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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
Monday, February 25 2008
Brahms Winter Delight @ Merit School of Music
Come in from the cold and warm up as the Rembrandt Chamber Players continue their 18th season. The program features the group's first performance of Johannes Brahms' Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34, Claude Debussy’s trio for flute, viola, and harp, and Michael Haydn’s Quartet in C Major for English horn, violin, cello and bass. The winners of the 13th Annual High School Chamber Music Competition also perform. Guest artists include Sheila Hanford, violin, Jeannie Yu, piano and Stephen Hartman, harp. A "Meet & Mingle" reception with the artists follows each concert. Regular tickets $30 and student tickets $10. 7:30 p.m. 38 S. Peoria St. Call 312-360-3145 or visit the Website.
Free Songwriting Workshop @ Old Town School
The Old town School of Folk Music presents a series of free songwriting workshops with school instructor Charles Kim every Monday evening in February. Tonight's final workshop is devoted to everything that happens after you get the idea for a song: struggling through writer's block, recording a demo, arranging the song, etc. These workshops are free, and no registration is required. The workshops will be held at 6:45 PM in the concert hall of the school's main building at 4544 N. Lincoln. Call the school at (773) 728-6000 for more information.
John Edgar Wideman @ Chicago Public Library
John Edgar Wideman will be at the Harold Washington Library Center in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium to talk about his book Fanon. Free. 6pm. 400 S. State St. Call 312-747-4300 for more information.
Heat Wave Opening @ Pegasus Players
Pegasus Players & Live Bait Theater bring the GB Book Club's August 2005 selection, Eric Klinenberg's Heat Wave, to the stage. Using Klinenberg's sociological study of the 1995 heat wave that claimed the lives of hundreds of Chicagoans, playwright Steve Simoncic recreates the havoc wrought between medical examiners, health officials, reporters, politicians and citizens. Tickets for tonight's 8pm opening performance can be purchased by calling 773-878-9761. The show will take place at Pegasus Players, 1145 W. Wilson Ave. in the O'Rourke Center at Truman College.
