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
Tuesday, April 16
Merge
The divide between improv and stand-up comedy isn't exactly church-and-state, but it's not so often that the twain shall meet. That's what's notable about Thomas and TJ's Tuesday Riot—it's the first show at iO, the former ImprovOlympic, to include stand-up. Each week features sets from three comics, followed by an improv set by Thomas Middleditch and TJ Miller. Read the minireview at Time Out's blog and check out next week's show with guests Prescott Tolk, Pat Brice and Brendan McGowan.
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:
