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
Thursday, April 18
Slowdown
BY DAY
Monday, June 09 2014
Omar Souleyman @ Downtown Sound
The Downtown Sound free concert series at 6:30pm in the Pritzker Pavilion, 201 E. Randolph St. in Millennium Park, this week features Syrian musician Omar Souleyman, with Joshua Abrams' Natural Information Society opening. Seating begins at 5:30pm. Free.
Is This A Thing? @ O'Shaughnessy's Public House
Check out the June edition of Is This A Thing? at O'Shaughnessy's Public House, 4557 N. Ravenswood Ave. Join host Jake Cowan and featured storytellers M. Molly Backes, Elizabeth Gomez, Rachel Cromidas, Natasha Mulholland, Lisa Scott, Claire Muller, and Valentine Soposky for stories of distance and travel. 7pm-9pm. Free. 21+.
Kelis @ Park West
Kelis brings her milkshake to the Park West, 322 W. Armitage Ave., tonight, with Son Little opening. (Quick preview and contest in Transmission.) Doors open at 7pm, show's at 8pm. Tickets are $20. 18+
Michael Ian Black @ UP Comedy Club
Michael Ian Black does a night of stand-up at UP Comedy Club, 230 W. North Ave., tonight at 7pm. Adam Burke opens. Tickets are $25. 21+
