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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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Monday, June 29 2009
Wilco (the Album) Release Party
Laurie's Planet of Sound is hosting a party to celebrate the release of Wilco's latest album, which drops at midnight. The fun starts at 9pm at The Hideout (1354 W. Wabansia) with live band Wilco karaoke. The karaoke and listening party costs $5. For more information call the record store at (773) 271-3569 or The Hideout at (773) 227-4433.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., @ Harold Washington Library
Noted author and educator Henry Louis Gates, Jr., (Lincoln on Race and Slavery, Loose Canons) comes to the Harold Washington Library for a discussion with author and journalist Rick Kogan (A Chicago Tavern, Sidewalks) on "Our Histories, Our Stories," a look at how the way we tell stories shapes our history and vice versa. Free at 6pm in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium, 400 S. State St. Call 312-747-4300 for more information.
Edible Audible Picnic: Black Moth Super Ranibow
Edible Audible Picnic is a better way to spend your lunch hour. This series features cutting edge rock bands, sound artists, audio documentaries, expert DJs, electronic musicians and more. This week Black Moth Super Rainbow delivers a live performance filled with sticky, off-kilter melodies and eccentric visuals. Their latest album features dense layers of complex orchestration, intense rhythmic drumming, thick, undulating bass tones and vocoder vocals that are anything but robotic. All events take place at Millenium Park's Jay Pritzker Pavilion on Mondays at noon. Free.
