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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
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BY DAY
Wednesday, February 20 2008
Pandelis Karayorgis/Ken Vandermark duo @ Chicago Cultural Center - FREE
Pianist Pandelis Karayorgis teams up with Chicago reedsman and McArthur Genius Grant recipient Ken Vandermark for an intense evening of piano and saxophone duets, as part of the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs' 11-show free series, taking place throughout late winter and early spring. 77 East Randolph Street, in the Chicago Cultural Center's Claudia Cassidy Theater. 7 p.m.
Silver Tongue with Billy Tuggle @ Hokin Gallery
Tuggle reads with Columbia College Fiction Writing and Poetry students. 7-9 p.m. 623 S. Wabash. For more info, call 312-344-7459.
Local Author Night @ The Book Cellar
Writers Alexis Pride (Where the River Ends), Gary D. Wilson (Sing, Ronnie Blue) and Mahmoud Saeed (em>Saddam City) will be at The Book Cellar for this month's Local Author Night. Free. 7pm. 4736-8 N. Lincoln Ave. Call 773-293-2665 for more information.
E-Coustic Chicago: An Art And Enviroment Celebration
E-coustic is an experience next Wed. at Joe’s that is a showcase of Stonecutter Record artists, but so much more. An eco-friendly event featuring music by Martey Casey, The Andreas Kapsalis Trio, Jen Porter and many others will also feature live painting, a fashion show, dance, an art gallery (with photos by Avant/Chicago’s Kado) and other ways to enjoy. Joe’s is located at 940 W. Weed St.
Chicago Foodways Roundtable @ Lao Sze Chuan
Oxford University Chinese Studies scholar Timothy Brook will be giving a lecture entitled "Vermeer's Hat: The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World" at Lao Sze Chuan (2172 S. Archer Ave, 2nd Floor) tonight at 7pm as part of the Chicago Foodways Roundtable series. Dinner will be ordered/served family-style. Email RSVP required.
These Are Powers @ AV-aerie
The delirium-inducing NYC art-punk trio These Are Powers play the AV-aerie tonight, touring to support the recent release of their brilliant debut LP, Terrific Seasons. Bird Names, Adam Griffin, and Laromlab open. 9:00 PM, admission is $8. All ages show. 2000 W. Fulton. See our Transmission page for further details.
Puppet Bike's 5th Anniversary Party Extravaganza
Puppet Bike, that pedaling playhouse frequently spotted along Michigan Avenue, is celebrating its 5th anniversary with five "Nights with the Puppets" at The Peter Jones Gallery. Tonight's show features a circuit-bending performance by dj Daniel Demchuk and dj William Sides; music by The Kitty Moon Orchestra; art by Alan Emerson Hicks, and, of course, multiple puppet shows. Doors open at 7. Admission will be based on sliding scale donations. Contact puppetbike for more information.
Out of the Hospital @ Reconstruction Room
Tonight Reconstruction Room partners with the Snow City Arts Foundation and Eric Elshtain, a poet-in-residence at Children's Memorial Hospital. Elshtain's work with the Children's Hospital has produced poetry that reaches beyond those who are ill and hospital-bound and Rec Room is giving all poetry lovers the chance to hear these children's poems. The poems will be presented/peformed by other local poets. Free at 8pm, 3614 N. Damen Ave. Email recroom[at]recroomers[dot]com for more information.
Richard Wirik @ Women & Children First
Lawyer/writer Richard Wirik makes a stop at Women & Children First to discuss his new work One Hundred Siberian Postcards. The book grew out of Wirik's assignments in the Ukraine and Siberia and from his adoption of a Siberian daughter. Free at 7:30pm at 5233 N. Clark St. Call 773-769-9299 for more information.
Palabra Pura in Pilsen @ Decima Musa
Stephanie Gentry-Fernandez (of the sold out play Machos) and American Book Award winner Tim Z. Hernandez will be reading tonight as part of The Guild Literary Complex's Palabra Pura reading series. Hosted at Decima Musa, Palabra Pura is a unique, bilingual series presented in partnership with Letras Latinas of the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame and the Rafael Cintron Ortiz Cultural Center at UIC. Readings begin promptly at 8:00pm. Free. For more information contact The Guild Complex.
Pope Brock @ Chicago Public Library
Pope Brock will be at the Harold Washington Library Center in the Chicago Authors Room to talk about his book Charlatan: America’s Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him, and the Age of Flimflam. Free. 6pm. 400 S. State St. Call 312-747-4300 for more information.
Total Lunar Eclipse
It's lunar eclipse time! Starting at 7:43pm, you can watch the moon turn groovy shades of orange and red before fading to black at 9:01pm. This will be the last total lunar eclipse visible in North America until December 2010, so bundle up, bring a hot drink and watch the planetary system do its thing.
