Monday, January 4, 2010

The Rec Room



Weds, January 6th
8:00pm - 11:55pm

Black Rock
3614 N Damen

The Rec Room Reads the Dictionary Aloud to You

“Words are pegs to hang ideas on.” – Henry Ward Beecher

If there’s one machine that works hardest to secure the ideas on these pegs, it’s the dictionary. A beast that grows, grudgingly, with the times, dictionaries are a hunka hunka pure, burning meaning. But dictionaries are a drag, right? The Oxford American Dictionary of Current English claims to be “an excellent choice for business people, students, and all of those who wish to use English with clarity and style.” Boooooooooring. What about if people want to mess up the world with their words? Rec Roomers are taking on the dictionary. Come one, come all, to hear the dictionary rehashed, revisited, reused and wrecked.

This Rec Room will be curated by Jac Jemc.

Featuring:

Mary Hamilton

Lindsay Hunter

Jacob Knabb

Jared Larson

Kathryn Scanlan

Elizabeth Metzger Sampson (with Erica Adams and Justin Cabrillos)

Brandon Will

Simon A. Smith

Kathryn Regina

Devin King

Caroline Picard

Tim Jones-Yelvington

AD Jameson

With a little hand-out by Mairead Case