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Upcoming AICP Show honors best in advertising

From AICP Jul 27, 2018

The AICP Awards honors the Best Advertising of the Year (Detroit — 23 July 2018) The honorees of the AICP Show: The Art & Technique of the Ameri...

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Colourist Oisin O’Driscoll joins The Mill Chicago

From The Mill Jul 27, 2018

With experience ranging from Adidas to Radiohead, the formerly London-based huemaster is part of the VFX and creative content studio's continued expansion (Chicago �...

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The GoPro of the 19th century

From Field Museum Jul 25, 2018

The "Pancake" Camera that changed film and natural history in Mr. Akeley's Movie Camera exhibition What do Hollywood directors, the US Army during World War I, ...

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OKRP welcomes new creative team

From OKRP Jul 25, 2018

Agency adds nine creatives across several clients and disciplines (Chicago — 20 July 2018) - OKRP is expanding its creative department wit...

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Women In Comedy’s “Inside Jokes: Chicago”

Jul 25, 2018

The funniest women in Chicago are invited to a free networking panel discussion, and comedy conference. (Chicago) On July 29, Women in Comedy hosts Inside Jo...

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Cossette brings Yukon’s Midnight Sun to Vancouver

From Cossette Jul 24, 2018

Working with Astral Media and Yukon Tourism, the Canadian agency is posting live images from Dawson City onto digital billboards 2,000 miles away Integra...

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Click 3X grows new content division Food@Click

From avagnoni communications Jul 24, 2018

Chicago filmmaker Stephen Hamilton joins Vittorio Sacco and Stef Viaene on the directorial roster while Charlotte Omnès becomes Culinary CD of Food@Click ...

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Facebook announces Chicago expansion

By Daniel Patton Jul 23, 2018

"Our continued investment in this community underscores its strong talent pipeline and thriving technology ecosystem." (Chicago — 23 July 2018) Facebook reporte...

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Filmmakers’ home becomes “go-to” Chicago location

By Daniel Patton Jul 20, 2018

"Chicago Fire" and "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" are among the shows that have filmed in the 2,200 sq.-ft. loft on South Michigan Ave. Filmmaker Cyrus ...

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“Destroy Your Art” returns to Chicago

From Destroy Your Art Jul 20, 2018

Following 2017's sold-out event, hybrid film and performance art showcase returns with five local filmmakers and never-before-seen work (Chicago, IL) For a u...

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Cutters Studios welcomes editor Livio Sanchez

From Cutters Studios Jul 20, 2018

Virtual reality storytelling pioneer and internationally-acclaimed editor Livio Sanchez joins Cutters Studios New York location (New York — 20 July 2018) ...

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Fresh Films shoots TV pilot in historic Chicago mansion

From Fresh Films Jul 19, 2018

Fresh Films is shooting the TV pilot for "Dearly Departed" this week with 14 local teenagers working every position on the set. (Rock Island, IL �...

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Havas launches elegant new campaign for Moen

By Colin Costello Jul 19, 2018

Moen celebrates how water designs our life with four product-focused spots And you thought Havas only did amazing installations. The Chicago a...

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Global Mixx Forum announces 2018 lineup

Global Mixx Media Group Jul 19, 2018

“The World is Yours” — the 12th annual Global Mixx Music & Film Forum Presented by ComEd — announces music, film and keynote speaker lineup (Chicago — 17 J...

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One Tree produces “Gatorade: Beat the Heat”

From One Tree Jul 19, 2018

The production company helps the sports drink take its first humorous approach to the educational program in 14 years. Just in time for summer football prac...

Cheers! “Shameless” drops first teaser for Season 9

By Colin Costello Jul 19, 2018

“Let’s Make America Gallagher Again!” Time to get those showers running because the sleaziest (and funniest) family on the South Side i...

Creative athletes remain relevant and stay in the game

By Steffan Postaer Jul 19, 2018

If a creative director isn’t banging away on every other brief at the agency, he or she begins the not-very-slow fade into irrelevance. My last post was about �...

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FCB launches “I Was Raised on the Internet”

By Daniel Patton Jul 17, 2018

FCB and The Museum of Contemporary Art continue the success of "Made You Look" with a campaign and exhibit about the influence of the internet Last weeke...

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Cow Lamp Films acquires “Welcome to Unity”

From Cow Lamp Films Jul 17, 2018

Midwest indie film distributor Cow Lamp Films presents the award-winning, instant classic that Sports Illustrated called, "touching and hilarious" Imagine ...

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Elastic Arts premieres “spiritual vision, brutalist flesh”

From We Make Amazing Jul 17, 2018

"Beyond Form" is a three-part, audio-visual installation and performance series featuring Julien Bayle’s "FRGMENTS" and Kim Alpert’s "Scan Lines." (Ch...

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