Chicago producer and DJ Antonio Cesar has used tens of thousands of dollars in grants to travel the world, exporting the city’s sounds and importing new influences.
Tag: Library of Congress
Posted inFilm
Chicago Film Archives discovers The First Degree
The regional archive brings Edward Sedgwick’s 1923 silent film back to life.
Posted inFilm
How Bill Morrison makes magic with found footage
The Chicago-born filmmaker’s astonishing documentary Dawson City: Frozen Time tells the story of one of the greatest film finds in history by using the discovery itself.
Posted inMusic
Eternals drummer Areif Sless-Kitain on Hieroglyphic Being’s futuristic house
Current musical obsessions of Eternals drummer Areif Sless-Kitain, his I Kong Kult bandmate Fred Wells, and Reader critic Peter Margasak
Posted inBlogs
Dexter Fowler makes surprising return to the Cubs and other Chicago news
Also, Cook County plans mental health crisis center to aid police, and Obama appoints a former Chicagoan to head the Library of Congress.
Posted inBlogs
The Chicago Film Critics Festival, the rest of our new movie reviews, and this week’s notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
Posted inArts & Culture
How a mysterious box of photos sent an Evanston couple halfway around the world
For a quarter century, Jerri Zbiral and Alan Teller have been trying to figure out the identity of the photographer behind images from 1940s India.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Best Way to Grab a Slice of Immortality
Pull off a 40-minute interview session and you too could have a slot in the Library of Congress.
Posted inArts & Culture
StoryCorps puts Chicago behind the microphone
The national recording project StoryCorps turns its mike on Chicago.
Posted inBlogs
25 for the History Books
The Library of Congress has announced the 2009 inductees into the National Film Registry.