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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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TODAY
Friday, April 26
Slowdown
BY DAY
Wednesday, April 06 2005
Freddy's Fiddles and Things
Chicago Symphony Orchestra violinist Fred Spector joins the Newberry Library's Wednesday Club for "Freddy's Fiddles and Things: Treasures from the Fred Spector Collection." Spector will share a lifetime of collecting violins and violin-related antiques, including such oddities as a mute that once belonged to Mozart. Tickets for the 5:30pm event are $12 and include refreshments. The Newberry Library is at 60 W. Walton St. Call 312-255-3510 to register or do it here.
Elizabeth Crane @ Barbara's
Elizabeth Crane makes a stop at Barbara's Bookstore Oak Park, 1100 Lake St., to read from her new book All This Heavenly Glory. The story follows a woman from junior-high through adulthood, telling of all the relationship disasters, abuse, career choices and parental woes that occur along the way. The reading begins at 7:30pm. Call 708-848-9140 for more information.
