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
Saturday, April 20
Slowdown
BY DAY
Wednesday, October 24 2007
Poetry Reading @ Women & Children First
Midwestern poets Anne-Marie Cusac and Judith Strasser appear at Women & Children First for a special reading. Free. 7:30pm. 5233 N. Clark St. Call 773-769-9299 for more information.
Cris Mazza @ The Book Cellar
Local author Cris Mazza talks about her book Water Baby at The Book Cellar. Free. 7pm. 4736-8 N. Lincoln Ave. Call 773-293-2665 for more information.
Ghosts @ Goethe-Institut
This 2005 movie is about a "troubled young girl...her ally...and a mother...desperate to find her lost daughter." In German, with English subtitles. 6 PM, 150 N Michigan, Ste 200. Free, but please RSVP to Lisa Lux: lux [at] chicago [dot] goethe [dot] org or call 312-263-0472. For more information, visit the website.
Eckhard Gerdes @ Quimby's
Eckhard Gerdes reads from and signs copies of his new novels The Million-Year Centipede and Przewalski’s Horse at Quimby's. Free. 7pm. 1854 W. North Ave. Call 773-342-0910 for more information.
Opening: thaw @ AIC
Coordinating with the Climate of Concern theme of this year's Chicago Humanities Festival, this video installation "combines natural noises collected on location at an Alaskan glacial mass" with synthesized sounds. In Film/Video Gallery 137 through 13 January. 111 S Michigan. For more information, visit the website.
Cave Canem @ AIC
Four Cave Canem poets (Frank Walker, Quraysh Ali Lansana, Parneshia Jones, and Kelly Norman Ellis) read from their work 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.
Bag Hunger Auction
The 14th Annual Bag Hunger Auction, a benefit for the Greater Chicago Food Depository, will be held tonight at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Dishes from local chefs will be served, plus a live and silent auction. This year's co-chairs are Gale Gand of Tru and Gale's Coffee Bar, Ina Pinkney of Ina's and Susan Goss of West Town Tavern. Click here for more information and to buy tickets.
PostSecret Book-signings
Frank Warren, the man behind the PostSecret weblog and books, will be doing two book-signings in Chicago today in support of his new book, A Lifetime of Secrets. At 12:30pm he'll be at the DePaul University Bookstore, 1 E. Jackson, with a multimedia presentation. Then at 7:30pm, he'll be at the UIC location of Barbara's Bookstore, 1218 S. Halsted.
