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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
Tuesday, May 7
Slowdown
BY DAY
Thursday, January 10 2008
Non-Napa/Sonoma California Wine Tasting
From 6pm to 8pm at WineStyles Belmont, 1433 W. Belmont, taste California wines from the 90 percent of vineyards not in Napa or Sonoma. Free, 21 and over.
It's A Gift @ Film Center
The Gene Siskel Film Center presents a month-long salute to the comedy stars of the 1930s; specifically, the Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields and Mae West. Today's film is considered to be W.C. Fields' best film: It's A Gift from 1934. The film screens this evening at 6:00 PM. Tickets are $9, $7 for students, $5 for Film Center members and $4 for SAIC students. Film Center: 164 N. State. (312) 846-2600.
Soup class @ Fox & Obel
Tonight from 6-7:30pm, learn to make Fox & Obel's famous homemade soups. The class costs $45, and reverstations can be made online at the store's website or by calling 312-410-7301.
Mapping Chicago, Imagining Metropolises @ Chicago History Museum
This lecture by Elaine Lewinnek of California State University, Fullerton, is part of the Chicago History Museum's series of Urban History Seminars. $20 includes cocktails and dinner, followed by the lecture. 1601 N Clark, 6 PM. For more information and to buy tickets, call 312-642-4600 or visit the website.
Opening: Map This! @ Archicenter
Part of the Chicago Festival of Maps, this exhibit--subtitled "Envisioning a Global City"--features "unique graphic representations of Chicago’s history and future" by students at IIT and UIC. Through 21 March in the John Buck Company Lecture Hall Gallery. 224 S Michigan. For more information, call 312-922-3432 or visit the website.
World Kitchen Learning Series: More than Marinara
Tonight from 6:00–8:30 pm, learn more about how to make the best marinara ever from the World Kitchen learning series sponsored by the Department of Cultural Affairs. Class to be held at Gallery 37 Center for the Arts, 66 E. Randolph Street. Class fee is $30. Click here for more information and to register.
Paws and Refresh @ Red Dog House
Now that the holidays have ended, take the time to help your overstimulated pooch get back on track at Red Dog House's Paws and Refresh event, to be held today from 5-8pm at their 2031 North Damen Avenue location. For $10, reflexologist Nourhy Chiriboga will give you and Fido a holistic de-stresser session that uses a variety of alternative therapy methods. Proceeds will go to the Anti-Cruelty Society.
