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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
Tuesday, March 18 2008
Authors Aimee Bender and Cristina Garcia @ Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
Part of Columbia College Chicago's Story Week Festival of Writers 2008: Stories Without Borders, sponsored by Columbia’s Fiction Writing Department. Bender discusses her book, The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, and Garcia talks about her novel, Dreaming in Cuban, with host Ann Hemenway, a professor in the Fiction Writing Department at Columbia College. Free. 2:30 p.m. Another program at 6 p.m. Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St. For more information, please visit the Website.
Raveonettes @ Double Door
1950s and '60s pop meets darker indie lyrics as The Raveonettes play the Double Door Tuesday the 18th with guests Black Acid. Tickets $15. Doors open at 8pm, music starts at 9pm. 21+. More in Transmission.
LWN Prose Show @ Mecury Cafe
The Literary Writers Network is holding their fourth Prose Show, a literary reading that is the collaborative effort of Chicago-area writers and readers interested in promiting literary expression and appreciation for literary excellence. The show is free at 7pm, but a donation of $3 is suggested. Mercury Cafe, 1505 W. Chicago Ave. Email info[at]literarywritersnetwork[dot]org for more information.
Chicago Food Policy Annual Summit @ Cultural Center
Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council invites community leaders to their Third Annual Summit from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18, in Gar Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center. RSVP required. $20 suggested donation.
UNICEF Tap Project @ Participating Restaurants
From March 16-22, a range of selected local restaurants (e.g. A Mano, Vie, D'Agostinos and Uncommon Ground) will be participating in the UNICEF Tap Project, a benefit that asks diners to pay an extra $1 of their meal cost to support clean, accessible drinking water worldwide. Visit one of these restaurants tonight to support this worthwhile cause.
Beyond the White House: The Presidency Revealed Through Presidential Travel @ Chicago History Museum
Explores the history of how presidents have traveled the nation to meet with and speak to their fellow Americans. Join historian and author Richard Ellis as he shares the history of presidential travel and its impact on the changing relationship between American presidents and the citizens they serve. $10, $8 for Museum members. 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. 1601 N. Clark St. More information on this series can be found at the Website.
