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, February 03 2015
First Tuesdays w/Mick & Ben @ Hideout
First Tuesdays with Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky of the Reader talk about the municipal elections at the Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia Ave., tonight at 6:30pm. The guests this month will be Sun-Times political reporter Dan Mihalopoulos, DNAinfo senior editor Jen Sabella and WVON host Perri Small. Tickets are $5. 21+
Tuesday Funk @ Hopleaf
Tuesday Funk is back in February to warm your heart if not your feet. Join us in the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf, 5148 N. Clark St. in Chicago, on Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015, when our guests are Alan DeNiro, Cameron McGill, Patty Templeton, Christa Desir and H.Melt. Gapers Block's Andrew Huff and Eden Robins host. Doors open at 7pm -- no earlier, unfortunately, but get there as close to 7 as possible to grab a table, as the room fills up quickly -- and the show begins at 7:30pm. Admission is free, but you must be 21 or older. RSVP on Facebook.
Back to Print Jubilee @ Cole's
Chicago publishing organization Back to Print celebrates its fifth birthday with its annual Jubilee this Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 8pm at Cole's Bar, 2338 N. Milwaukee Ave. There will be live music by The Bribes, Tyler Bagwell, VINO and Lisa Leszczewicz, and readings by Back to Print authors, including Adonis EndApartheid Quercia, Eric Bartholomew, Nicholas Souder, and Alex Bonner (who penned Normal Ave., the first novel released by Back to Print). Back to Print's editor-in-chief Elizabeth S. Tieri hosts. 21+
