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
Tuesday, April 23
Merge
Chicago's largest bowling alley, Marzano's Miami Bowl, is closing due to slow business. The 80-lane bowling complex has been open for 49 years, but the current manager, Dan Marzano, says the business had been in a decline since 9/11. GB readers may recall that earlier this year, the Marigold Bowl also closed up after 60-plus years of service to the Wrigleyville area. It's a bad time to be in the bowling business, apparently. (Thanks to Big Happy Funhouse for the tip.)
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:
