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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
Saturday, April 27
Slowdown
BY DAY
Wednesday, January 25 2012
Small Firm/Small Project Award Winners @ CAF
The Chicago Architecture Foundation's Lunchtime Lecture series this week features winners of the Small Firm/Small Project Award program, small architecture firms that have been recognized for their high-quality work. The event runs from 12:15pm to 1pm in the CAF Lecture Hall Gallery,
224 S. Michigan Ave. Free -- bring your lunch.
Bob Riesman @ Chicago Public Library, Blackstone Branch
Tonight, Bob Riesman presents I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy. Singer/songwriter Chris Walz will be on hand to play Broonzy's music. Chicago Public Library, Blackstone branch, 4904 S. Lake Park Ave., at 6pm.
Daniel Handler @ Barnes and Noble
Tonight, Daniel Handler (a.k.a. Lemony Snicket) signs his new young adult novel Why We Broke Up at the Skokie Barnes and Noble. Illustrator Maira Kalman will also be there. The novel tells the story of a breakup from a teenage girl's point of view. Barnes and Noble, 55 Old Orchard Center, Skokie, 7:30pm.
GB Get-Together @ Highball Lounge
Join Gapers Block staff and readers at Highball Lounge, 738 N. Clark St., for our monthly Get-Together. Highball will be generously donating a couple bottles of wine to help get the conversation flowing, and everyone's first drink is free (we'll have wristbands to help separate the GB folk from the riff-raff). We're kicking things off a little earlier than usual, from 6pm to 9pm, since it's a school night. Please RSVP on Facebook so we get a good count of who's coming! 21+
Shattered Lens: A Citizen's Right to Film
The Loyola University School of Communication, the McCormick Foundation and the Chicago Headline Club host "Shattered Lens: A Citizen's Right to Film," a discussion of the legal and social issues surrounding video recording by the government, journalists and the public. The panel features Garry F. McCarthy, superintendent of the Chicago Police Department; Lucy Dalglish, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; and Harvey Grossman, legal director of ACLU Illinois, and takes place tonight from 5pm to
7pm in Regent's Hall on the 16th floor of Loyola's Lewis Towers, 111 E. Pearson St. Free, but registration is required.
Four Monologues @ Poetry Foundation
Four Monologues is an excerpt from author and poet Aram Saroyan's play, The Laws of Light, done as a staged reading. Taking place at the Poetry Foundation (61 W Superior) at 7pm, the reading coincides with a letterpress book release. The artist's book edition was created by students in the Book and Paper Arts MFA program at Columbia College Chicago. Reserve your spot here or call (312) 787-7070.
Soup and Bread @ Hideout
The Hideout (1354 W Wabansia) hosts Soup and Bread, which is a casual soup-eating event and fundraiser for a local food-related charity. Donate what you can; eat what you will. Event runs 5:30-7:30pm.
