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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, January 25 2010
Tapped @ Siskel Film Center
You'll never look at Evian the same way. Tapped, a documentary that uncovers the troubling commercial water industry, premieres at the Siskel Film Center (164 N. State) at 6pm.
Obama at One Year
Chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times David Sanger will speak at this Chicago Council on Global Affairs event, giving his take on the president's first year in office and offering insight on the year to come, an "insider's view of the Obama national security team." Sanger's best-seller The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power, now updated to reflect the past year, will be available for purchase and signing. Cash bar opens at 5:30, Presentation and Q&A begins at 6; 81 E. Van Buren. See here for prices and other details.
Cacaw, Moonrises, Running @ Empty Bottle
Chicago's Cacaw, Moonrises and Running (a new band from Alex of Pisspisspissmoanmoanmoan) play a free show tonight at Empty Bottle (1035 N. Western Ave). The explosion of death metal, progressive psychedelic and experimental noise detonates at 9:30p.
