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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, October 17
Slowdown
BY DAY
Monday, August 22 2005
Opening: Recent Tragic Events
Opening tonight at the Chopin Theatre, 1543 W. Division, "Recent Tragic Events" focuses on one day: September 12, 2001. On this day a bookstore clerk and an ad executive meet for a blind date and end up "exploring the very nature of chance, fate and free will." Written by Six Feet Under's Pultizer nominee
Celebration of American Artisan Cheese
Pastoral Artisan Cheese, Bread & Wine partners with Slow Food Chicago for an education and social tasting evfent. Come celebrate the American Artisan Cheese, featuring the winners of the 2005 American Cheese Society competition. Yes...you read that correctly, and doesn't it sound wonderful? From 6-8pm you can taste some fine American cheese paired with American wines and learn more about the greatness of cheese from Pastoral's professional cheese and wine staff. Kendall College Culinary Auditorium, 900 N. North Branch St. RSVP by calling 312-643-0789 or emailing rsvp[at]pramanda[dot]com.
CAF Intersections Tour
Every Monday at 11am, you can catch the Chicago Architecture Foundation's tour titled Intersections. The CAF says: "Intersections define cities--streets, cultures, ideas and architecture come together and visually communicate cultural history and stimulate new ideas. Chicago's downtown intersections are at the core of the city's vibrancy. Intersections: An Introduction to Chicago Architecture is a two-hour walking tour that introduces architecture from 1871 to the present, and serves to create the context for Millennium Park. The tour explores five street intersections: Michigan and Adams, Dearborn and Adams, Clark and Randolph, State and Randolph and Michigan and Randolph; and five architectural styles: Chicago School, Beaux Arts, Modernism, Post Modernism, and Deconstructionist. Different combinations of architectural styles, building ages, urban space uses from commercial to governmental to cultural, and varied economic, ethnic, religious and racial groups integrate to tell a city story." The tour lasts two hours, and costs $12 for non-members, $9 for students/seniors, and is free for CAF members. Meet at the ArchiCenter Shop, 224 S. Michigan Avenue in the Santa Fe Building.
