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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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Tuesday, March 07 2006
Sonotheque’s Joe Bryl Curates @ Cultural Center
As part of the Cultural Center’s ohm series, which highlights new media in music, performance, and visual art, Joe Bryl of Sonotheque guest-curates tonight’s program at 7 PM in the Claudia Cassidy Theater. Free. 78 E Washington Street. For more information, call 312-744-6630 or visit the website.
Under the Buffalo Lecture: Great Evanston Fires
Chicago isn't the only city that's had it's share of burnings. Tonight from 7-9pm, Evanston Historical Society Curator of Education Leslie Goddard gives a lecture on Great Evanston Fires. The lecture spotlights both the fabulous fires and the fabulous people that fight them. $5 for the general public; free for members of the EHS. Charles Gate Dawes House, 225 Greenwood St. Call 847-475-3410 for more information.
Now More Than Ever: Global Perspective of Tall Buildings
Ron Klemencic, Chairman for the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, talks tonight at the Chicago Architecture Foundation about the design and construction techniques that make such buildings possible. $20 general admission, $10 for CAF members. 6pm at 224 S. Michigan Ave. Call 312-922-3432 for tickets and information or buy them online.
