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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Thursday, March 17 2005
Musichaikupod Release Event @ Quimby's
Tonight at Quimby's: Musichaikupod: a Companion Release Event at 7pm (FREE). Jeff Wiinkowski is a poet, record producer, publisher, founder of Imperfect Music and Literature, former singer of Blackwall Hitch, and melotrome player for the Violent Femnes. Winkowski is also co-author of "Musichaikupod: a Companion" and will read some of his haiku forms of record reviews and play each record that inspired the review. He doesn’t tear records apart. He will play a record and then read a corresponding poem. Funny? Yep, sometimes. But he is totally serious about this. He will also lecture on the history and significance of the haiku. Quimby's is located at 1854 W. North Ave., Chicago, in Wicker Park.
24th Annual Women in the Director's Chair Festival
The Women in the Director's Chair Annual Festival is the longest-running women's film and video festival in the United States. This year the five-day festival kicks off with "An Evening with Miranda July" at the Claudia Cassidy Theater in the Chicago Cultural Center. The free program begins at 7pm on March 16. For complete schedule information for the rest of the festival, visit the official Women in the Director's Chair website.
Sam Prekop Record Release @ Empty Bottle
Tonight, vocalist and musician Sam Prekop will celebrate the release a new Thrill Jockey full length Who's Your New Professor. A longtime pillar of the local underground cultural community, Prekop has been involved in two of Chicago's most beloved ensembles, Shrimp Boat and The Sea & Cake. Despite his longstanding contributions to independent music, Professor is only the second album released under his own name, and for it Prekop again employed the able services of bassist Josh Abrams, cornetist Rob Mazurek, guitarist Archer Prewitt, and drummer Chad Taylor. Former Scissor Girl and Bride of No-No frontgal Azita will perform second, and experimental art ensemble Michael Columbia will open. Tickets are an easy $10, and music starts at 10pm. The Empty Bottle is located at 1035 N. Western Ave., Chicago.
