Gapers Block has ceased publication.

Gapers Block published from April 22, 2003 to Jan. 1, 2016. The site will remain up in archive form. Please visit Third Coast Review, a new site by several GB alumni.
 Thank you for your readership and contributions. 

TODAY

Saturday, April 20

Gapers Block
Search

Gapers Block on Facebook Gapers Block on Flickr Gapers Block on Twitter The Gapers Block Tumblr


Book Club
« Midwest Represent: Local Lambda Award Nominees Read History of Hip Hop and Technology Marks Local Publisher's Debut Book »

Events Tue May 04 2010

How Prohibition Shaped America

Tonight Daniel Okrent, former public editor of the New York Times, reads from his new book, Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. Critics call it "a fascinating look at a fantastically complex battle that was fought out over decades - no easy feat." Chicago History Museum, 1601 N. Clark St., May 4, 7pm. $10 public, $8 museum members; cash bar available prior to the program.

 
GB store
GB store
Gapers Block presents Tuesday Funk, Chicago's ecclectic monthly reading series.
GB store

 

Events



About GB Book Club

Book Club is the literary section of Gapers Block, covering Chicago's authors, poets and literary events. More...

Editor: Andrew Huff, ah@gapersblock.com
Book Club staff inbox: bookclub@gapersblock.com

Archives

 

 Subscribe in a reader.

GB store

GB Store

GB Buttons $1.50

GB T-Shirt $12

I ✶ Chi T-Shirts $15