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.
✶ Thank you for your readership and contributions. ✶
TODAY
Saturday, April 27
Slowdown
BY DAY
Wednesday, March 07 2012
Trubble Club Release Party
The Post Family, 1821 W. Hubbard St, #202, hosts a release party for Trubble Club Issue #5 tonight from 7pm to 10pm. Pick up the issue, potentially watch some of the club's members do a live collaborative cartoon, and check out original drawings. More info here. Free.
Reading Under The Influence Collaborates with CPL and Story Week Festival
Reading Under the Influence returns tonight at 7pm, collaborating with Columbia College's Story Week Festival of Writers and Chicago Public Library's One Book, One Chicago program. Featured readers are all Columbia College Fiction Writing department faculty and staff. Showcasing original work will be Fiction Writing Chair Randy Albers and professors Eric May and Ann Hemenway. The department's secretary Nicole Chakalis will read a selection from this year's chosen "One Book," Gold Boy, Emerald Girl by Yiyun Li. RUI is always in the back room of Sheffield's, 3258 N. Sheffield Ave. $3 cover. 21+
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.
