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
Friday, April 19
Slowdown
BY DAY
Monday, November 19 2012
Essay Fiesta @ Book Cellar
For Essay Fiesta's third anniversary show at the Book Cellar, 4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave., tonight at 7pm, cohosts Keith Ecker and Alyson Lyon say goodbye and hand the reins over to Willy Nast and Karen Shimmin. Readers include David Finch, Dana Norris, Janna Sobel, Adam Guerino and Rachael Kossy. Free, but donations (benefiting 826CHI) are accepted.
Will You Stand Up? @ Center on Halsted
Erasing the Distance presents Will You Stand Up?, a performance of five true stories exploring the connection between violence and mental health, at 7:30pm tonight in the Hoover-Leppen Theatre at Center On Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted Ave., 3rd Fl. Tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. The show will also be staged Nov. 12, 13 and 20.
Delta Spirit @ House of Blues
Indie rock group Delta Spirit headlines a show at the House of Blues, 329 N. Dearborn St., at 8pm. It will be their most recent return to the Windy City, since their intensely energetic set on the most sweltering day of Lollapalooza 2012, before the infamous storm hit. The sibling rock duo JEFF the Brotherhood performs as the opening act.
Tickets are $23.50 in advance or $25 at the door, 17+.
