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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BY DAY
Saturday, January 02 2010
One Day Only: Quimby's Becomes Svymby's
Hey, Chicago hipster old-timers (and young-timers): Steven Svymbersky, founder of Quimby's, is visiting from Amsterdam and hanging out at the store (1854 W. North Ave.) today from 1 to 5 p.m. He'd love to see all his old friends, so stop by!
The Power of Selection & Suitable Video Open @ Western Exhibitions
The Power of Selection is the first in a series of three shows curated by Ryan Travis Christian in gallery 1 at Western Exhibitions. The idea behind the exhibition is to increase the circulation of contemporary artwork seen in Chicago by showing works by out of town and/or up-and-coming artists. In this first installment, Christian selected work that takes figuration into strange and bewildering stylizations through the use of drawing, sculpture and video. In Gallery 2 Scott Wolniak has curated an exhibition (Suitable Video: Works from the Suitable Exhibitions Archive) of video works loosely based around artists who showed at Suitable Gallery, a DIY exhibition space located in Humboldt Park between 1999 and 2004. The show will be up through February 6 with a public reception on January 30. Visit Western Exhibitions website for more information. Western Exhibitions is located at 119 N. Peoria, 2A.
B1G T1ME, Get Up With The Get Downs @ Hideout
It's a night of tributes as B1G T1ME (an amazing Tom Waits tribute band which we've talked about plenty, though they're 100% Tom Waits now) and Get Up With The Get Downs (a James Brown tribute band which we talked about recently) join forces to fill the first Saturday night bill at the Hideout in 2010. Come on down and enjoy cheap cans of PBR whilst you get your boogie on. The Hideout is located at 1354 W. Wabansia. Tickets are $8. 773-227-4433. Music starts at 9pm.
