Thursday, March 6, 2008

Chicago Memorial for Tim: Saturday, March 15

Memorial for our friend, Tim Aher


When: Saturday, March 15
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Where: Enemy (Geoff's place)
1550 N. Milwaukee Avenue, 3rd Floor
Chicago, IL 60622

Potluck style, without the social pressure and judgment. Georgi's making chili, Jenni's bringing a massive cheese ball, maybe I'll make up some elkballs. If you feel up for making or bringing something (beer is OK, too), shoot me a quick email.

Also, in lieu of a formally organized set of spoken remembrances, we're hoping to solicit as many people as possible to write a couple
words about Tim which people may read at their leisure. These will then be bound up and sent to his family. So consider yourselves formally solicited. They don't have to be epic or all maudlin and Emily Dickinson - brief stories or memorials are totally fine. But if you're up to longer-form writing, or for multiple stories, that's OK, too. If you could email any of these directly to me, [gaguy at uchicago dot edu] that would be highly appreciated. We'll also plan to have pens and paper available (and maybe even a laptop) in case a bite of elkball calls up a stream of Proustian reveries.

In addition, we'd like to invite people to bring non-literary Tim
artifacts. You want to bring doodles or a Grim Slayer plush doll? Any and all fan art would be great. If you've got any recordings of Tim shredding wild on that headless guitar or of his nickel-loaded coffee can, please bring a CD or cassette. I remember Tim writing some record reviews and show reports – if you can direct us to those, we'd like to collect them as well. Similarly, if you're still hoarding photos, you should post them at
this website.

We're considering this open to the public, so please feel free to pass the information about this around. And, don't feel compelled to come with food, or like a piece of writing is your ticket of admission. But help on either front is definitely requested. Basically, we're hoping to celebrate the life of our friend, and the more people who can help with that - whether with food, writing, or their mere presence - the more successful this will feel.

As a final note, we will also be accepting donations to send to the
Connecticut Legal Aid Fund. Thanks all, and hope to see you soon.

--geoff

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