The Free Store is back! Jan 26 - Mar 6 at UIC's Gallery 400
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and email us with questions at fr...@freestorechicago.org
The Free Store
wrangled by Biggest Fags Ever (Zena Sakowski & Rob Kelly), Melinda
Fries, & Salem Collo-Julin
Gallery 400 at University of Illinois at Chicago
400 S. Peoria St., Chicago
January 26 - March 6, 2010
Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, Saturday, 12:00 - 6:00
pm. Extended hours on Thursdays - 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
(sharing space with Art Work: A National Conversation About Art,
Labor, and Economics)
Opening reception: Wednesday, January 27, 5:00 - 8:00 pm
TALK: Workers from The Greenhouses of Hope at the Pacific Garden
Mission talk about Closing the Loop
Saturday, February 6, 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Saturday, March 6 -- Last Day Free Store Blowout, all day, Saturday,
March 6. 12:00 - 8:00 pm Surprises.
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We'd love to see you there!
Questions? fr...@freestorechicago.org or sa...@temporaryservices.org or
(773) 562-1428. Or call Gallery 400 at (312) 996-6114
http://www.freestorechicago.org
http://gallery400.blogspot.com/
On Facebook, search for "The Free Store Chicago" in the Groups app.
Our email list is on Google Groups: http://groups.google.com/group/free-store-chicago?hl=en
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GIVING & TAKING
If you have items that you would like to give to the store, you're
welcome to bring them to Gallery 400. Got a truckload? Get in touch
with us to arrange a pickup. We prefer to save our gas for the larger
loads, so if you don't have a lot, combine forces with your neighbors
and have us pick up 3 loads at once!
Other ways to participate -- help us sort stuff when you get to the
store, bring food to share, bring your vehicle and help people bring
large items home.
Do you have a service to offer? Chair massage, performances, and free
advice have all been given away at The Free Store. Contact us if you
would like to participate in this way.
Do you work with an organization that takes donated items, like a
community center or shelter? You're welcome to come to the store and
load up!
You don’t have to bring anything to take anything.
We will take most anything, but please leave your animals, toxic
waste, and illegal items at home.
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WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT GALLERY 400?
Feel free to bring stuff to give away.
Be prepared to take stuff home!
We already have furniture, clothes, shoes, books, and music to give
away. Of course, it's all first come, first served. But don't fret!
More stuff always arrives during the course of the store. You never
know what will show up.
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WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE AND WHY DO YOU DO THIS?
The Free Store is just that -- a store where everything is absolutely
free to take. It happens on an irregular basis (usually every few
months or so) and travels to a variety of publicly accessible spots
around Chicagoland.
Each store features stuff -- everything from books and clothing to
mechanical parts and cans of food -- given to the organizers by people
who didn't need or want it anymore. Visitors can come and take
anything they want. No reciprocation is expected. Visitors are also
welcome to bring stuff to the store that they want to give away.
That’s it! No selling, no preaching, no jacket required. You can take
as little or as much as you want. You can give as little or as much as
you want.
Leftover stuff is saved for the next store installment. We also search
for non-profits and organizations that take donations in each
neighborhood that hosts. We have relationships with other local Free
Stores and share our leftovers with them as well.
"The Free Store" (that's our name, and you can use it too) is an
ongoing project and traveling spectacle coordinated by artists Salem
Collo-Julin, Melinda Fries, Rob Kelly, and Zena Sakowski. Yes, we
think it's art, and no, it's not charity. Ask us for details.
It's our goal to host a free store in each neighborhood in the
Chicagoland area, city and suburbs ... someday. We've been at it for
almost four years and we're coming to you next.
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EVERYTHING IS COMING TO YOU
YOU BETTER GET READY