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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
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BY DAY
Friday, May 26 2006
GB's Third Anniversary Party!
Join Gapers Block at the Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia, tonight from 9pm to close as we celebrate our third anniversary! We'll have live music by Sycamore Smith (profiled here) and Canasta, short films by Steve Delahoyde, readings, contests, prizes and more. $10 at the door, 21 and over.
Artists Reception & Opening @ Aron Packer Gallery
Robin Assner photographs models that have been plastered with peanut butter, greasy mozzarella cheese, and gooey, glistening vanilla pudding. She presents the results in a new show Sticky at Aron Packer Gallery (118 N Peoria). Also presented is the work of Jerry Bleem, who creates stamp collage, glass-mounted insect wings, crocheted wall work using flags, drawings done on found papers, and more, and new paintings by Chicago-based artist Eleanor Speiss Ferris. Hob nob with the artists this evening, beginning at 6pm. For more information call 312-226-8984 or visit the website.
Bring May Flowers @ Viaduct Theatre
The House Theatre of Chicago and Tense Forms present Bring May Flowers, a series of evenings of poetry, music, plays and dance at the Viaduct Theatre (3111 N. Western). Among the performers scheduled during the next few days: Viola Lee (poetry); Rosie Forrest (play); Radiant Darling (rock); and Casey Meehan (also rock). Doors open at 10:00 PM tonight, and tickets are $8 (half-price if you present a ticket from the House Theatre's current play, The Boy Detective Fails, now playing at the Viaduct). Bring May Flowers also happens on Sunday, May 28; see the Tense Forms Website for a full schedule of who's performing on each evening. For reservations call (773) 562-1616.
Sara Wookey @ Links Hall
Based in LA and Amsterdam, choreographer Sara Wookey presents two geographically oriented perforamances, Love's Geography: Revisited and Walking LA tonight at 8pm. At Links Hall (3435 N Sheffield). Tickets are $10-15. For more information, call 773-281-0824 or visit the website.
Paper Airplane Pilots @ Beat Kitchen
The Paper Airplane Pilots headline a show tonight at the Beat Kitchen, 210 W. Belmont, with Brooklyn bands Lowry and The Bowmans. The show is sponsored by Chicago Innerview. $7 at the door, which opens at 10pm. 21 and over.
Maltese Falcon @ Film Center
As part of the Treasures from the Library of Congress series, this hard-boiled detective classic screens at 6 PM tonight. Humphrey Bogart stars as Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade. $9, or $5 if you belong to the Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N State. For more information, call 312-846-2600 or visit the website.
Midnight Movies: Rocky Horror and Monty Python/Holy Grail
Take your pick of either The Rocky Horror Picture Show or Monty Python and the Holy Grail at midnight at the venerable Music Box Theatre, 3733 North Southport Ave. $9.25. Call (773) 871-6604.
