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 26
Merge
Valentine's Day occurs one week from today, and since Tuesday is the free day at the Art Institute, why not take the "Loves Me, Loves Me Not" self-guided tour (PDF link) through the museum's collection, for a look at the true ingredients of romance in art: "passion, devotion, treachery, tears." Also happening at the Art Institute this week: a new exhibit opening on Saturday titled "Girodet: Romantic Rebel" featuring more than 100 works by the 18th century French painter; and a prix-fixe menu at the museum's Garden Restaurant in honor of the romantic holiday.
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:
