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
Sunday, May 5
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Tuesday, March 23 2010
Vivid '10 @ The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University
Enjoy a night of jazz as The Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. Congress Pkwy., presents "Vivid '10," with music from Broadway's Sweet Charity. The Chicago College of Performing Arts and cast members from Sweet Charity will perform selections including "Big Spender" and "Rhythm of Life." This event is free; reserve tickets online or contact the box office at 312-922-2110. Show time is at 7:30pm.
Curating the Page @ threewallsSALON
There appears to be a growing return to the book amongst younger artists, writers and thinkers. This move towards the material and physical may be in reaction to the vastness and immateriality of forms of cultural production in the Second Life era. This discussion centers around definitions of the publication as art object, as curated exhibition, as micro-archive, as well as phenomenological aspects of the publication--its tactility, personable and intimate dimensions, and the unique one-to-one relationship between reader/viewer and object. Bookmakers, editors, curators and scholars have been invited to this discussion to share their experiences as we ponder the significance of recent evolutions in the book as object, curatorial challenges the artist book provokes, and the future of the medium. All the fun starts at 7pm tonight at threewalls: 119 N. Peoria #2D.
