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
Wednesday, November 5
Slowdown
BY DAY
Tuesday, August 13 2013
This Much is True @ Mrs. Murphy's & Sons Irish Bistro
This Much Is True is back this month at Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro (3905 N. Lincoln) with an outstanding lineup of returning favorites and new faces. Listen to stories from regulars Scott Whitehair, Larry Kerns, and Stephanie Douglass, with special guests Lily Be, Don Hall, Gwen Hilary, and Kim Weitkamp. Show starts at 7:30pm, and is free. For more info visit This Much is True or Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro.
Chi Lit: Tales of the Neighborhoods
1,001 Chicago Afternoons and Anthology of Chicago present a reading of stories about the city's neighborhoods tonight at Cole's Bar, 2338 N. Milwaukee Ave., at 8pm. Featured readers include Bill Savage, Dmitry Samarov, Shannon Cason, Kimberly Dixon-Mays, Paul Durica, Robert Loerzel, Sarah Gonzalez and more. Hosted by Rachel Hyman of Anthology of Chicago and Paul Dailing of 1,001 Chicago Afternoons. Admission is free; a portion of the bar and proceeds from a raffle will go to Open Books. 21+
