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  5/16/18: Chicago Crossings: Bridges and Boundaries

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  CHICAGO CROSSINGS: BRIDGES AND BOUNDARIES Documentary screening & panel discussion Wednesday, May 16th @ 6:30pm Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater 78 E. Washington Street FREE and open to the public. Total event runtime: 40 minutes of video + 30-45 minutes discussion. Othello Anderson, Gerda Meyer Bernstein, and Gordon Quinn in person! Pentimenti Productions, Media Burn Archive and Kartemquin Films, in collaboration with Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership, DuSable Museum of African American History, and the City of […]

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  4/7/18: Chicago Home Video Day will celebrate the mundane, eclectic, and downright weird videos shot by everyday people in the 80s, 90s, and 00s.

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  Home Video Day 2018 Nightingale Cinema 1084 N. Milwaukee April 7, 2018 1-5pm, stop by any time, BYOB and/or BYO-tape Free, with snacks! https://www.facebook.com/events/165646524232387/ http://nightingalecinema.org/nightingale-10/ Home Video Day was covered by Nina Metz in the Chicago Tribune, and was recommended as one of the top ten things to do this weekend by Chicago Tonight! Get in the mood by watching this short documentary by Taylor Price which celebrates the history of amateur videotape. At Home Video Day you will have […]

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  2/21/18: Media Archiving Workshop

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  Media Archiving Workshop Do you have boxes of film, video, or audio that you want to be able to view and save? Join us for a FREE Media Archiving Workshop. This hands-on workshop is intended for anyone interested in tackling his or her media collection, either in-house or with a vendor. Whether you’re in the middle of a digitization project, just getting started, or planning to start (someday!), this workshop will give you the information you need. The event is […]

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  12/10/17: Media Burn architecture videos screening as part of the Chicago Architecture Biennial

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  The 90’s: Architecture and Design December 10, 2017 screens at 2:00 and repeats at 3:00 p.m. Hyde Park Art Center 5020 S. Cornell Ave. free admission More info: http://www.hydeparkart.org/event/films-inspired-by-architects-architecture/ We’re pleased to have been invited to celebrate the Chicago Architecture Biennial by screening a classic episode of THE 90’s at the Hyde Park Art Center this Sunday. The screening is coordinated by South Side Projections, a nonprofit that presents films at locations across Chicago’s south side to foster conversation about […]

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  10/13/17: Tour Media Burn

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    Go behind the scenes at Media Burn on Friday, October 13th as part of Chicago Open Archives Do you enjoy going behind-the-scenes to places the public is not normally allowed? Do you ever wonder what on earth we do all day at Media Burn? Now’s your chance to find out! Over thirty local archives, research centers, and cultural institutions in the Chicago area will offer special events open to members of the public in October 2017.This year’s Chicago Open […]

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  10/5/17: Alternative Histories, Alternative Archives symposium

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  We’re thrilled to be participating in the Alternative Histories, Alternative Archives symposium hosted by Video Data Bank at Co-Prosperity Sphere in Bridgeport. The day will be a time to reflect on the role of alternative archives, with a keynote speech from Josh McPhee of Interference Archives in New York. We will be presenting on the panel “The Archive as Artists’ Source,” and talking about our collaborations with Yollocalli and On The Real Film. The event is free and open to […]

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  7/29/17: Milly’s Orchid Show 30th anniversary

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  Three Decades of Cutting-Edge Cabaret Milly May Smithy is the alter ego of performer and musician Brigid Murphy. Since 1987, Murphy, as Milly, has hosted Milly’s Orchid Show, a variety show featuring an eclectic blend of music, dance, comedy and high art. The showcase introduced audiences in Chicago and around the country to performers including the Blue Man Group, David Sedaris, Emo Philips, and Nora Dunn. This Saturday, July 29, Milly’s Orchid Show will be making its return to Park […]

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  5/19/17: screening of new work by Media Burn + On the Real Film

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  From Celluloid to the Pixel: Exploring Documentation, Technology, and Time Screening and discussion of a new collaborative piece created by Media Burn Archive and On The Real Film The opening night of the Chicago Archives + Artists Festival, coordinated by Sixty Inches From Center, is a celebration of archive lovers, a film screening, and an accompanying discussion around the changing technologies of preservation. The evening will feature From Celluloid to the Pixel: Exploring Relationships between Documentation, Technology and Time, a new […]