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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, May 3
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BY DAY
Wednesday, May 25 2005
John McNally @ Columbia College Bookstore
John McNally, author of The Book of Ralph, stops by the Columbia College Bookstore for a signing. The novel focuses on suburban Chicago in the 1970s and the misadventures of two boys on the verge of adolescence. Come by the Torco Building, 624 S. Michigan Ave., from 12-2pm to get your copy signed. Call 312-427-4860 for more information.
AfroFolk @ Old Town School of Folk Music
AfroFolk Live, celebrating the music and culture of the African Diaspora, is making weekly visits to the Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave. The concerts are free, but a donation of $5 is encouraged for the 8:30-10:30pm shows. AfroFolk will showcase contemporary and historic African traditions including music, dance, theater, poetry, storytelling and religion. Tonight's concert, "International Tap Dance Day," celebrates Bill "Bo Jangles" Robinson's dance legacy with dance and music performances. M.A.D.D. Rhythms will host the evening of traditional and modern tap dance. Call 773-728-6000 for more information.
Out of the Vault Film Festival
Fans of the cinema will be interested in the upcoming Out of the Vault Festival next week, put on by the new Chicago Film Archive. The festival (and the organization) features educational, industrial and experimental films made in the Midwest. The festival runs through tomorrow in the Chicago Cultural Center's Cassidy Theater,
77 E. Randolph, with showings at 7pm and 8:45pm each night. Tonight's line-up includes Game, The Badge and the Bottle and Chuck Hansen -- One Guy at 7, I Was a Ninety Pound Weakling, The Runner, Contouring Your Figure and Ski the Outer Limits at 8:45. Free. More information available here
