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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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Friday, March 29

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Jonathan Eig @ Cliff Dwellers Club

The Society of Midland Authors hosts a great monthly lecture series, all open to the public. Tonight journalist Jonathan Eig, author of Get Capone, will speak about Chicago's most famous gangster. (Capone has recently been brought back to life thanks to the HBO series Boardwalk Empire -- played by Stephen Graham, he's what Eig says is "maybe the best Capone I've ever seen," including De Niro!)

All programs are held at 7pm at the Cliff Dwellers Club, 200 S. Michigan Ave., 22nd floor, free. Complimentary snacks are served at 6pm, with a cash bar.

US Surgeon General @ Pritzker Auditorium

The US Surgeon General, Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, speaks tonight at 6pm in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St., as part of the Chicago Public Library's ongoing MacArthur Fellows Science Series. The event is free, but space is limited. More information here.

Heavy Metal 101 @ Hungry Brain

Homeroom presents "Heavy Metal 101," a primer on the genre at Hungry Brain, 2319 W Belmont, tonight starting at 8pm. Keidra Chaney of The Learned Fangirl explains the family tree of metal, while poet Michael Robbins shares thoughts on what its like to become a metalhead later in life. Chicago Underground Film Festival curator Bryan Wendorf spins black metal before and after the talk. Free. 21+

 

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