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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Thursday, April 25
Lalita Tademy's Cane River was chosen as one of Oprah's book club reads and her new novel, Red River continues merging history, race, geneology and fiction for a story of two families struggling during the Civil War. Tademy reads and discusses the book at Barbara's Bookstore Oak Park, 1100 Lake St., at 7:30pm. Call 708-848-9140 for more information.
Columbia College's Africa.Dot.Com exhibit opens at the Glass Curtain Gallery, 1104 S. Wabash Ave. Visit their calendar for more information.