WHEN DOES IT OR YOU BEGIN? (MEMORY AS INNOVATION) Festival of Writing, Performance, & Video JANUARY 9 – FEBRUARY 1, 2009 Curated by Amina Cain & Jennifer Karmin at Links Hall 3435 N. Sheffield Avenue Chicago, IL NEW LINEUP OF ARTISTS EACH NIGHT 8pm Friday & Saturday 7pm Sunday tickets $12 $10 students, seniors, & working artists/writers full schedule online http://www.linkshall.org/09-pp-jan.shtml **WEEK ONE** January 9-11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Individual Memory: A Celebration for Hannah Weiner - Lee Ann Brown, Judith Goldman with John Beer, Roberto Harrison, Nicole LeGette, Jenny Roberts, Timothy Yu, video by Abigail Child January 9 opening reception & talkback with Laura Goldstein January 10 butoh workshop with Nicole LeGette **WEEK TWO** January 16-18 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Collective Memory: Collaboration is Group Work - Jen Hofer with Dolores Dorantes and Patrick Durgin, Jennifer Karmin with 14 Chicago writers (Mars Caulton, Joel Craig, Kathleen Duffy, Lisa Fishman, Krista Franklin, Chris Glomski, Daniel Godston, Brandi Homan, A D Jameson, Lisa Janssen, Toni Asante Lightfoot, Ira S. Murfin, Timothy Rey, Lily Robert-Foley), John Keene with Christopher Stackhouse, Laurie Jo Reynolds with Amy Partridge and Stephen F. Eisenman, Tradeshow, video by Temporary Services January 16 talkback with Terri Kapsalis January 17 performance workshop with Karen Christopher & Bryan Saner January 20 inauguration party with AACM, Anti Gravity Surprise, Chicago Women's Health Center, the Dill Pickle Food Co-op & Mess Hall January 22 open house event with Judith Goldman **WEEK THREE** January 23-25 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Memory’s Encounter: The Language of Position - Teresa Carmody, Karen Christopher, Quraysh Ali Lansana with Preston Poe, Vanessa Place, Nathalie Stephens (Nathanaël), Christine Stewart, videos by Gaelen Hanson and Cecilia Vicuña January 23 talkback with Ed Roberson January 29 open house event with Laurie Jo Reynolds **WEEK FOUR** January 30-February 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Memory’s Place: Alternative Sites and Histories - Tisa Bryant, Amina Cain with Rachel Tredon, Duriel Harris, Miranda Mellis, ThickRoutes Performance Collage, videos by Bryan & Jake Saner and Chi Jang Yin January 30 talkback with Tony Trigilio February 1 closing event with AREA Chicago writers