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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, October 07 2015
Chicago Museum Week
The first annual Chicago Museum Week runs Oct. 1-7. A dozen museums (Adler Planetarium, Art Insitute, Chicago History Museum, DuSable Museum, Field Museum, Lincoln Park Zoo, MCA, Museum of Science & Industry, National Museum of Mexican Art, National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and Shedd Aquarium) are offering free or discounted admission as well as special events and exhibits. See the Museum Week site for details.
Hot Mix Lunch @ Daley Plaza
Today from noon to 1pm, enjoy free house music from the Chosen Few DJs under the Picasso in Daley Plaza downtown. The "Hot Mix Lunch" will take place once a month this summer by the same awesome collective who bring you The Chosen Few Picnic every year.
Juan Felipe Herrera @ Harold Washington Library
Juan Felipe Herrera, the 2015 US Poet Laureate, visits Harold Washington Library, 400 S. State St., tonight at 6pm for a reading and conversation on the 61st annual Poetry Day. Herrera will talk with Robert Casper, head of the Poetry and Literature Center at the Library of Congress. Co-sponsored by The Poetry Foundation and Library of Congress. Admission is free, but space is limited.
Mike Krol @ Empty Bottle
Things are going to get loud at the Empty Bottle. The most recent addition to Merge Records, Mike Krol, will be performing in support of his recently released third record, Turkey. Tickets cost $8 in advance or $10 at the door, and they're available here. The Empty Bottle: 1035 N Western Ave; (773) 276-3600.
