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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BY DAY
Wednesday, July 13 2011
Homemade Bread Showcase @ Los Manos Gallery
Learn the beauty of eating homemade bread tonight at Los Manos Gallery, 5220 N Clark, from 6:30-7:30pm. Event sponsored by Chicago Amateur Bread Bakers as part of Andersonville's Green Week. Free samples!
Samuel Park @ Women and Children First
Tonight, Columbia College assistant professor Samuel Park reads from his novel This Burns My Heart at Women and Children First. The story of a woman struggling for identity in post-war South Korea, This Burns was named one of amazon.com's Best Books of the Month for July, 2011. Audrey Niffenegger calls it "...quietly stunning - a soft, fierce story that lingers in the mind." Women and Children First, 5233 N. Clark St., 7:30pm.
Opening: Jeff Garlin's No Sugar Tonight
Comedian and actor Jeff Garlin, who plays Larry David's loveable sidekick on the show "Curb Your Enthusiasm," starts a short run of his one-man show "No Sugar Tonight" at the Steppenwolf Theater tonight at 7:30pm. Performances run through July 24; admission $15 students, $25 everyone else.
Opening Day: Seaway Bank Farmers Market
The Seaway Bank Farmers Market starts today! Market runs each Wednesday from 9am-2pm at 645 E. 87th Street.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off @ Chicago History Museum
Tonight the Chicago History Museum (Clark Street & North Avenue) hosts a free viewing the John Hughes' classic Ferris Bueller's Day Off in Uihlein Plaza. This special screening is in collaboration with the Chicago Park District's "Movies in the Parks" series taking place all summer long. Guests are invited to bring their own chairs, blankets, food and beverages (in non-glass containers). The outdoor showing starts at dusk and in the event that inclement weather is predicted, a decision regarding the showing of the film will be made by 5p.
