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
Wednesday, May 1
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BY DAY
Monday, September 10 2007
Dignity Waits
Dignity Waits, the solo show by Jamie Buell, winner of the first season of the acclaimed Impress These Apes contest earlier this year, will be performed tonight at 8:00 p.m. at the the Playground Theater, 3208 N. Halsted Street, and will be running each Monday through October 1.
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 Peel My Love Like an Onion by Ana Castillo. 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.
Joe Meno @ Barbara's
Hot indie publishing superguy Joe Meno reads from his freshly re-edited debut novel, Tender as Hellfire, a "near-fantastical world of floozies, broken-down Impalas, lost glass eyes, and the experiences of two boys trying to find sense in their random lives." Tonight at 7:30 pm at Barbara's Bookstore, 1100 Lake St., Oak Park.
Junot Diaz @ Chicago Public Library
Author Junot Diaz appears at the Harold Washington Library Center to talk about his book, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Free. 6pm. At 400 S. State St. Call 312-747-4050 for more information.
May or May Not Practice Space Residency @ Schubas
Local indie-pop group May Or May Not celebrates the release of its sophomore full-length, A Kaleidoscope Of Egos, with a month-long residency at Schubas. The band promises to pull out all the stops during these shows, while previewing material from Egos -- which runs the gamut from New Pornographers-inspired indie-rock to the psychedelic pop of Panda Bear's Person Pitch. Eagle Seagull and Solid Gold open the show. $6. 9pm.
