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Gapers Block - Chicago news, reviews & commentary As of January 1, 2016, Gapers Block has ceased publication . 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 over the past 12-plus years. ✶ TODAY Tuesday, February 4 Search Home Arts Book Club Food Music Politics Sports Archives Newsletter About Feature Transmission A Conversation with Clinton Sandifer, AKA ShowYouSuck by Erin Vogel Feature Tailgate A Century of Losing Draws Free Agents to Cubs by Chad Ruter Merge Where We Started Gapers Block went live on April 25, 2003, with a Merge post about the Berghoff adding seats in the bar. The first couple Fuel questions were kind of silly, but got down to business soon enough. More » Andrew Huff — 12/31 — Gapers Vintage Pilsen Chicago Voz interviews Akito Tsuda , a Japanese photographer who just published a book of photos of Pilsen in the early 1990s. Andrew Huff — 12/31 — Photography Best of GB: The Lies Early on, we ran fiction in Detour, our features section. One running series was The Critic, which was an Onionesque collection of "real reviews of fake things," such as restaurants , movies , musicals , fireworks shows and music festivals . They never failed to fool a few people. Andrew Huff — 12/31 — Gapers A Tale of Two Cities In a NYTimes op-ed , Megan Stielstra juxtaposes tonight's Chi-Town Rising event, which was once free but now costs $99-150 to attend , with the protests that are bringing people together for a very different reason. Meanwhile, Rick Perlstein writes in the New Yorker about " The Sudden But Well-Deserved Fall of Rahm Emanuel ." Andrew Huff — 12/31 — City Life/Cultural Easy Mistake to Make, Jeb Presidential candidate Jeb Bush commented on the decision not to indict the police officers who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice yesterday, saying, "I think that Chicago's got a lot of work to do to rebuild trust. The level of violence is abhorrent." When reminded that the Rice case was in Cleveland, he said, "I'm sorry, my bad." Andrew Huff — 12/31 — In the News Chicago Women Who Owned 2015 I'm stealing the headline from FoGB Veronica Arreola , because it is perfect. There are so many Best of lists at this time of year, but if you want to know 15 (thankfully there are far more) women who did awesome stuff in Chicago this year, then go read about them . They're all awesome. Cinnamon Cooper — 12/31 — City Life/Cultural Get Home Free on New Year's Eve As usual, the CTA will be free tonight from 10pm to 4am, courtesy of MillerCoors. Andrew Huff — 12/31 — Transportation Every Tube Down in TubeVille Comedian Owen Weber takes on trolls in the song " How the Troll Stole YouTube ." More » Andrew Huff — 12/31 — Found on the Web Next Year's CPS Schedule Released Parents may not be thrilled by the 2016-17 school schedule , which thanks to a quirk of the calendar has winter break starting on Christmas Eve and spring break ending on Easter. Andrew Huff — 12/31 — Schools/Education "Empowered Feminist," Empowered Hale Goetz writes about discovering that photos of her have gone viral on Reddit. Andrew Huff — 12/31 — Weblogs « See Page 2 for more entries. Archives By Category Arts/Architecture Books/Authors Business/Shopping City Life/Cultural Eating/Drinking Fashion/Shopping Film Found on the Web Gapers Health/Fitness History In the News Music/Clubs Offbeat/Misc. Events Outdoors/Environment People/Sightings Photography Politics/Activism Print/Magazines Radio/TV Religion/Spirituality Resources Schools/Education Sports/Recreation Stuff Technology Theatre/Dance Transportation Weblogs Rearview by David Schalliol “I also thought the extreme conditions of a Chicago winter would add atmosphere and menace to the book.” read more in Book Club Under the Hood Drive Thru Friday Foodpic: Roasted Corn by Robyn Nisi A/C Best Feature Films & Documentaries of 2015 by Steve Prokopy A/C Bye Bye, Gapers Block from the A/C Team by Nancy Bishop Mechanics Where are the Peace Candidates? by Jeff Smith Drive Thru The State of Food Writing by Brandy Gonsoulin Transmission Our Final Transmission Days by Sarah Brooks Book Club Fillet of Solo Takes Rogers Park in January by Emma Terhaar Mechanics On Gapers Block and Chicago by Phil Huckelberry A/C At the MCA: Pop Art Design Gives Us a Refresher Course on the '60s and '70s by Nancy Bishop A/C The Hateful Eight , Concussion , Joy , Carol , Hitchcock/Truffaut & Man Up by Steve Prokopy Slowdown August 2017 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 GB Store GB Buttons $1.50 Shipping included GB T-Shirt $12 Shipping included I ✶ Chi T-Shirts $15 Shipping included ABOUT GAPERS BLOCK Gapers Block is a Chicago-centric web publication providing information on news and events around town. It is written by and for Chicagoans and those who love the city — its mission is to get you to slow down and check out all the cool things around you. You can learn more about the site and its staff , as well as how to advertise with us , submit something for publication or join the mailing list . We also sell a few things. If you really like us, we'd also appreciate your support . -- Gapers Block Elsewhere Gapers Block Flickr Pool • Twitter • Facebook • Google+ RSS Feeds Merge • Under the Hood • Rearview • Slowdown • Fuel • A/C • Book Club • Drive-Thru • Mechanics • Tailgate • Transmission • Everything except Rearview & Slowdown Copyright ©2003-2020 Gapers Block & respective authors . All rights reserved. No content may be reproduced without the express permission of Gapers Block. This site is made shiny with Movable Type and housed with Media Temple . Thank you, dear reader, for supporting the site and reading. 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