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 12
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BY DAY
Tuesday, August 02 2011
Tuesday Funk @ The Hopleaf
Come for the 80 varieties of beer, stay for the storytelling. It's time for the August installment of Tuesday Funk at the Hopleaf (5148 N. Clark). Tonight's readers include Sondra Morin, Eden M. Robins, Julie Rosenthal, Jerry Schwartz and Karen Skalitzky. Seating begins at 7pm, reading begins at 7:30pm, and admission is free. Cash only bar upstairs.
The Moth Chicago GrandSLAM II @ Park West
The second Moth Chicago GrandSLAM comes to the Park West (322 W. Armitage), featuring past winners of the Moth StorySLAM, (including Gapers Block's own J.H. Palmer), and hosted by WBEZ's Peter Sagal. The Moth is a reading series that began in New York in 1997, has chapters in L.A., Chicago, and Detroit, produces "The Moth on The Road" shows all over the country, and The Moth Radio Hour. It is also one of the best known storytelling series around; buy your tickets early. For more info visit The Moth or Park West. Doors open at 6pm, show starts at 8pm. A word to the wise - buy your tickets in cash at the Park West box office (322 W. Armitage) or at the Vic box office (3145 N. Sheffield) ahead of time and avoid those annoying online surcharges (which come to a hefty $9.30 per ticket.)
Funny Ha-Ha @ Hideout
Funny Ha-Ha returns to the Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia, tonight from 7 to 8:30pm. Claire Zulkey hosts an evening of readings and performances by "Ask Amy" columnist and "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" panelist Amy Dickinson, blogger Samantha Irby, Write Club overlord Ian Belknap, Comedy Central's Indecision blogger Dennis DiClaudio, comedian James Fritz, Jezebel blogger Erin Gloria Ryan, and filmmaker Joe Avella. $5 admission benefits the Neighborhood Writing Alliance. 21+
