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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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Thursday, July 14 2005
Rock 'n' Read
The Empty Bottle offers a night of rockings and readings tonight at 9pm, all for the small price of $10 which not only includes your cover, but also a copy of The Banana King #2 and your very own banana. Rockers include The Functional Blackouts, Paper Bullets and The Warm-Ups. Readers include Al Burian, writer and publisher of Bum Collector and contributor to Punk Planet, Jessica Hopper, publisher of Hit it or Quit, and A.B. Drea, editor and publisher of The Banana King, among others. The Empty Bottle is located at 1035 N. Western Ave. Call 773-276-3600 for more information.
Another Chicago Magazine #44/45 Release
Another Chicago Magazine is celebrating the release of their new double issue, "The Text & Image Issue." Come to the Hideout at 9pm for a reading and a dance party. The reading features poetry from Kristy Odelius, Jason Bredle and Chris Hund, fiction from David McClure, and music from DJ Birdie Num Num & The Saltine Kid. A $5 cover gets you in. The Hideout is located at 1354 W. Wabansia Ave.
French Women Don't Get Fat Bastille Day Party
In celebration of Bastille Day, Barbara's Bookstore Oak Park offers an evening of champagne and prizes and signed bookplates from Mirielle Guiliano, the author of French Women Don't Get Fat. One lucky attendee will win a trip for two to Paris to have dinner with the author. The party begins at 7:30pm, 1100 Lake St. Call 708-848-9140 for more information.
It Came from the Neo-Futurarium IV: Fright night double feature
The Neo-Futurist theater company presents It Came From The Neo-Futurarium IV: Spawn of the Neo-Futurarium, the latest in their extremely hilarious and entertaining live readings of fondly- and not-so-fondly-remembered movies. Tonight's movie: a fright-night double feature, with dramatic recreations of the classic sci-fi cheezefest Zontar: The Thing From Venus, and the highly-promising-sounding stabfest from 1975, The Love Butcher. The show starts tonight at 8:00 PM at the Neo-Futurarium; tickets are $10, $8 for seniors/students, and can be purchased at the Neo-Futurists' Website. The Neo-Futurarium: 5153 N. Ashland (at Foster). (773) 275-5255.
Chicago SummerDance
The ninth annual Chicago SummerDance festival of public dancing continues tonight in the Spirit of Music Garden in Grant Park (601 S. Michigan, between Harrison and Balbo). This evening's entertainment: Edilson Lima, teaching samba dance; and Chicago Samba, playing Brazilian street samba. SummerDance features one hour of dance lessons, followed by two hours of live music and dancing. Tonight's show runs from 6:00 to 9:30, and SummerDance runs at the park Wednesday-Sunday nights (weather permitting) through August 28. See the SummerDance site for a complete schedule.
A City Lit Casserole
Part of Stirring Things Up in Chicago, A City Lit Casserole features staged readings adapted from stories about food during a lunch hour presentation at Chicago, The World's Pantry, 72 E. Randolph. Selected works include those of Gourmet Magazine editor Ruth Reichl, children's writer Janet S. Wong, and Louisa May Alcott. The free reading begins at 12pm. Call 312-744-6630 for more information.
