared stories similar to my own. Stories I had never heard before and didn’t think anyone else had experienced.

Today I was very excited to pick up her latest from my favorite bookstore @restoriedbookshop, an Asian-American owned bookshop in Chicago. These books, places, and experiences are all gifts in my life now thanks to sobriety. Can’t wait to start reading this one. Thank you @lee_minjin for being a part of this journey.

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