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, May 3
Slowdown
BY DAY
Monday, June 11 2007
Architecture In Helsinki, Mahjongg @ Logan Square Auditorium
Local heroes with a fervent fanbase, Mahjongg will be previewing material from an upcoming K Records release - it could be your last chance to claim "I was there before" scenester points. Headlining is international noise conflagration Architecture In Helsinki, whose playful multi-instrumental pop is now competing with a whole new generation that's followed fast in the footsteps of their nearly two-year-old breakout album In Case We Die.
Red Chamber @ Lakeshore Theater
Sounding like an Asian go-go take on Ennio Morricone and John Barry, Chicago's Red Chamber have a sound unlike hardly anything else on the city's current music scene. Their latest record, Red Chamber Brings the Mao Sounds, carries listeners to a soundscape best heard decades ago in seedy yet classy joints. Sure to be an energetic performance, Red Chamber plays the Lakeshore Theater with Julie Sokolow and Blake Miller. For more information, visit the Lakeshore online.
Gapers Block Book Club Meeting
This month's meeting of the Gapers Block Book Club takes place tonight at The Book Cellar at 4736 N. Lincoln Ave., where we will be discussing Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. The meeting begins at 7:30pm, and new members are always welcome! Hope to see you there. Visit the official book club blog for more information.
Artists' Rally @ Picasso
Tonight at 5:30pm, Chicago artists will rally around the Picasso at the Daley Center to protest an ordinance to privatize the selection of public art, among other things, proposed by Mayor Daley and the Department of Cultural Affairs. Protesters will be carrying blank signs and shouting "Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Something something has got to go!" to symbolize the silencing of artists' voices. Help keep public art meetings open by lending your support. More info here.
Stories on Stage: O Say Can You See? @ Steppenwolf
As part of WBEZ's Stories on Stage live season, Steve Scott directs three stories that grapple with the American Dream. In the Upstairs Theatre, 1650 N Halsted. 7:30 PM, $20. For more information, call 312-335-1650 or visit the website.
Little City Used Book Sale (Formerly Brandeis Book Sale)
For those of us who used to trek to Skokie every summer for the Brandeis Book Sale, mourn not the loss of those jaunty book-slingin' ladies...the sale's been taken over by Little City. The Little City Book Sale promises to be one of the best used book events in the Chicago area, so don't miss out! The sale is on today from 11am to 8pm at Old Orchard Westfield Mall, and runs until Sunday, June 17th (times vary). More info by calling 847.221.7856.
