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Global firm Gyro shows off its invigorating new space

By Dan Patton Nov 7, 2014

Last month, Gyro, a London-headquartered marketing firm that’s been in Chicago since 2008, unveiled its new Wrigley Building office, a customized environment that successful...

Library of Congress to fete HistoryMakers’ founder

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 7, 2014

Julieanna Richardson, founder/executive director of TheHistoryMakers, the largest national archives of African American oral history, will be feted at a sell-out 500 guest din...

Agency audio pro expands Particle’s LA services

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 5, 2014

PARTICLE’S LA BRANCH has hired Eddie Alonso to head the post audio company’s West Coast expansion via a new position that encompasses engineering, mixing, sound design and...

A new way to look at CFA’s vintage 16mm fun films

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 5, 2014

Chicago Film Archives has come up with a new way of presenting programs. It asks locals with unique businesses or talents to curate an hourlong program selected fr...

Vorwald’s ‘labor of love’ Wrigley doc wins 2 awards

By George Castle Nov 5, 2014

WGN/9 production director Bob Vorwald will receive the coveted Jerome Holtzman Award for service to local baseball history Jan. 25, at the Pitch and Hit Club’s 69th annual b...

Nine Emmys awarded to non-broadcast-produced entries

By Mike Morgan Nov 4, 2014

BullsTV, the Chicago Bulls in-house production arm, was the big winner with triple awards for in the categories of non-broadcast-produced programming, at Sunday night’s Mid...

De Niro heist thriller ‘Idol’s Eye’ production cancelled

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 4, 2014

Financing problems have shut down “Idol’s Eye,” the Robert DeNiro - Robert Pattinson “sophisticated heist/thriller" that was set to start filming in Toronto, instead o...

Mostly women-led dramatic indie feature now filming

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 3, 2014

Frequent theatre collaborators director Erica Weiss and writer Caitlin Parrish are heading an independent feature being produced by an all Chicago cast and a crew primarily st...

‘The punk rock of fests’ seeks entertaining entries

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 3, 2014

Indie Incubator Film Fest is calling for entertaining short film entries for its penultimate Nov. 18 fest, since the 10-year old Incubator, Chicago’s only bi-annual festival...

Biggest attendance yet expected at AICP Show

By Ruth L Ratny Nov 3, 2014

The annual AICP Show, the industry’s giant grand finale party, expects 1,200-1,500 guests when it arrives Thursday, Nov. 20, at the Chicago Cultural Center, the third city o...

Cutters Bloodbath: biggest industry party, anywhere

By Dan Patton Oct 31, 2014

Cutters Studios' 6th annual Bloodbath in Wonderland Halloween party, unquestionably the biggest private bash in the production industry, anywhere, was attended by an estimate...

Vitamin ramps up the scare factor in Knott’s campaign

By Mike Morgan Oct 31, 2014

Vitamin Pictures executive producer Larissa Berringer says she’s worked on a lot of films sets, “but I was never as scared as I was on the shoot we did for Knott’s Scary...

Nominee Jon Ross eyes the prize at Saturday’s Emmys

By Ruth L Ratny Oct 31, 2014

Saturday’s sold out 56th annual Chicago/Midwest Emmy celebration at the Radisson Blu Aqua will be the biggest and best awards ceremony yet. A record 700 guests will at...

Bulls’ new seasons starts with three doc-style spots

By Mike Morgan Oct 30, 2014

Three new spots that herald the opening of the Chicago Bulls 2014-2015 season are part of the team’s “Chicago Basketball is Home” campaign, now in its third successful ...