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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
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BY DAY
Tuesday, December 04 2012
Alzheimer's and Aging: Our Fragile Minds
The Chicago Council on Science and Technology (C2ST) and the Children's Hospital of Chicago Research Center present "Alzheimer's and Aging: Our Fragile Minds," a a program discussing Alzheimer's disease and the state of research into causes and treatment, tonight at Northwestern's Thorne Auditorium, 375 E. Chicago Ave. Panelists include author Lisa Genova and Dr. Marsel Mesulam, director of the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center at Northwestern. Registration begins at 4:30pm; the presentation begins at 5:30pm. Admission is $10 for C2ST members, Alzheimer's Association Greater Illinois Chapter members and Children's Hospital of Chicago Research Center staff, and $15 for non-members; free for students. A $50-a-plate dinner follows the presentation -- see the site for reservation details.
Potato Prowess @ Horwich JCC
Chef Laura Frankel of the Spertus Institute will walk you through how to make a monster potato latke at tonight's Potato Prowess class at the Horwich Jewish Community Center, 3003 W Touhy. Event begins at 6:30pm; admission $18-25.
Wit Rabbit Reading Series @ Quenchers
The Wit Rabbit Reading Series presents Annah Browning, CM Burroughs, Anne Elizabeth Moore and Marcus Wicker at Quenchers, 2401 N. Western Ave., tonight at 7pm. Free, 21+.
Tuesday Funk @ Hopleaf
Tonight at 7:30pm in the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf, 5148 N. Clark St., Tuesday Funk features readings by Julia Borcherts, Jodi Eichelberger, Maggie Kast, Stephen Markley, and Andrew Reilly. William Shunn and Sara Ross Witt host. Free, 21+
Last Two Cookie Minimum Reading of 2012
Reading series Two Cookie Minimum closes out 2012 tonight at the Hungry Brain, 2319 W. Belmont Ave. The lineup features Neil Brideau, a comic artist and organizer of CAKE; Lisa Mrock; Piper Pennigan; Jason Fisk, author of Hank and Jules; Elizabeth Tieri, editor-in-chief of Back to Print Publishing; and Rosamund Lannin, former editor of Gaper's Block Book Club. The event is hosted by Johnny Misfit. Be sure to show up by the 9pm start to grab some cookies!
