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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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Tuesday, December 11 2012
Chicago Theatre Marquee Tour
Tour the Chicago Theater, one of the last standing 1920's movie palaces, tonight at 6pm. Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for children (12 and under). Purchase tickets online or at the box office on 175 N State Street. For more information call (312) 462-6318 or email.
Hideout Holiday Sale
The Hideout's annual holiday sale is tonight at 6pm. Browse the wares from a number of artists and crafters while enjoying drinks and a DJ. Bloodshot Records will also be accepting stuffed toys for their annual gift drive. Free, 21+
This Much Is True @ Hopleaf
It's the second Tuesday of the month, time for another installment of This Much Is True at the Hopleaf (5148 N. Clark). Tonight's readers include: Arif Choudhury; Jen Ellison; Sean Flannery; Larry Kerns; Paulette McDaniels; Joshua Safford; Rose Laws - AKA the notorious Gold Coast Madam; and Scott Whitehair. 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.
Solo in the 2nd City Reading Series: Home (Alone) for the Holidays
Solo in the 2nd City Reading Series: Home (Alone) for the Holidays is tonight at 8pm at Beauty Bar Chicago, 1444 W. Chicago Ave. Solo in the 2nd City is a blog and reading series with stories of what it is to be single, dating, falling in and out of love, sex, and the like in Chicago. Being single is not required to attend nor read, as all have been single at least once. The reading is hosted by Carly Oishi and Melinda McIntire. Featured readers include: Annie Taylor, Bill Bullock, Eileen Dougharty, Reyna Jacqueline Pena, Ian Belknap. Free, 21+
