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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Thursday, September 18
Come out to the Hopleaf for another fantastic lineup at This Much Is True, featuring stories by Roger Bonair-Agard, Dorrie Ferguson, Joe Janes, Maia Morgan, Deanna Moffitt, Anne Shimojima, and Scott Whitehair. The Hopleaf is located at 5148 N. Clark, show starts at 7:30pm, and is free. A word to the wise: get there early for a seat, and bring cash - credit cards are not accepted in the upstairs bar. For more info visit This Much is True or Hopleaf.
The Third Coast International Audio Festival hosts one of its periodic Listening Room sessions tonight at the Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia Ave. Titled "The Sound(s) of Protest," the program will feature audio stories about talking back, occupying, resisting and agitating, including an NPR broadcast during the Vietnam War, the Human Microphone phenomenon and more. Special guest Anne Elizabeth Moore will lend her own perspective and share a story or two as well. Doors are at 6pm, show starts at 7pm. Tickets are $10, $8 for students. 21+