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
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Slowdown
BY DAY
Thursday, October 18 2007
ALO At Double Door
ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra) bring their sunny jam-rock to the Double Door with Dearborn. $12 with a 9 p.m. start time.
East Meets West Beer Dinner @ Red Light
Chef Jackie Shen opens her doors to treat diners to her favorite beer and cuisine pairings. And anyone who's ever kicked back after a long day with kung pao and a High Life knows an upscale take on the combination is probably not to be missed. Beverage reps will talk you through their recommendations and pairings. Reservations accepted at Red Light, 312-733-8880. $50 per person, dinner starts at 6pm.
Works Cited Photo Funnies @ Quimby's
Quimby's presents an appearance by Zach Huelsing and Matt Kessler, publishers of the school-themed zine Works Cited. To celebrate the premiere issue they will be at Quimby's tonight, taking people's pictures and then defacing them, middle-school style. The altered photos will be posted on the site of Eye Rocket Books, publishers of Works Cited. The photo extravaganza happens tonight at 7:00 PM; be there or be non-defaced. Quimby's: 1854 W. North Ave. (773) 342-0910.
Richard Baer @ The Book Cellar
Author Richard Baer talks about his nonfiction work Switching Time: A Doctor’s Harrowing Story of Treating a Woman with 17 Personalities at The Book Cellar. Free. 7pm. 4736-8 N. Lincoln Ave. Call 773-293-2665 for more information.
Keir Graff @ After-Words Bookstore
Author Keir Graff reads from his novel My Fellow Americans at After-Words Bookstore. Free. 5:30pm. 23 E. Illinois St. Call 312-464-1110 for more information.
Bruiser Review launch party @ Debonair Social Club
The Bruiser Review, Chicago's newest literary magazine, hosts a “coming out” party tonight in Wicker Park.
Writers Billy Lombardo, Megan Sielstra and Brian Costello will give readings. Bruiser wants to be "the magazine for those on the outside who want in and those on the inside who love it there." The reading takes place at the Debonair Social Club, 1575 N. Milwaukee Ave. 8 P.M. until 11 P.M.
Nikki Giovanni @ Harold Washington Library
Nikki Giovanni is the winner of this year's Carl Sandburg Literary Award for lifetime achievement from the Chicago Public Library Foundation. At 6 PM, in the Pritzker Auditorium, she talks about her work. A booksigning follows. 400 S State. For more information, call 312-747-4050 or visit the website.
Helen Vendler on Wallace Stevens and Jasper Johns @ AIC
The renowned poetry critic discusses one of her favorite poets as his work relates to Jasper Johns, as part of the yearlong American Perspectives series of events. Free, in Fullerton Hall, 6 PM. 111 S Michigan. For more information, visit the Poetry Foundation website.
Ladyfest Chicago Opening Night
Ladyfest returns to Chicago with a four-day festival of art, music, film, spoken word, and activism. Tonight's opening night extravaganza features an art show, film and video shorts, and performances by Clare Chase, the Winks, Anni Rossi, and Diane Cluck, all at Heaven Gallery, 1550 N. Milwaukee. Festival passes are available for $30 or you can pay $7 at the door for this event.
Achy Obejas @ Women & Children First
Local author Achy Obejas (Memory Mambo) stops by Women & Children First to celebrate the release of her latest work Havana Noir. The book explores the real Havana, not known by tourists, where sin has been overtaken by need and that need "turns the human heart darker, feral and criminal." Free at 7:30pm at 5233 N. Clark St. The evening also include Cuban food, cocktails and music. Call 773-769-9299 for more information.
