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. ✶
Saturday, December 14
December 2nd, set your cultural event compass towards Links Hall, as the 6th Annual Women's Performance Art Festival begins. This year's theme is "...Destination...Excavation..." Opening night features Jennifer Karmin's "Revolutionary Optimism" (a text-sound composition) and "Roses Aren't Red" (a modern dance piece) by Subtext Dance Projects. Other festival highlights include spoken word performances and Adler Danztheatre Project's "Unraveling." The Sun Times has called this annual festival sponsored by the Stockyards Theatre Project "the purist woman's performance event in Chicago."