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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Friday, April 19
Tonight is Yuri's Night, in honor of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's, the first man in space. The Chicago party (one of hundreds around the world) is at, fittingly enough, Orbit Room from 9pm to 1am.