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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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Tuesday, December 23

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What's your sign?

Would you like to know what your rising sun is and what exactly you can expect when Mercury goes into Retrograde? Then Chicago Reclaiming has the class for you. Classes with Michael Foltz and River begin tonight at 7 pm at Chase Cafe. Cost is $50-$100 and decided on a sliding scale.

Audrey Niffenegger @ Women & Children First

If you fell in love with it, if you want to give signed copies to all your friends - and especially if you haven't read it yet - don't miss this chance to hear Audrey Niffenegger read from her enchanting novel, The Time Traveler's Wife, about a Chicago couple whose lifelong love is forged, twisted, and tested by the husband's tendency to time-travel in moments of stress. The reading gets underway at Women and Children First bookstore, located at 5233 N. Clark at 7:30 p.m.

First Coat, The Read Letter @ Double Door

Cheap and/or free live music tonight at the Double Door. The show features 4 bands for $5, and it's free with a printed out flyer from the First Coat website. Also up tonight are The Read Letter (who offer a $3 admission ticket on their site), Kristin Shout and Welcome to Ashley. The Double Door is located at 1572 N. Milwaukee in Wicker Park. Doors open at 8 p.m., the show starts at 9 p.m. and is 21 and over.

Rape Victim Advocates Fundraiser @ HotHouse

Join Gina Villalobos, Nikki Patin, and other special guests at a benefit for Rape Victim Advocates tonight from 7 to 11 p.m. at the HotHouse, at 31 E. Balbo. This event is open to all ages. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. For tickets, please call 312.663.6303. Rape Victim Advocates (RVA) does incredible work providing medical and legal advocacy to survivors of rape 24 hours a day, seven days a week. RVA has been doing this important work for the past 30 years, and needs your help to continue on its mission. A note about the music of Gina Villalobos from "The Nashville Scene" - May 13 2004: "...Villalobos combines the rootsy Americana of Lucinda Williams with the straight up rock of the Stones circa 1970, wrestling with Ryan Adams...If you've never heard of her you will soon."

Deanna Varagona and The Potato Battery Experiment @ Schubas

Tonight is the long-awaited Chicago homecoming show for Deanna Varagona & The Potato Battery Experiment at Schubas. Ms. Varagona, coming back to the town she loves from a long world tour with the Nashville-based Lambchop, would be so very pleased to see you there. Also appearing are THE SILOS & The Great Crusades. All the bluegrass-born musical glory gets going at 9 p.m. at 3159 N. Southport. Call (773) 525-2508 for more information. Tickets are $10.

Poet Louise Glück Reading @ Art Institute

Former Poet Laureate of the United States Louise Glück reads tonight with an introduction by Illinois Poet Laureate Kevin Stein at 6:30 p.m. at 112 South Michigan Avenue (the Ballroom of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago). $10 General Admission, Free for Poetry Center Members. Louise Glück is the author of nine books of poetry including The Seven Ages (Ecco Press, 2001), is a member of the American Academy & Institute of Arts & Letters and in 2003 was named as the new judge for the Yale Series of Younger Poets. Her first Yale Younger Poet choice was Peter Streckfus, who is reading for The Poetry Center in February. Tickets to Glück's reading go on sale a month prior to the event. For more information, check out the Poetry Center of Chicago's website.

Post-Reading Benefit, 8:00 p.m. at the loft of Lynn and Allen Turner
 

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