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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Wednesday, July 22 2015
Fei-Fei Dong @ Preston Bradley Hall
Pianist Fei-Fei Dong will be performing today at 12:15pm as a part of the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series. The performance will be held at the Preston Bradley Hall of the Chicago Cultural Center, located at 78 E. Washington. Admission is free.
Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards
The 22nd annual Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award, presented by the Guild Literary Complex, recognizes emerging poets from across the state. Twenty semifinalists and special guests read at tonight's awards event, which is co-hosted by Toni Asante Lightfoot and Quraysh Ali Lansana. The event is tonight at 7pm at University of Chicago's Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th St. A reception follows. Tickets are $8, or $6 for students and seniors.
Summer with Monika @ Northeastern
The Northwest Chicago Film Society presents a screening of Ingmar Bergman 1953 film Summer with Monika tonight at 7pm in the Auditorium at Northeastern Illinois University, Building E, 3701 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. Admission is $5 ($2 for NEIU students).
