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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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TODAY
Monday, November 3
Slowdown
BY DAY
Wednesday, August 04 2010
Nelarusky Pre-Lolla Show @ Metro
Nelarusky (formerly McFest) takes over the Metro, 3730 N. Clark St., tonight with a pre-Lollapalooza show benefiting Special Olympics. The Constellations, Your Villain My Hero, Churchill, Fair Herald and Million Dollar Mano perform, plus special guests TBA. Tickets are $13, all ages. Doors open at 5pm, show starts at 5:30pm.
Reading Under the Influence @ Sheffield's
The monthly reading series Reading Under the Influence takes over Sheffield's (3258 N. Sheffield) with tonight's theme: "Gods". Readers include local authors Josh Wilker, Marc Paoletti, and Simon Smith, as well as Windy City Story Slam all-city champion Alex Bonner. Original pieces will be read, as well as trivia segments related to the theme, with prizes. Doors open at 7pm, reading starts at 7:30pm, $3 cover charge. For more info call 773-281-4989, or or visit Reading Under the Influence or Sheffield's.
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.
Fresh @ Film Center
Fresh is a film that brings a little sunshine to the growing food movement. Director Sofia Joanes explores the rebel industry of pesticide and hormone free farms that seek to create a food product that is good for us, the environment, and the plants and animals that provide it.
Screening starts at 6:00 pm. Tickets are $10 general admission, $7 for regular students, $4 for SAIC students, and $5 Film Center members. Tickets can be purchased through the Film Center's box office or their website.
Drink & Draw @ Spudnik Press
Spudnik Press hosts a monthly "Drink & Draw" night at 1821 W. Hubbard, Suite 308, from 7pm to 9:30pm. They provide beer and a theme, you bring paper and some creativity and join in. This month, everyone's fingerpainting! More info here. Suggested donation $5.
Grant Park Orchestra @ Millennium Park
Tonight's delightfully varied Grant Park Music Festival program begins with the rousing Lollapalooza by John Adams and continues with Dvorák's folk-inspired Violin Concerto, and ends with Shostakovich's enigmatic Symphony No. 9, composed at the end of the Second World War. 6:30pm. Pritzker Pavilion. Free.
"JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance" @ MCA
The Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP), concludes its annual festival of American tap dance and contemporary percussive arts with the three performances at the Museum of Contemporary Art MCA Stage (220 E. Chicago Ave.). "JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance" begins at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $30 for non-Rhythm World participants, and may be purchased
online.
