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.
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TODAY
Friday, April 18
Merge
Following in the footsteps of Jay-Z and other hip-hop moguls, Jermaine Dupri is the new partner of the Chicago-based liquor brand, 3 Vodka. 3 Vodka is the only vodka in the world distilled from soy and the first spirit to receive government approval to state zero carbohydrates and is also endorsed by the American Vegetarian Association. Dupri is a Grammy-nominated producer and CEO of So So Def Recordings, the label he founded in 1992 at age 19.
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:
