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 19
Merge
Feeling nostalgic for awful 80s breakdance films? Pine no more—in a bizarre cosmic coincidence, Chicago's got you covered this week. Barrel of Monkeys and The Neo-Futurists will perform a staged reading of the 1984 classic Breakin' on Wednesday, August 4 at 8 pm as part of their It Came from the Neo-Futurarium III series. Tickets $10, $8 students/seniors. To completely pacify your breakdance jones, head over to Metro on Saturday night for the "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" breakdance contest. With MC Anacron and DJ Pier Novikov, 10 pm/$10.
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:
