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
Saturday, May 4
Slowdown
BY DAY
Wednesday, June 23 2010
Savor the Seasons Strawberry Festival
Strawberries get their due at their very own Savor the Seasons Festival today at the Green City Market, Stockton and LaSalle Drives, from 9am-10am.
Veggie Bingo @ Hideout
The fine folks who brought you the weekly fundraiser soup-eating slurp-a-thon Soup and Bread (along with NeighborSpace) have taken their interests to a new activity...bingo. Veggie Bingo runs every Wednesday at the Hideout (1354 W. Wabansia). Event begins at 6pm; cards are $1 each, or 6 for $5. Proceeds benefit Chicago community gardens. Event runs weekly through September 29.
Spare a Stray @ Lucky Strike
This benefit for Friends of Chicago Animal Care and Control is easy as pie--anyone who brings in this flyer all day gets 20% of their bill donated to FCACC. A reception with prizes will also be held from 6-9pm. Event is at Lucky Strike, 322 E. Illinois.
Grant Park Orchestra with Pink Martini @ Millennium Park
For tonight's Grant Park Music Festival performance, the Grant Park Orchestra is joined by the renowned band Pink Martini. 6:30pm. Jay Pritzker Pavilion. Free.
Working It Out @ Ugly Step Sister Gallery
Come out at 6pm to the Ugly Step Sister Gallery (1044 W. Fulton Mkt.) to the opening reception of Eliot Taguiam's Working It Out. In his current series of male nudes, Taguiam delineates the separation between art and every day people.
