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
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BY DAY
Tuesday, August 12 2014
Rick Perlstein @ Seminary Co-op
The Seminary Co-op, 5751 S. Woodlawn Ave., hosts a book launch and '70s dance party for author Rick Perlstein's latest, The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan, tonight at 6pm. Free.
American Graffiti @ Millennium Park
George Lucas's American Graffiti screens at the Pritzker Pavilion, 201 E. Randolph St., tonight at 6:30pm as part of the Millennium Park Summer Film Series. There will be a special pre-screening performance by the cast of Million Dollar Quartet. Free.
DrekFest @ ComedySportz
Stage Left Theatre presents the eighth annual DrekFest contest to find the worst 10-minute play, tonight at 7:30pm at ComedySportz, 929 W. Belmont Ave. Come see staged readings of Dragons in America: A Fantasia on the Theme of How Fuckin' Awesome Dragons Are by Jonathan Baude, Troubling Innocence by Anderson Lawfer and Michael Dailey, Grape Jelly: A Play About a Prostitute by Rory Leahy and Behind the Wax Myrtle Shrub by Cynthia Shur Petts -- and then hear theater critics Chris Jones, Kris Vire and Kerry Reid rip them to shreds. Vote for the worst so it may be rewarded and then never be heard from again. Tickets are $15. 21+
