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
Wednesday, November 26
Slowdown
BY DAY
Monday, September 13 2010
Sci Fi & Fantasy Book Club @ Noble Tree Cafe
The Chicago Nerds Social Club holds their latest sci fi & fantasy book club this evening from 6:30pm to 8pm at Noble Tree Cafe (2444 N. Clark). The evening's book is a classic: Larry Niven's Ringworld from 1970. The event is free; see the Chicago Nerds Website for details.
Vertical Farming Lecture at Chicago Cultural Center
Vertical farming expert Dickson Despommier, a professor of environmental health sciences and microbiology at Columbia University in New York City, is speaking at the Claudia Cassidy Theater about this method of planting food in urban settings. The presentation is in conjunction with City Is a Community Garden, an exhibition at the Chicago Tourism Center that focuses on urban gardens, vertical farming and urban chicken keepers. The lecture, at 6 pm, is free. Go to this city web site for more info.
GB Book Club Meeting
The GB Book Club meets tonight at 7:30pm at the Book Cellar, 4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave., to discuss Young Lonigan by James T. Farrell. The meeting is open to anyone; here are some discussion questions to get you started. Free.
Marquis Hill Quartet @ Ratchet
Jazz and creative music series Ratchet presents the Marquis Hill Quartet tonight at Skylark in Pilsen. Hill will be on trumpet, Nate Baker on guitar, Patrick Mulcahy on bass, with Jeremy Cunningham on the drums. 10pm. 21 & up. Donations accepted. 2149 S. Halsted St.
Pavement @ Pritzker Pavilion
After closing out Pitchfork Music Festival with a bang, Malkmus and crew return to Chicago for another special outdoor concert under the stars in Millennium Park. 7pm. Tickets range from $15 to $40.
