Gapers Block is one of 12 recipients of Community News Matters grants from the Chicago Community Trust and Knight Foundation. We're receiving $35,000 to expand our original local reporting, with a priority on stories about underserved communities and issues that affect them. More details in A/C.
It will smash into your house, and you will be confused.
After Daley equated a new school for Altgeld Gardens to a gang victory, funding a new charter school in the area may be the best way out of a sticky political situation; big emphasis on "political."
For the first time in decades the Christmas tree in Daley plaza will be a single spruce. This year's was found in the wilds of Palos Heights.
If you owe the state $1,000 or more in unpaid taxes, you'll find yourself on this list.
Or just throw it on the couch. With pillows like these from local crafter Beth Cummings of Diffraction Fiber, you can lie on your city pride. These pillows are made from 100% recycled plastic bottles so they're extra great. So are some of these other ones she'll be selling at the DIY Trunk Show on November 21st.
Sufjan Stevens' Illinois may have reached the top spot on Paste Magazine's list of the decade's best albums, but it also marked the end of his planned 50-state project, which he now says he may have taken "too seriously." Incidentally, Chicago's own Wilco snagged second place on the official list and #1 among readers with Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
Voting for NewCity's Best of Chicago survey closes at midnight -- and Gapers Block is up for "best local general-interest blog." Help us vote it up.
Apparently, Republican Senate hopeful Rep. Mark Kirk is wooing an endorsement from former Gov. Sarah Palin. Crain's Greg Hinz thinks this is "awfully dumb." And, it seems, Kirk's Democratic challenger, Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias couldn't agree more.
Reeling's 28th annual Lesbian and Gay International Film Festival starts Thursday Nov. 5. Check out some of this year's highlights in A/C.
The 2010 edition of the Not For Tourists guide to Chicago is out, but you can download PDFs of the various sections for $1.50 each.
Check out this website devoted to pictures of Chicago-style food. It won't help your situation, but it sure is beautiful.
Is mathematics ultimately invented or discovered? And for that matter, does that make God the ultimate mathematician? Tonight at 5pm, Dr. Mario Livio will lead a free lecture at Columbia College exploring a question that's plagued mathematicians, scientists and philosophers for centuries, based on his new book, Is God a Mathematician?
The book Designing Obama overshot its Kickstarter funding goal of $65,000 by more than $15,000 -- and the Post Family is celebrating with a launch party tonight at 7pm.
Ever wonder what Wilco's practice loft looks like? LoftLife Magazine gives you a peek. [via]
Saturday 11/07
Pumpkins and Squashes @ Kendall College
DIFFA Table Hop & Taste @ Merchandise Mart
Chicago Fire Semifinal Match @ Toyota Park
Mrs. Gruber's Ding Dong School
Eccentric Soul Revue @ Lincoln Hall
The Incredible Journey That is Consciousness @ Golden Age
Half Acre Chilli Cookoff @ The Arts of Life Studio
Daria Martin and Anne Collod in Conversation @ MCA
Festival of Wood and Barrel-Aged Beer @ Bailey Auditorium
Sunday 11/08
New Belgium Experimental Dinner @ Lush
Artists Run Chicago Digest Release Party @ Hyde Park Art Center
Muppets double feature @ Film Center
"Wine and Time" Lecture/Tasting @ threewalls
Monday 11/09
Hollows Record Release with White Mystery @ Empty Bottle
Gapers Block Book Club Meeting & Author Event
The Muppets Take Manhattan @ Film Center
Tuesday 11/10
Mrs. Charles Darwin's Recipe Book @ Ina's
Society of Midland Authors: Burnham's Plan of Chicago
Guerrilla Girls Lecture: Feminist Masked Avengers @ MCA
Wednesday 11/11
White Rabbits @ Schubas- SOLD OUT
Viento de Los Andes and Folklore ballet Pachacamac @ The Old Town School of Folk Music
Thursday 11/12
War and Peace @ Th!nkArt Salon
Women Helping Women: Shopping & Cocktails
Friday 11/13
Innervation Dance Cooperative @ Links Hall
Mrs. Gruber's Ding Dong School
