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
Thursday, April 25
Merge
The League of American Bicyclists has chosen Chicago for having the Best Bicycling Month in the Nation. Bicycling Magazine also picked Chicago as the Best Big Cycling City in the United States. The City of Chicago either improved or created 125 miles of bikeways, put up 8,200 bike racks, and plans to make major improvements to the network of bike paths this year.
So, get out there and Bike Chicago.
If you mention "Bike Chicago" to several area bicycle shops, you'll get a 10% discount on a bike helmet. Scroll to the bottom of the page.
Elsewhere on Gapers Block Right Now:
A/C Arts & Culture
- Bye Bye, Gapers Block from the A/C Team
- At the MCA: Pop Art Design Gives Us a Refresher Course on the '60s and '70s
- Black Ensemble Theater's Dynamite Divas: See It for the Music Feature:
- Paul Goldberger Describes the "Pragmatism and Poetry" of Frank Gehry's Architecture in His New Book Steve at the Movies:
- Best Feature Films & Documentaries of 2015
Book Club Books
Drive-Thru Food
Mechanics Politics
- Where are the Peace Candidates?
- On Gapers Block and Chicago
- Recall: What Could Happen Next? Revenge of the Second City:
- Ventra's Parent Company: An International History of Fare Card Glitches Classroom Mechanics:
