Renato Umali, musician/composer/artist/University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Film Department lecturer, will be presenting his annual and completely nutty Umali Awards at The Green Gallery West tonight. Birthed in 2001, the awards and ceremony are intended to be, in his words, "a celebration of life as lived by Renato Umali," and why the hell not, eh?
Categories covered include Best Dining Out Experience, Best Day and the much coveted DIWITTYs--a.k.a. Day In Which I Talked To You--a Top 10 list of folks that the data mad artist has logged the most days chatting and commiserating with during the twelve months of 2008.
To say that Umali conveys obsessive-compulsive traits as he meticulously documents and charts his daily activities, meetings, chance encounters, and perceptions of the world is to make an observation of monumental understatement. He is full-on OCD, and loved by many for his rare and artistically inclined scientific experiment.
The 8th Annual Umali Awards Ceremony will begin at 7:30PM tonight, Friday June 26, The Green Gallery West, 631 Center Street on the 3rd Floor, with an after-party at Bremen Cafe in Riverwest. Semi-formal attire is requested. Those showing up in a t-shirt and shorts will be promptly marked down in Umali's ever-present notebook as Never-Ever Recipients of a DIWITTY, regardless of how many times he speaks with them in the future, imprinting their reputation with a massive indelible black stain forever.
Link (Thanks, Tamiko!)
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