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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Monday, June 18 2012
$1000 Sketch Thing at GTT @Gorilla Tango
Voting, America's favorite pastime, returns to GTT in the Second Annual $1000 GTT Sketch Thing! Come vote for your favorite sketch group as they break out new material in an attempt to win $1,000 and fame and glory! Or at the very least, $1,000. Be there, or watch summer reruns on TV.
Produced by GTT.
Mondays and Tuesdays in June at 7:30pm. Tickets are $12 and are available here.
Downtown Sound: Cloud Cult
Cloud Cult performs at 6:30pm in the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park as part of the Downtown Sound free concert series. Judson Claiborne opens. Details here.
Essay Fiesta @ The Book Cellar
In honor of Chicago's 175th birthday, producers and hosts Alyson Lyon and Keith Ecker are welcoming a selection of Chicago's top literati to share stories inspired by the Windy City. The lineup includes: Bitches Gotta Eat blogger Samantha Irby, Collaboraction company member John Wilson, Neo-Futurist Dina Walters, Journalist and 826CHI volunteer Lindsay Eanet, and Writer Willy Nast. As always, the show includes a raffle with all proceeds going to the youth literacy organization 826 Chicago. Show starts at 7pm at the Book Cellar (4736 N. Lincoln), and is free, but get there early - this show goes from plenty of seating to standing room only in a jiffy. For more information visit Essay Fiesta.
Do Not Submit: A Storytelling Open Mic @ Trace
No frills. No judgment. No pressure. This is the city's rawest open mic dedicated solely to the art of storytelling. Do Not Submit meets at Trace, 3714 N. Clark St., the last Monday of every month from 8pm to 11pm (signup begins at 7:30pm). Bring that piece you are absolutely sure doesn't work, that rough draft that has no ending yet, or that anecdote you are hoping to flesh out. If you have been wanting to dip a toe into storytelling without facing a sold-out Moth Slam audience, this is the place to experiment. If you are an experienced writer/performer looking to hone your live lit skills, this is the place to put the work in. Not interested in telling? Come experience the process, and see how the polished stories on stage tomorrow are being shaped, tested and reworked today. Please -- no poetry or prose fiction. Hosted by Shannon Cason and Scott Whitehair.
Ecstasy of Order @ Music Box
Ecstasy of Order, a documentary about world champion Tetris players, screens at the Music Box Theater, 3733 N. Southport Ave., tonight at 7:30pm. Tickets are $10 online or at the door.
