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
Friday, April 26
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BY DAY
Sunday, March 02 2008
Interstitial Arts Festival @ i^3 Hypermedia
The first quadrennial (international | independent | interstitial) festival, focusing on artists who are accelerating evolution by mixing genre, format and medium, defying categorization and drawing from or creating personal/social/political "in-betweens." Programming includes performance, installation, video, print, multi-media, inter-media, and digital works from around the globe. Participating artists include Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo, Qubo Gas, The Vegetable Orchestra of Vienna, NEEN, Johanna Vaude, and Jad Fair. 1-7 p.m. Suggested donation $10 at the door. For more infor regarding the festival and to view a full list of participating artists, visit the i^3 Website.
Kinetic Evidence @ Links Hall
Two women dance elaborately around their own blind spots, a preacher puppet sells his soul in the depths of a Louisiana swamp, in a post-industrial, post-paradise fall from grace, and seven (a divine number?) figures celebrate the miracle of plastic. Tickets are $15, or $8 for students. 7 p.m. 3435 N. Sheffield. Reservations through the Links Hall box office at 773-281-0824.
Red Rover Series: Experiment #19
Red Rover Series is holding their 19th reading experiment tonight. Titled "That's Not the Way I Remember It," the reading features writers Kate Greenstreet and Jen Tynes with two versions of the same story. $3 is the suggested donation for admission. Held at SpareRoom, 4100 W. Grand Ave., suite 210-212, at 7pm. Call 773-645-1853 for more information.
Kil-Bot Factory, Kado & Adam Gregory Pergament at The Orphanage
Mix together art, music and healthy vegan food and you've got the makings of a sweet Sunday night. The Orphanage (a non-profit creative gallery space in Bridgeport) welcomes the photographer Kado ( Avant/Chicago ) along with musical groups Kil-bot Factory and Adam Gregory Pergament . Locals Kil-bot Factory play an experimental classical sound while Madison, WI. native Adam Gregory Pergament (of Venice Gas House Trolley) brings his famed Rock and Fire Flowpoetry to town, a mix of poetry, music and performance sure to enthrall.
