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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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Sharon Quattrin sings Jewish Music

Shir: Music of Jewish Culture Sunday, January 11, at 4:00 p.m. From the romantic songs of the Sephardim to contemporary Chamber works by Copeland and Ben-Haim, this unique program celebrates the diversity of Jewish music! Gerald Rizzer, Artistic Director, keyboard Susan Levitin, flute Sharon Quattrin, soprano Andrew Snow, cello Tickets at the door: Members $10, non-members $15, students $5 Childcare available Meet-the-artists reception follows the concert. For more information or to reserve tickets, please contact Cantor Deborah Bard at 773.924.1234.

How To Be Eccentric

Richard Massingham, a British film director who made a series of humorous short instructive films through the 1930s and 1940s, is being celebrated through a retrospective titled How To Be Eccentric: the Films of Richard Massingham. The program plays today at the Siskel Film Center at 3:15 PM, and also screens on Wednesday, January 14th at 6:00 PM. Titles include "Pedestrian Crossing", "The Five Inch Bather", "Handkerchief Drill", and "Jet Propelled Germs". Fans of film comedy should definitely check this show out. siskel Film Center: 164 N. State. (312) 846-2600.
 

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