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, March 19

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House on Haunted Hill @ Portage Theater

The Portage Theater, 4050 N. Milwaukee Ave., hosts a free screening of the Vincent Price horror classic House on Haunted Hill tonight at 6:30pm. Price's daughter, Victoria Price, will be in attendance.

First Tuesdays w/Mick & Ben @ Hideout

First Tuesdays with the Reader's Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky is tonight at 6:30pm at the Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia Ave. Find out what's going on with Chicago's political scene. $5. 21+

Tuesday Funk @ Hopleaf

Tuesday Funk, Chicago's eclectic monthly reading series sponsored by Gapers Block, returns tonight to the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf, 5148 N. Clark St. This month the readers are poet Mark Turcotte, author Lori Rader-Day, poet Noel Jones, author Dmitry Samarov and writer-musicians Paul McComas and Maya Kuper -- plus your regular cohosts, Andrew Huff and Eden Robins. Doors open at 7pm sharp -- no earlier, unfortunately, -- and the reading begins at 7:30pn. RSVP on Facebook. Free, 21+

John Darnielle & Unabridged Books @ Lincoln Hall

John Darnielle, writer, composer, guitarist, and vocalist for the band the Mountain Goats, has finally translated his tremendous lyrics to prose with the release of new novel, Wolf In White Van, "the story of the Trace Italian, a game of strategy and survival! You may now make your first move." Join Unabridged Bookstore for an unforgettable evening as John Darnielle sits in conversation with Mairead Case, columnist for Bookslut who has spent a decade working in Chicago schools, small presses, and libraries, at Lincoln Hall, 2424 N. Lincoln Ave. Darnielle's debut novel, hailed as moving, menacing, and brillliantly constructed, is not to be missed. $30 for entry plus a copy of the book; doors open at 7pm.

 

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