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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.
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Monday, January 10 2005
Tsunami Benefit @ Hideout
The Hideout is hosting a Tsunami Relief Benefit featurung Freakwater and Mucca Pazza Redmoon Theatre Big Band (they do the music for Redmoon Theatre shows) and silent auctions from a host of Chicago luminaries — Wilco, Mat Daly, Jay Ryan, etc. Monday, January 10th at 7pm. The Hideout is at 1354 Wabansia, (773) 227-4433. More details.
Chicago Sketchfest: OctaSketch
Tonight's Chicago Sketchfest offering is OctaSketch: The Eight Hour Project is an experiment in creating comedy under pressure. Four groups are created – each group containing five performers who do not usually work together – and assigned a top sketch director. These teams are given eight hours to create a 30 minute sketch show to be performed tonight at 8 p.m. The Festival takes place at Theatre Building Chicago, 1225 W. Belmont Ave. Tickets are $12 per performance. Passionate fans of sketch comedy can purchase a $75 all-festival pass, which is good for any and all performances throughout the festival. Tickets are available at the theatre box office, Ticketmaster or by calling 773.327.5252.
Manufactured Self
Through a critical lens, Manufactured Self investigates how people live — their work, their possessions, and their aspirations. The works in this exhibition will explore personal and collective consumption from a variety of angles: cultural history, personal identity, global economy, and the radical difference between wealthy industrialized and 'developing' countries. The intimacy of photographs made within living spaces, however, also allows for an examination of how society can dictate personal need for possessions. This exhibition will examine how we can be manipulated, identified, and occasionally satisfied by what we consume through the work of Philip Kwame Apagya, Tina Barney, Walead Beshty, Shannon Ebner, Yeondoo Jung, Nikki S. Lee, Alex MacLean, Tomoko Sawada, Peter Menzel, Martin Paar, Orit Sima-Tov, and Brian Ulrich. A brochure will accompany this exhibition with an essay written by associate director, Natasha Egan. Opens January 10th and runs through March 3rd, at the Museum of Contemporary Photography.
