"Bestiarum Vocabulum" at rec room May 21

Dear rec roomer,

I once had a penny goldfish (Hermie) who lived 12 years. Other than that, I've never really had any pets, or formed any bonds with animals. Probably my favorite animal as a kid was this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8aGlOj2VFo&feature=related.

Nothing against animals, I'm really just more of a children and houseplants kinda girl. So this Wednesday, May 21 @ 8 p.m., as rec room presents a show devoted to animals, I'll leave the pontificating to the experts. Namely, this week's curator, Jacob S. Knabb, and these cool cats/farmers/zoologists/shepards/safari guides, etc. who will be performing along with him: Philip Jenks & Simone Muench, Matthew Guenette, Jonathan Messinger, Greg Purcell, Erikka Mikalo, Aras and the Volodkas, Nick Garcia, Miki Howald, and Nicolette Bond.

If instinct compels you, come to the neighborhood where cougars run free (till they are gunned down in alleys), this third Wednesday in May, one day after the full moon, for: "Bestiarum Vocabulum" a show Jacob describes like this: "Here begins an examination of the nature of beasts. Of lions and panthers and tigers, wolves and foxes, dogs and apes. Of poets and fictioneers and audio-visual mavens, lurkers and disreputable types, hyenas and scalawags, and all of the mean, lean, mangy, hidebound skinny, worthless cattle in every particular drove."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBBaw_HrCco&feature=related,

Erin

((REC ROOM INFO))

What: the reconstruction room (a biweekly theme party -- with art, literature and performance)

Website: www.recroomers.com (contains a calendar of upcoming shows and an archive of past shows)

When: the first and third wednesdays of every month -- 8:00 p.m.

Where: Black Rock (a bar at the corner of damen and addison in roscoe village. two blocks west of the addison stop on the brown line. Address: 3614 N. Damen Ave., Chicago, IL, 60618)

Cost: free

Organizers: erin teegarden, trinette mura, meg barboza, miki howald, nicolette bond

Contact: recroom@recroomers.com

wordsmaybe...

wordsmaybebeverly, we don't know. What we do know is that rec room's May 7th show, curated by Beverly Nelson, made for a delightful evening filled with thoughtful and entertaining performances. We weren’t just celebrating words and music and sound and movement, we also celebrated Beverly’s 55^th birthday. Between honeybees and bats, Alex’s crooning, poems, quartets and Beverly’s raucously rewarding dance number, there was plenty to celebrate. Thank you to all of the new faces who performed—we certainly hope to see you back at Rec Room soon! And Happy Birthday again!

rec room -- Wed. May 7

Dear rec roomer,

What is the sound of one word clapping? What is the word for one clap sounding? What the clap is one sound, wording?? To (maybe) find out, come to black rock Wednesday, May 7 at 8 p.m. for: wordsmaybemusic, curated by Beverly Nelson.

Description: wordsmaybemusic. we don't know. we are explorers. our intentions are to probe magnify scrutinize analyze or otherwise mess with any connection to be found while slapping spoons, plucking strings, clashing cymbals, and pecking the keys of very small pianos to the accompaniment of our tales concerning madness, faith, and love ---maybe. you are invited and expected to join in with your own instrument, whistles, singing, and clogging.

Featuring: A D Jameson, Alex Jovanovich, Allison Gruber, Ira S. Murfin, Karen Faith, Meredith Clark, Michelle Tupko, Devin King, Beverly Nelson, Gwenyth Anderson, Jeff Harms, Jeffrey Ediger, Jennifer Sporcich, Justin Cabrillos

See you then, Erin

Rec Room Info

What: the reconstruction room (a biweekly theme party -- with art, literature and performance)
Website: www.recroomers.com (contains a calendar of upcoming shows and an archive of past shows)
When: the first and third wednesdays of every month -- 8:00 p.m.
Where: Black Rock (A bar at the corner of damen and addison in roscoe village. Two blocks west of the Addison stop on the brown line. Address: 3614 N. Damen Ave., Chicago, IL, 60618)
Cost: free
Organizers: erin teegarden, trinette mura, miki howald
Contact: recroom@recroomers.com