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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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Friday, April 26

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Chi*Town Sirens Debut Bout

The Chi*Town Sirens roller derby holds its first bout, "Beware the Ides of March" featuring the Thunderdames v. the CandyStripe Killers, tonight at 7pm at the Lynwood Sport Center, 2030 Glenwood-Dyer Rd. in south suburban Lynwood. Yeah, it's the suburbs, but they've got a party bus to take you there -- it leaves from Lelia Jane's, 1008 W. Armitage, at 5:30pm and costs an extra $8. Tickets for the bout at $10 in advance, $15 at the door.

Hidden Spaces Exhibit Closes

Today's your last chance to check out Dutch photographer Jan Theun van Rees' pictures of "hidden" spaces of some of Chicago's most notable landmarks. Rees took photographs during the fall of 2005 of spaces not often open to the public in the Chicago Cultural Center, Oak Park's Wright-designed Unity Temple, the Uptown Theater and the Hegeler Carus Mansion in Peru, Illinois. If you're looking for a nudge in the "find a new angle" school of photography, this exhibit will do it for you. The Cultural Center is open from 11am-5pm today. Regular hours are M-Th, 10am-7pm; Fri. 10am-6pm; Sat. 10am-5pm and Sun. 11am-5pm. Call (312) 744-6630 for more information.

Note: A companion exhibition of photographs by Jan Theun van Rees, depicting the hidden spaces of the Unity Temple in Oak Park will be on view at the Unity Temple, 875 Lake Street in Oak Park.

 

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