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
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Monday, February 09 2009
Poetry Center of Chicago Annual Benefit @ Victory Gardens
No Love For Love, the Poetry Center of Chicago's 3rd Annual Valentine's Day Benefit, is tonight at the Victory Gardens/Biograph Theater, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave., at 8pm. The event is hosted by Time Out Chicago books editor Jonathan Messinger, with special guest Peter Sagal of NPR's "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me" and performances by Rosie Forrest, Edward Thomas-Herrera, Robbie Q. Telfer and short film maker Steve Delahoyde. Tickets are $20 for general admission, VIP tickets -- which include a reception and a chance to clink cocktails with Sagal -- are $150. General admission can be purchased online or by calling the Victory Gardens box office at 773-871-3000. VIP tickets are available through the Poetry Center online or at 312-899-1229.
Journal of Ordinary Thought Release Party @ Manning Branch Library
The Neighborhood Writing Alliance presents readings from the Journal of Ordinary Thought, at the Mabel Manning Branch Library, 6 S. Hoyne, from 5:30-7pm. The current issue features writing from six Chicago neighborhoods, with images from the People's Atlas of Chicago. Free and open to the public.
Gapers Block Book Club Meeting
This month's meeting of the Gapers Block Book Club takes place tonight at The Book Cellar at 4736-8 N. Lincoln Ave., where we will be discussing A River Runs Through It by Norman MacLean. The meeting begins at 7:30pm, and new members are always welcome! Hope to see you there. Visit the official book club blog for more information.
The Future of the Hyde Park Art Center @ HPAC
The Hyde Park Art Center (HPAC) has been particularly affected by the economic downturn. In anticipation of even rougher times, the Board of Directors has reduced its budget by 15% for 2009 and four employees -- a quarter of the staff -- have been laid off. In response, the HPAC is holding a public forum tonight in which they "want your questions, reactions and suggestions to changes at the Center." The event starts at 6pm in its 4833 rph space, 5020 S. Cornell.
Structuring Change @ Cultural Center
Chicago-based artist Inigo Manglano-Oval , whose work incorporates natural forms and systems, talks with scientist Mark Hereld of the Argonne National Laboratory and University of Chicago, and New York-based artist Siebren Versteeg. Part of the Ars Scientia series, 6pm, free, in the Claudia Cassidy Theater, 78 E Washington. For more information, visit the website.
