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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
Saturday, April 20
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BY DAY
Wednesday, April 02 2008
The Knack... And How To Get It @ Film Center
The Gene Siskel Film Center presents a screening of The Knack... And How To Get It, Richard Lester's seldom-seen 1965 film, made just after he hit it big with A Hard Day's Night. The film screens tonight at 6:00 PM. Tickets: $9, $7 for students, $5 for Film Center members, and $4 for SAIC students. Film Center: 164 N. State. (312) 846-2600.
Julie Klam @ Standard Club
Julie Klam comes to the Standard Club to read from and discuss her memoir Please Excuse My Daughter. The book is account of Klam's childhood growing up in an exclusive enclave of New York where her father made the money, her mother stayed home and Klam was expected to grow up and find a rich man to marry. It's also the story of how Klam broke free of those expectations and came to instill in her own daughter the same sense of self-reliance and independence she greatly valued in herself. Tickets to the reading are $30 and includes a reception, lunch and book signing. 11:30 am at 320 S. Plymouth Ct. Call 847-446-8880 for tickets and information.
Mo(ve)ment @ Peter Jones Gallery
A two-act, multi-discipline, live on-stage performance that spotlights energetic dialogue between visual art and modern dance. Benno Hubner dances in front of a large screen on which the paintings of Tali Farchi are projected, even as they are being created live. The connection between the two disciplines develops a conversation that is playful, passionate and at times intimate, with music that ranges from classical to hip hop. After a brief intermission, a rotating line up of jazz musicians are invited for a session of total improvisation where just about anything can happen and very often does. Daniel Godston, Steve Cohn, Yuganaut, and painter Royce Deans join. $15. 8 p.m. 1806 West Cuyler, 2nd Floor. For more info, visit the Website. Tickets can be purchased at the door or online.
