The Real Dream Cabaret ends its run of The Shell of Sense this Friday (Sept. 22). The Real Dream Cabaret—a group of imaginative performers and writers, whose improvised performance art is, to say the least, non-narrative in nature—draws its inspiration from current media, politics, art, social culture and whatever else pops into their consciousness. Sometimes funny and sometimes serious—well that’s nonsense: They are always funny. (To give you a sense of the troupe’s jumping-off point: The castmember are listed as Lieu-Lieu Deux-Flores, Kitty Jung, Sigmund the Satisfactory, Ronawanda, Dora, Jack Papier, Piaget the Mute Swine and special guest Corbeau Morreau. The Shell of Sense takes place at Rust Belt Books, a pleasant place to browse the stacks and drink a glass of wine. Each week a different house band and guest artists are featured. This week’s guest performers are Kristianne Meal, Nimbus Dance, members of the gypsy jazz combo Babik and Raw Deal.

Friday & Saturday, October 13-14 at 9pm. Rust Belt Books, 202 Allen Street (885-9535).

The price of admission is your hourly wage.