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.
✶ Thank you for your readership and contributions. ✶
Friday, March 29
Lottie's Pub, 1925 W. Cortland Ave., hosts its 12th annual Rock'N'Roll Christmas tonight from 6pm to midnight. Bring a coat to donate, enjoy drink specials and enter a raffle for cool music-related prizes. 21+
The Music Box Theatre, one of the very few theaters in the Chicagoland area that can show 70mm films, screens a special Ultra Panovision 70mm print of Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight, starting this evening and running through the next two weeks. Film fans will definitely want to see this extended version of the film, showing before the film goes into wider release. See the Music Box site for schedule and advance tickets. Music Box: 3733 N. Southport. (773) 871-6604.
Bump & Grindcore celebrates Ludacrismas, a tribute to Ludacris, tonight at Beauty Bar, 1444 W. Chicago Ave. DJs Earn Money, All the Way Kay and Trew spin, Ernest Wilkin and Lucy Stoole host, GlitterGuts runs the photobooth, and Wolf Ram & Hart paint yer nails. No cover and hosted Old Style from 9 to 10pm with Do312 RSVP; $5 cover otherwise. 21+
The Logan Theatre, 2646 N. Milwaukee Ave., screens National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation tonight at 11pm. Tickets are $8.50.