Starting Sunday, for three consecutive nights, WTTW will air a new six-hour Ken Burns documentary series, The U.S. and the Holocaust. Burns and his filmmaking partners, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, based the series on a United States Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit curated by Chicago-area native and current Newberry Library president, Daniel Greene. From 2014 […]
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False alarms
Ankle-monitor alerts garner phone calls and visits from sheriffs officers—but more than 80 percent are bogus, according to a University of Chicago analysis.
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Mister Kelly’s is back in the limelight
The crown jewel of Chicago nightclubs lives on at the Newberry Library and in an upcoming documentary.
Posted inArts & Culture
Scott Silberstein talks about catching live-performance magic onscreen
Relationships and ‘yes, and’ guide HMS Media’s approach to filming live shows.
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The saga of Punkin’ Donuts
How a doughnut-shop parking lot became a confluence of Chicago youth subcultures—and what killed it off
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Rahm makes a joke out of Quinn’s term-limit push, but voters could have last laugh
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Why did WYCC receive millions less than expected in auction?
Many people are asking the same question, and not getting great answers.
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Pamela Bannos’s Vivian Maier: A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife, reviewed
Northwestern University professor Pamela Bannos’s new book, Vivian Maier: A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife, takes on the myth of the now-famous street photographer.
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WTTW unveils its Pilsen project with documentary this week
New WTTW documentary on Chicago’s Pilsen neighorhood has flaws
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Pledge drives flourish at public media in Chicago
WBEZ and WTTW both had more-successful-than-expected drives this year.
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Film School Shorts spotlights student filmmakers in Chicago and all across America
The weekly half-hour series, which airs in Chicago beginning September 11, showcases outstanding student-directed short films from across the country.
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When World War II was fought off the coast of Chicago
A new documentary tells the story of flight training in Lake Michigan.
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All Trump all the time is too much Trump
When Trump stumbles, headlines aren’t mandatory.
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Carol Marin leaves Sun-Times for DePaul
The longtime columnist and producer Don Moseley plan to launch a new center for integrity in journalism.
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Shaping up—and renaming—the Community Media Workshop
Community Media Workshop is now Public Narrative. The new name comes with new ideas about its role in Chicago journalism.