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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Monday, March 23 2009
Rachel Yamagata @ Park West
One time Chicagoan and former Bumpus member Rachel Yamagata returns to the Park West (322 W. Armitage) tonight with Cory Chisel. Many of her songs have been featured on television dramas from The O.C. to Private Practice. Her latest album, Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart was released last year as a double album. Show starts at 7:30pm. Tickets are $16.
People of the Green Sahara @ Francis W. Parker School
The Francis W. Parker School invites Chicagoans to travel back in time with world-renowned paleontologist, University of Chicago professor and Project Exploration co-founder Dr. Paul Sereno as he presents "People of the Green Sahara", a free lecture open to the public tonight at 7:30pm in the school's newly renovated Diane and David B Heller Auditorium at 330 W. Webster, Chicago. (Sereno is the school's 2008-09 Robert A. Pritzker Visiting Scientist·Inventor·Engineer in Residence.) Get more information or RSVP online or contact Francis W. Parker School at 773-797-5187.
