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4/18/15: Chicago’s First Home Video Day!

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Bring a tape of your own to be projected for the audience, or simply show up and enjoy what’s on the screen. Videos will run the gamut from birthdays, parties, pageants, weddings, sports, movie re-enactments, to who knows what! The program will be hilarious, touching and uncomfortable in a way that only home video can be. Nightingale Cinema 1084 N. Milwaukee April 18, 2015 1-5pm, stop by any time Free! http://homevideodaychicago.tumblr.com https://www.facebook.com/events/1084092481604706/ Home Video Day Chicago trailer INSTRUCTIONS Bring your […]
4/5/15: When Harold Washington Beat the Machine

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As we approach the April 7th run-off election between Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his challenger “Chuy” Garcia, join us and our partners at Heartland Cafe for a look at another mayoral election, more than thirty years ago: Harold Washington’s improbable election to become the first African American mayor of Chicago. On April 5th, there will be a new screening of some of the films originally organized by South Side Projections in memory of Mayor Washington. We’ll once again be there with […]
2/15/15: Rescheduled! When Harold Washington Beat the Machine

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As the 2015 Chicago mayoral election approaches, pitting a seemingly unbeatable incumbent against a variety of underdog challengers, join us and our partners at the Black Cinema House for a look at another mayoral election, more than thirty years ago: Harold Washington’s improbable election to become the first African American mayor of Chicago. Three rarely screened films about that election and Washington’s brief tenure as mayor explore the role of racism and entrenched Democratic machine power in that historic era. […]
9/28/14: The Video Ball!

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The Media Burn Video Ball is just a few days away! Now’s your last chance to get tickets at a reduced price! And remember, there’s FREE PARKING! So if you drive, you can enter the garage on southbound Wabash or westbound Randolph. Park anywhere, and take the elevators to the 10th floor. You’ll receive a validated sticker for free parking when you check in with us. On foot, just enter on Randolph and take the elevators straight to the 10th […]
9/28/14: Sneak peek at the site of the Media Burn Video Ball

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Here’s the spot where you and your friends will be on September 28! WHAT: Media Burn 10th Anniversary Video Ball WHERE: rooftop/tenth floor, Wabash-Randolph parking garage (20 E. Randolph) ADMISSION: $75 advance, $100 at the door, $25 for attendees under 25. Buy your tickets today! entertainment coordinated by Paul Durica and Nick Fraccaro delicious food by Sauce and Bread Kitchen beer/wine courtesy of Haymarket Brewery and Nisei Lounge. THE HOST COMMITTEE Co-Chairs: Thea Flaum & Robert Hill * Gordon Quinn […]
5/9/14: Get to know Studs Terkel this weekend

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“Let’s Get Working: Chicago Celebrates Studs Terkel” at U of C Sean Schönherr video editor / curator When I first started working at Media Burn Archive, I didn’t really know much about Studs Terkel, but over time, as I watched and edited various video pieces about him, I began to feel like I really knew him as a person. For people who are familiar with Studs’ work, the thoughts and opinions he expresses in our videos won’t come as much […]
7/13/13: In person: Michael Johnson, from 1999 doc “The Other M.J.”

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Michael Johnson in “The Other M.J.” (1999) Out of Bounds: In the Shadow of His Airness Saturday, July 13 at 7pm South Side Community Art Center 3831 S. Michigan Ave. Free admission Presented by South Side Projections Featuring: The Other MJ (Tom Weinberg, 1999, 28 min., DVD) + More Than a Game (Joe Angio and Joel Cohen, 1992, 48 min., DVD) Joel Cohen, Michael Johnson, and Tom Weinberg in person! A message from Tom Weinberg August, 1996. Democratic […]
3/22/13: Join us at Nelson Algren’s birthday party!

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March 22, 4:39PM: 9,997,761 We’re still on track to hit 10 million views to our YouTube channel this weekend. Where will we be celebrating? At the 24th annual Nelson Algren birthday party. Tom and Sara will be showing our classic 1975 video with Studs and Algren, plus a short video surprise! (Hint: it features Richie Daley.) Tom Palazzolo is this year’s Algren award recipient, and the night will be full of entertainment. Nelson Algren Birthday Party Saturday, March 23 at 8PM […]