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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
Sunday, May 5
Slowdown
BY DAY
Monday, May 23 2011
Erik Larson @ Harold Washington Library
You probably know him best as the author of Devil in the White City, but tonight he's back discussing In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, the story of mild-mannered William E. Dodd, first ambassador to Nazi Germany, his free-spirited daughter Martha, and their trip from Chicago to the odd, tenuous and (it goes without saying) dark world of 1933 Berlin. 400 S State St, 6pm. Free.
Bonnie Prince Billy@Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park
He goes by many monikers-Bonnie Prince Billy, Palace Music, and Palace Brothers but either way, mastermind of the indie folk frontier Will Oldham will be starting off the Downtown Sound: New Music Mondays Series with what is sure to be an interesting and memorable night. All performances including this one are free and start at 6:30 with The Cairo Gang opening.
Starlicker & Tatsuya Nakatani @ Cultural Center
Avant-garde jazz group Starlicker and contemporary percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani perform at the Chicago Cultural Center's Claudia Cassidy Theatre, 78 W. Washington Ave., tonight at 6:30pm as part of the Cultural Center's free New Music Mondays series. More info here.
Rabble Rabble @ Empty Bottle
Rabble Rabble, We Are Hex and Distractions play the Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western Ave., tonight at 9:30pm. Free show, but 21+.
