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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Tuesday, September 03 2013
Applied Words: Broken Windows @ Polish Triangle
The Guild Complex presents Applied Words: Broken Windows, the first reading in a series of three, tonight from 6pm to 8pm in the Polish Triangle at the intersection of Division, Ashland and Milwaukee. Paul Durica, Maribel Mares and Sarah Ross read, followed by an open mic. A free workshop on placemaking precedes the discussion from 3 to 5pm, led by architect Katherine Darnstadt. Both events are free.
Tuesday Funk @ Hopleaf
MacArthur Genius Aleksandar Hemon, acclaimed author of The Book of My Lives, headlines September's edition of Tuesday Funk tonight in the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf, 5148 N. Clark St.. Also featuring Virginia Konchan, Lania Knight, Norman Doucet and series co-host William Shunn. Hosted by Shunn and Gapers Block's own Andrew Huff. Doors open at 7pm, show starts promptly at 7:30pm. Free, 21+
Singin' in the Rain @ Berger Park
The Chicago Park District continues this summer's Movies in the Park with a screening of the 1952 singing and dancing extravaganza Singin' in the Rain. Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Stanley Donen star as friends and co-conspirators in 1927 Hollywood, who try to save their silent film by turning it into a musical. Just one problem: their lead actress, a great silent film star, can't sing. Antics and a little bit of romance ensue in bright, bold technicolor. The film begins at 7:30 at Berger Park Cultural Center, 6205 N Sheridan Rd. The event is free.
Two Cookie Minimum + Sad Robot Stories
Two Cookie Minimum reading series supports the new book Sad Robot Stories by Mason Johnson (out on the Chicago Center for Literature and Photograph). The lineup includes Mason Johnson, Dan Shapiro, comics artist Alex Nall, James Tadd Adcox editor at Artifice books, zinester Vicky Lim (Abstract Door zine), and Jeff Phillips. Hosted by Johnny Misfit at the Hungry Brain 2319 W. Belmont at 9pm. Things won't be too sad for human or robot as the series has free cookies for attendees.
Subject to Change @ Township
Queer dance party Subject to Change hosts Reading Rainbow, a benefit night for Chicago Books to Women in Prison, tonight at Township, 2200 N. California Ave., hosted by DJ Cqqchifruit along with resident DJs Baby Bones, Josie Bush and Panakin Skywalker. Suggested donation is $5. Doors are at 9pm. 18+
