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
Monday, November 24
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Sunday, July 20 2008
Wine Library TV's Gary Vaynerchuk @ Threadless
Gary Vaynerchuk, host of Wine Library TV, will be at the Threadless store, 3011 N. Broadway, at 7pm tonight to sign his book, Gary Vaynerchuk’s 101 Wines Guaranteed to Inspire, Delight, and Bring Thunder to Your World. More details here.
Pitchfork Music Festival @ Union Park
July 18-20, get ready to get down and boogie at Union Park for Pitchfork Media's Music Festival '08. Bands performing on Sunday, noon-10pm, include Dinosaur Jr., Spiritualized, Ghostface and Raekwon, Cut Copy, and the Occidental Brothers Dance Band International among others. Tickets are going fast online. Don't forget your snappy shades and your sunscreen! And be sure to stop by and get yourself some sweet swag at the Gapers Block: Transmission table at the CHIRP Record Fair tent!
Eat * Green * Design
Church Street Village, the nation's only full geothermal residential community, host "Eat * Green * Design," an eco-chic open house today from noon to 4pm. Sample organic wine and cheese pairings by prominent Whole Foods Chef Jean Hougard. Enter our complimentary raffle to win a Whole Foods organic gift basket or a "Green Your Home" starter kit. Church Street Village is located at 1613 Church St. in Evanston, half a mile east of the Purple Line Davis stop.
Amanda Brooks @ Early to Bed
Author and sex work activist Amanda Brooks signs and reads excerpts from her Internet Escort’s Handbooks, Book 1 and Book 2 (soon to be released), tonight at 6:30pm at Early to Bed, 5232 N. Sheridan. 21 and over.
Manhattan Melodrama @ Portage Theater
Manhattan Melodrama, the last movie Dillinger saw before he died, screens for just 25 cents at the Portage Theater, 4050 N. Milwaukee, today at 4pm as part of a celebration of the theater's involvement in the filming of Public Enemies. Come dressed in period wear; the best dressed "Lady in Red" will win a prize.
Tumbleweeds Art Project
Build geodesic structures out of unwanted CDs at Rooms Gallery, 645 W. 18th St., from 11am to 3pm. More details here.
