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
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Wednesday, October 20 2010
Scared To Death @ The Portage Theater
Only have $4? Wanna see a movie? This is your last chance to catch a matinee this season at The Portage Theater (4050 N. Milwaukee). Just in time for Halloween, this week's screening is the 1947 film Scared To Death starring Bela Lugosi and George Zucco. Let the corpse speak for herself! Tickets are $4, screening at 1:30pm. For more info call 773-736-4050 or visit The Portage Theater.
Gurlesque @ Hokin Hall
When poet Arielle Greenberg says "Gurlesque," she means "an emerging Third Wave feminist aesthetic that foregrounds the girly in work that is subversive, carnal, performative, grotesque, and brash." And Greenberg, along with poet-critic Lara Glenum, have edited an anthology of Gurlesque work for everyone to enjoy. Tonight, hear them tell you what it's all about -- for free! -- at Hokin Hall, Room 109 (623 S. Wabash), at 5pm. Catherine Wagner will also be on hand to read some Gurlesque poems.
In the K/Now: The Non-GMO Movement @ Chicago History Museum
Tonight's 6:30pm lecture at the Chicago History Museum (Broadway and North) will tell you all you need or want to know about our buddy and enemy known as GMOs (genetically modified organisms). Farmer Keith Bolin and NEIU biology professor Beth Braun will talk turkey about the history, present and future of GMOs. Gigantic salmon to be served afterwards (just kidding!). Free with museum admission.
