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January 18, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments

The Unlympics are almost here! Please let me know if you have ideas or even just ideals.

Attention Chicago:
A highly organized, internationally recognized, massively marketed, thoroughly branded, and extremely expensive series of sporting events is coming to your town. This is not it.


From Saturday January 24 to February 14 2009, InCUBATE and person-in-residence Anne Elizabeth Moore will host a series of games called the Unlympics. They will consist of real sports, fake sports, and things that aren’t sports at all—plus serve as a meeting ground to discuss the implications of our city hosting the Olympic Games in 2016.

Wanna get involved, present an event, plan tandem performances, or otherwise state your case for or against the Chicago 2016 bid? Sponsors, competitors, spectators, parade participants, protestors, media hoaxes, judges, actors, and Unlympics Organizing Committee members are being enlisted now. Respond to this email, come out to a planning meeting, look for us on Facebook, or join our mailing list here.

The full schedule of the Winter 2009 Unlympic Games is here, but here’s a taste:

Opening Day Ceremonies
6 p.m. January 24: InCUBATE, 2129 North Rockwell Street
Featuring: THE PARADE OF NOTIONS!

Planning Meeting: 6 p.m. Monday January 19 at InCUBATE, 2129 North Rockwell Street

Indoor/Outdoor Games
1 p.m. January 31: Washington Park, exact location TBA
Featuring: CLASS CONSCIOUS KICKBALL!
7 p.m. January 31: InCUBATE, 2129 North Rockwell Street
Featuring: LIVE ACTION ROLE PLAY FAMILY POTLUCK DINNER!
Brought to you by the Chicago Working Group on Extreme Inequality

Planning Meeting: 6 p.m. Monday January 26 at InCUBATE, 2129 North Rockwell Street

Intellectual Games
7 p.m. February 7: Quimby’s, 1854 W. North Ave.
Featuring: SPELLING BEE! (Free to watch; $5 to compete. Sign up to compete in advance here. Limit 50.)

Planning Meeting: 6 p.m. Monday February 2 at InCUBATE, 2129 North Rockwell Street

Emotional Games
7 p.m. February 14: No Coast, 1500 W 17th Street
Featuring: KARAOKE with KJs Shameless Karaoke
Sponsored by Tamms Year Ten and the Campaign to End the Death Penalty

Planning Meeting: 6 p.m. Monday February 9 at InCUBATE, 2129 North Rockwell Street


No public funds have now, or will ever be, used to cover the cost of these events.


Sincerely,


Anne Elizabeth Moore
on behalf of the Unlympics Organizing Committee

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