What to do this week (and for the next four years)

I'll admit some laxivity (I'm creating this word, right now, call Webster's) on my opinionating (another creation, I am on a roll this morning) about what art you should see around town on a weekly basis. There. Done. Now I've got some thoughts.

Have you heard, there's an election coming up next Tuesday? I think it's like for dog catcher or something. Or maybe Prom King and Queen? Anyway, people are voting on Tuesday.

Seldom do thoughts of performance art and the first Tuesday in November go hand and hand, but this year, things are different. This year we've got the most important election ever in recorded history (yeah, I'm being hyperbolic, sue me), and a little performance art is just the thing to make the voting process all that more potent.

You want to check this out:




And you don't need to buy a ticket. You don't need to get dressed up. All you need to do is be a citizen.

My Vote Performs is a "taking-it-to-the-people" way to inject some non-partisan art into the political system. Or some non-partisan politics into the artistic form. Kind of the my peanut butter in your chocolate, your chocolate in my peanut butter kind of thing.

My Vote Performs is an organization of artists who believe in getting out the vote and making the polling place just a little bit more lively with live performances on election day at twelve different polling spots around Milwaukee. The performances offered on November 4 don't force any candidate over the other on the voting public. They are simply a means by the artistic community to say, "Hey, we're all in this together, here's some art for you."

The good people behind My Vote Performs want to encourage people to vote, and remind them that voting is the benchmark of being a citizen in this country. They also want to make voting a great experience for all us citizens, hence the free performances. It's kind of like the supermarket giving you free samples. Okay, bad example, but you get the picture.

There's a lot more I could say about My Vote Performs, but you should really check out their website. They have great information about all their performances, the polling places that are hosting them, and superb information about being a voter.

I can't encourage you enough to check out My Vote Performs because I can't encourage you enough to vote. I really hope your guy wins, because soon enough he'll be our guy. Vote. Cuz if you don't you aren't allowed to bitch even one time in the next four years.