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
Slowdown
BY DAY
Sunday, May 17 2015
Vintage Garage Chicago
Vintage Garage Chicago holds its monthly meeting today from 10:00am to 5:00pm at 5051 North Broadway. One hundred vintage vendors will be selling fixtures, clothing, and jewelry from earlier eras. Full details at the Vintage Garage Chicago site.
Anime Central
The 18th annual Anime Central, the Midwest's largest anime, manga and Japanese pop culture, is at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare, 9300 Bryn Mawr Ave. in Rosemont, May 15-17. Check out your favorite anime artists, play games, see special performances, attend dances and admire all the great cosplay. The festival runs 10am to 4pm. Registration is $25 today, or $60 for a weekend pass.
Chicago Underground Film Festival
The Chicago Underground Film Festival runs May 13-17 at the Logan Theatre, 2646 N. Milwaukee Ave. Tonight's programming includes shorts program 10 at 2pm,Evaporating Borders at 3pm, shorts program 11 at 4pm, shorts program 12 at 5pm, Living Stars at 6pm, Privilege and Obsession at 7pm, and Burnt in Memory, My Lover Has Steel and Street Lights for Eyes at 8pm. Tickets are $9 per program.
The Marrow @ Whistler
Nonfiction storytelling show The Marrow returns to the Whistler, 2421 N. Milwaukee Ave., tonight at 5:30pm. Featured readers include Genevieve Diesing, Megan Kirby, Noah Cruickshank and Kathleen Rooney. Naomi Huffman and Leah Pickett host. Doors open at 5pm. No cover, 21+
Wink & Whisper @ Uptown Underground
The Guild Literary Complex hosts Wink & Whisper, a benefit party reimagining a 1920s LGBT Cabaret, tonight at Uptown Underground, 4707 N. Broadway. The evening will include song, dance, comedy, burlesque, storytelling and more. Doors open at 6pm, and it all turns into a dance party at 9pm. Tickets are $75-200, with student tickets for $35 and tickets for just the dance for $12
