If you're in the Chicago area tonight, you should definitely come by Matilda's (3101 N Sheffield Ave, just 2 blocks south of the Belmont El stop!)...

OrangeBeautiful is co-hosting Meet Ups: Journeys and Journals with Sidedown and Blindsided Books to celebrate the launch of Jared Cohee's travelogue, Calm of the Niger: A Peaceful River Winding Through the Storm of Africa.

Meet the author & pick up a copy of Calm of the Niger for yourself! +Plus, we'll also have independent music, Sidedown's zine, HEY! Quarterly, as well as a limited edition batch of travel journals (made by yours truly!), all available for purchase. (Oh, and Monday night at Matilda's is $5 all-you-can-top burgers!)

And if all of that still isn't enough for you, I'm sharing with SCOOP readers only, that there will be a pre-sale of OrangeBeautiful's NEW CALENDARS at tonight's event! This will be the first time that they're available for sale (the official launch for online sales isn't until Thursday!), so if you've been itching to have one, and you're in town, drop by and get one before anyone else! (and no shipping costs!!!) -

For more information, and to see who's coming, VIEW THE INVITE.

If you can't make it, the book is available for PRE-ORDER here.
Sidedown Audio releases are available here.
and
OB's new calendars will be available this Thursday! (Sign up for a reminder)

images c/o Sidedown and Jared Cohee.