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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One result of this year's drought in the Chicago area: a large number of monarch butterflies. The Sun-Times reports that the butterflies do well in warm, dry weather, and this year's population is 5 to 10 times greater than it was last year. Look for large swarms of monarchs to be streaming through Chicago on their way to Mexico during the next two weeks.

 
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