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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
Tuesday, April 23
Slowdown
BY DAY
Sunday, June 05 2005
57th St. Art Fair
Today, from 10am-5pm, the 58th annual 57th St. Art Fair will exhibit work from over 300 artists throughout the US and Canada. There will be everything painting to jewlery to photography and more. The two-day fair is free and open to the public. Read more about their history here or call 773-493-3247 for more information. The fair is held in Hyde Park, along 57th St., as is befitting to its name.
Shynola video shorts @ Film Center
Shynola, the group of British directors and animators whose most recent work was for the much-anticipated film version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, is featured in a 70-minute program of short films that runs tonight at the Siskel Film Center. The program screens tonight at 5:00, and repeats on Thursday, June 9 at 8:00 PM. Tickets: $9, $7 for all students, $5 for Film Center members, and $4 for SAIC students. Siskel Film Center: 164 N. State. (312) 846-2600.
Pullman Morris and Sword Team @ U of C
Man, what are those crazy U of C kids up to now? Morris dancing is a medieval English ritual dance that first appeared in Chicago in 1911. The dance is thought to be derived from pre-Christian rites passed down through generations of fathers and sons, celebrating the coming of spring. If this sounds like something you'd like to do, or if you'd like to watch a bunch of culturally obsequious college kids doing it, head over to the University of Chicago's Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, East Lawn, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave. The dance begins at 12:45pm. Call 773-702-7059 for more information.
