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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

AUTHORS & VENDORS WANTED!! Saturday 10/17/2026, Time 12pm to 4pm Looking for all genres! Application Link: forms.gle/eqSdPMRAdcsP... Please email with questions to mercuryeventsplus@gmail.com #BookEvent #BookFair #BooksAndBeer #LocalAuthors #IndieAuthors #ShopLocal #BookLovers #LocalEvents

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Our first Play Music on the Porch Day is underway! Olin from Big O Music has kicked us off 🎉 @playmusicontheporchday

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Registrations are still open! We still have tables available, but we're filling up quickly! Here's the application: docs.google.com/forms… May 9: Pollyanna Brewing in St Charles - All genres. This is a local author book fair. #StCharlesEvents #ChicagoBookScene #IndieAuthorEvent #BooksAndBeer

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

✨ATTENDING AUTHOR✨ We are thrilled to announce Michael J Adams as an Attending Author at the Local Author Book Fair at Mikerphone Brewing! #MeetAuthorsBuyBooksDrinkBeer #ElkGroveEvents #ChicagoBookScene #IndieAuthorEvent #BooksAndBeer

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

✨ATTENDING AUTHOR✨ We are thrilled to announce Kasia Nowak as an Attending Author at the Local Author Book Fair at Mikerphone Brewing! #MeetAuthorsBuyBooksDrinkBeer #ElkGroveEvents #ChicagoBookScene #IndieAuthorEvent #BooksAndBeer

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

ATTENDING AUTHOR We are thrilled to announce JR Blanes as an Attending Author at the Local Author Book Fair at Mikerphone Brewing! #MeetAuthorsBuyBooksDrinkBeer #ElkGroveEvents #ChicagoBookScene #IndieAuthorEvent #BooksAndBeer

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

✨ATTENDING AUTHOR✨ We are thrilled to announce Jamie Lynn Miller as an Attending Author at the Local Author Book Fair at Mikerphone Brewing! Linktree: linktr.ee/jamielynnmil... #MeetAuthorsBuyBooksDrinkBeer #ElkGroveEvents #ChicagoBookScene #IndieAuthorEvent #BooksAndBeer

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Hey everyone! It’s our very first meet up of 2026. Bloggers do it all the time so why don’t we? This meet up is really informal, it’s simply a chance to meet other local podcasters, network, and share ideas. www.facebook.com/share/1Cyp9j... #c2e2 #podcasters #podcasting #podcast

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

✨ATTENDING ARTIST✨ We are thrilled to announce Scott Beaderstadt as an Attending Artist at the ALLEY CHATS MICRO-CON at the Sketchbook Brewing Company in Skokie! March 14 Noon to 4 #bskyart #comiccreatorspotlight #indiecomics #sketchbookbrewing #comicartistsists #alleychatsminicon

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

✨ATTENDING ARTIST✨ We are thrilled to announce The Kao as an Attending Artist at the ALLEY CHATS MICRO-CON at the Sketchbook Brewing Company in Skokie! At Sketchbook Brewing Company - Skokie March 14 Noon to 4 #bskyart #comiccreatorspotlight #indiecomics #sketchbookbrewing #comicartistsists

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

✨ATTENDING ARTIST✨ We are thrilled to announce Emily Kardamis as an Attending Artist at the ALLEY CHATS MICRO-CON at the Sketchbook Brewing Company in Skokie! At Sketchbook Brewing Company - Skokie March 14 Noon to 4 #bskyart #indiecomics #sketchbookbrewing #comicartistsists #alleychatsminicon

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

✨ATTENDING ARTIST✨ We are thrilled to announce Bill Reinhold as an Attending Artist at the ALLEY CHATS MICRO-CON at the Sketchbook Brewing Company in Skokie! At Sketchbook Brewing Company - Skokie March 14 Noon to 4 #bskyart #comiccreatorspotlight #indiecomics #sketchbookbrewing #comicartistsists

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

✨ATTENDING ARTIST✨ We are thrilled to announce Molly "Mutt" Kasch as an Attending Artist at the ALLEY CHATS MICRO-CON at the Sketchook Brewering Company in Skokie! March 14 Noon to 4 #bskyart #comiccreatorspotlight #indiecomics #sketchbookbrewing #comicartistsists #alleychatsminicon #awyeahcomics

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

🔥🔥We're counting down the days to March 14th 🔥🔥 Check out our incredible lineup! March 14 at Sketchbook Brewing in Skokie 12pm-4pm #indiecomics #comicbookcommunity #sketchbookbrewing #chicagoevents #chicagocomics #skokieevents #northshorechicago #IndieComicCreators #smallpresscomics #bskyart

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

✨ATTENDING ARTIST✨ We are thrilled to announce George Gant as an Attending Artist at the ALLEY CHATS MICRO-CON at the Sketchbook Brewing Company in Skokie! #comicsky #comiccreatorspotlight #indiecomics #sketchbookbrewing #comicartist #indiecomicscommunity #alleychatsminicon

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

✨ATTENDING ARTIST✨ We are thrilled to announce Art Baltazar as an Attending Artist at the ALLEY CHATS MICRO-CON at the Sketchbook Brewering Company in Skokie! #comicsky #comiccreatorspotlight #indiecomics #sketchbookbrewing #comicartistsists #alleychatsminicon #awyeahcomics

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Mercury Events is looking for Horror (and horror adjacent genre) Authors and Vendors for our Ales of the Damned: A Horror Book Pop Up on 3/28/2026. #booksky More information is below and in the application, linked below. Application Deadline: March 15, 2026 Application: forms.gle/HmiYRR5e57Tb...

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🗯️ Alley Chats Mini-Con If you love comics, Alley Chats Mini-Con is for you. 👉 Guests: Art Baltazar, Bill Reinhold, Molly "Mutt" Kasch, The Kao, and George Gant! 🗓 March 14, 2026 🕚 12 PM – 4 PM 📍 Sketchbook Brewing Co., Skokie #AlleyChatsMiniCon #IndieComics #SketchbookBrewing #ComicArtists

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

It all happens today! Come meet comic creators, authors, artists. Buy comics, buy art, get lunch! TODAY ONLY at the Des Plaines Theatre. #comicsky #desplaines #ComicCreatorSpotlight #IndieComics #DesPlainesTheatre #ComicArtists #AlleyChatsMiniCon

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

✨ATTENDING ARTIST✨ We are thrilled to announce The Chalk Girl as an Attending Artist at the ALLEY CHATS MINI-CON at the Des Plaines Theatre! #comicsky #bookstgram #ComicCreatorSpotlight #IndieComics #DesPlainesTheatre #ComicArtists #AlleyChatsMiniCon @thechalkgirl.bsky.social

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

✨ATTENDING AUTHOR✨ We are thrilled to announce Thacher E. Cleveland as an Attending Comic Creator at the ALLEY CHATS MINI-CON at the Des Plaines Theatre! #booksky #comicbooksky #Comicsky #ComicCreatorSpotlight #IndieComics #DesPlainesTheatre #ComicArtists #AlleyChatsMiniCon

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

✨ATTENDING AUTHOR✨ We are thrilled to announce JAMIE LYNN MILLER as an Attending Author at the ALLEY CHATS MINI-CON at the Des Plaines Theatre! #booksky #LGBTQAuthors #IndieComics #DesPlainesTheatre #ComicArtists #AlleyChatsMiniCon

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

✨ATTENDING ARTIST✨ We are thrilled to announce Molly "Mutt" Kasch as an Attending Comic Creator at the ALLEY CHATS MINI-CON at the Des Plaines Theatre! #comicsky #comicbooksky #ComicCreatorSpotlight #IndieComics #DesPlainesTheatre #ComicArtists #AlleyChatsMiniCon

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

ATTENDING VENDOR We are thrilled to announce MODERN AGE COMICS as an Attending Vendor at the ALLEY CHATS MINI-CON at the Des Plaines Theatre! #comicsky #comicbooksky #ComicCreatorSpotlight #IndieComics #DesPlainesTheatre #ComicArtists #AlleyChatsMiniCon

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

✨ATTENDING COMIC CREATOR✨ We are thrilled to announce TA Acierto as an Attending Comic Creator at the ALLEY CHATS MINI-CON at the Des Plaines Theatre! #comicsky #comicbooksky #AlleyChatsMiniCon #ComicCreatorSpotlight #IndieComics #DesPlainesTheatre #ComicArtists

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

✨ATTENDING COMIC CREATOR✨ We are thrilled to announce Ashley Esper as an Attending Comic Creator at the ALLEY CHATS MINI-CON at the Des Plaines Theatre! #comictok #AlleyChatsMiniCon #ComicCreatorSpotlight #IndieComics #DesPlainesTheatre #ComicArtists

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

🙌🙌🙌Check out this amazing line-up!🙌🙌🙌 Come join us this Saturday at the Des Plaines Theatre! www.facebook.com/share/1D7Fdi... #booksky #comicsky #bookevent #comiccon #ComicCreatorSpotlight #IndieComics #DesPlainesTheatre #ComicArtists #AlleyChatsMiniCon

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

✨ATTENDING AUTHOR✨ We are thrilled to announce Aleco Julius as an Attending Comic Creator at the ALLEY CHATS MINI-CON at the Des Plaines Theatre! #HORRORAUTHORS #HORROR #instacomics #ComicCreatorSpotlight #IndieComics #DesPlainesTheatre #ComicArtists #AlleyChatsMiniCon

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

✨ATTENDING ARTIST✨ We are thrilled to announce Marc Alan Fishman as an Attending Comic Creator at the ALLEY CHATS MINI-CON at the Des Plaines Theatre! #comicstagram #ComicCreatorSpotlight #IndieComics #DesPlainesTheatre #ComicArtists #AlleyChatsMiniCon

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

✨ATTENDING ARTIST✨ We are thrilled to announce Marc Alan Fishman as an Attending Comic Creator at the ALLEY CHATS MINI-CON at the Des Plaines Theatre! #comicstok #ComicCreatorSpotlight #IndieComics #DesPlainesTheatre #ComicArtists #AlleyChatsMiniCon

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

✨ATTENDING ARTIST✨ We are thrilled to announce BILL REINHOLD as an Attending Comic Creator at the ALLEY CHATS MINI-CON at the Des Plaines Theatre! #comicsky #ComicCreatorSpotlight #IndieComics #DesPlainesTheatre #ComicArtists #AlleyChatsMiniCon

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

✨ATTENDING VENDOR✨ We are thrilled to announce BEYOND TOMORROW COMICS as an Attending Vendor at the ALLEY CHATS MINI-CON at the Des Plaines Theatre! @beytomcomics.bsky.social #comicsky #comicshop #ComicCreatorSpotlight #IndieComics #DesPlainesTheatre #ComicArtists #AlleyChatsMiniCon

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

✨ATTENDING ARTIST✨ We are thrilled to announce SERENA GUERRA as an Attending Comic Creator at the ALLEY CHATS MINI-CON at the Des Plaines Theatre! #comicsky #ComicCreatorSpotlight #IndieComics #DesPlainesTheatre #ComicArtists #AlleyChatsMiniCon

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

✨ATTENDING ARTIST✨ We are thrilled to announce Brian "BMAN" Babendererde as an Attending Comic Creator at the ALLEY CHATS MINI-CON at the Des Plaines Theatre! #booksky #ComicCreatorSpotlight #IndieComics #DesPlainesTheatre #ComicArtists #AlleyChatsMiniCon

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

We are thrilled to announce Thacher Cleveland as an Attending Author at the Romance and Horror Book Fair at Sketchbook Brewing in Skokie! #booksky #comicbooks #horrorauthors #BookFairEvents #RomanceAndHorror #ValentinesBookEvent #chicagobookevents

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

✨ATTENDING AUTHOR✨ We are thrilled to announce Morgan Moreau as an Attending Author at the Romance and Horror Book Fair at Sketchbook Brewing in Skokie! #bookskye #comicbooks #necronomicon #horrorauthors #BookFairEvents #RomanceAndHorror #ValentinesBookEvent #chicagobookevents

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

✨ATTENDING COMIC CREATOR✨ We are thrilled to announce Ashley Esper as an Attending Comic Creator at the ALLEY CHATS MINI-CON at the Des Plaines Theatre! #bluecomics #ComicCreatorSpotlight #IndieComics #DesPlainesTheatre #ComicArtists #AlleyChatsMiniCon

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

✨ATTENDING AUTHOR✨ We are thrilled to announce Ty Acierto as an Attending Author at the Romance and Horror Book Fair at Sketchbook Brewing in Skokie! #bookstgram #comicbooks #necronomicon #horrorauthors #BookFairEvents #RomanceAndHorror #ValentinesBookEvent #chicagobookevents

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

✨ATTENDING AUTHOR✨ We are thrilled to announce Debra Oas as an Attending Author at the Romance and Horror Book Fair at Sketchbook Brewing in Skokie! For more info, click here bit.ly/4rUJm5t #bookstgram #horrorauthors #BookFairEvents #RomanceAndHorror #ValentinesBookEvent #chicagobookevents

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Come meet authors, buy their books, and get them signed this Valentine's Day at Sketchbook Brewing in Skokie 😃 #bookstgram #romantasy #horrorauthors #BookFairEvents #RomanceAndHorror #ValentinesBookEvent

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Come meet authors, buy their books, and get them signed at the Des Plaines Theatre this Saturday Jan 31 😃 #bookstgram #romantasy #horrorauthors #BookFairEvents #RomanceAndHorror #ValentinesBookEvent

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Come meet Jeremy Lowe at Mercury Events Romance and Horror Book Fair at Des Plaines Theater in Des Plaines, IL on January 31st! Buy Books | Get Them Signed! Click here bit.ly/4pQg2eM #bookstgram #romantasy #horrorauthors #BookFairEvents #RomanceAndHorror #ValentinesBookEvent #chicagobookevents

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Southgate Media Group @southgatemedia.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Come meet Wells Thompson at Mercury Events Romance and Horror Book Fair at Des Plaines Theater in Des Plaines, IL on January 31st! For more info, click here bit.ly/4pQg2eM #bookstgram #romantasy #horrorauthors #BookFairEvents #RomanceAndHorror #ValentinesBookEvent #chicagobookevents

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