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
Friday, April 26
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BY DAY
Monday, July 21 2014
Belgian Independence Day Celebration @ Maria's
Maria's Package Goods & Community Bar (960 W 31st St.) celebrates Belgium's Independence today with Belgian-inspired savory pies from Pleasant House Bakery and specials on Brewery Ommegang brews. From 7pm-9pm tonight, sample their limited-release 2014 Belgian IPA and any other Ommegang beer for $1 off the usual price.
The Both @ 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 The Both (aka Aimee Mann and Ted Leo), with Pillars & Tongues opening. Seating begins at 5:30pm -- and you're probably going to want to get there early.
Essay Fiesta @ Book Cellar
Essay Fiesta returns to the Book Cellar, 4736 N. Lincoln Ave., tonight at 7pm. The lineup features 2nd Story podcaster Ozzie Totten, writer and Young Chicago Authors board president Debbi Welch, writer Sarah Michael Hollenbeck, Inland Mag founder and journalist Britt Julious, and "Our Man In Chicago" Scott Smith. Karen Shimmin and Willy Nast cohost. Free, but donations for 826CHI will be collected.
