Gapers Block has ceased publication.
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 19
Slowdown
BY DAY
Monday, October 17 2005
Steppenwolf and Pride and Prejudice @ the Harold Washington Library
This fall’s One Book, One Chicago pick is Pride and Prejudice, and this evening at 6 PM, members of the Steppenwolf Theater company will perform a staged reading of excerpts. This free event takes place in the library’s Cindy Pritzker Auditorium. For more information, visit the website.
Freelance Hellraiser @ HotHouse
Freelance Hellraiser, the British DJ who's recognized as one of the driving forces behind the recent copyright-busting mash-up/bootleg craze, shows up tonight at the HotHouse in his US debut performance (if you don't count his DJ session at the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards after-show party). Fans of copyright violations should not miss this show. Show starts at 10:00 PM (on a school night?). Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door, and this is a 21+ show. Tickets available at the HotHouse site. HotHouse: 31 E. Balbo. (312) 362-9707.
Photobloggers Gallery Opening
Seven Chicago photobloggers -- Mitch Arsenie, Nick Campbell, Nick Feder, Archie Florcruz, Pablo Korona, Brian Milo and Bill Vaccaro -- celebrate the opening of the group show 7X7 at the Lincoln Park branch of the Chicago Public Library, 1150 W. Fullerton Ave., at 7pm tonight. Free.
Violence Against Women Panel
As part of Violence Against Women Awareness Month, the DePaul Women’s Center and other organizations are hosting a panel discussion on violence against women and communities tonight at 7 PM. DePaul University Student Center Room 314 A&B; 2250 N. Sheffield Avenue. For more information, call 773-325-7558 or visit the website.
