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Dolly Varden celebrates release of new album

By Lou Carlozo Jan 9, 2013

While mid-January typically ushers in the post-holiday winter blahs, anyone who makes it to City Winery on Sat. Jan. 19 will bask in the sunshine of harmony-rich pop with a sedu...

New business and a high rating for Burnett

By Ruth L Ratny Jan 8, 2013

CHICAGO’S BIGGEST AGENCY, Leo Burnett, fittingly starts the New Year news cycle off with two noteworthy achievements. The first: This month the Chicago agency takes over...

David Rosen

Sales reps deserve respect in these harried times

By David Rosen Jan 8, 2013

Many years ago, before I directed more than 500 television commercials and before Mark Androw and I created Chicago Story, I spent a good number of years on the street as a dire...

KFC campaign targets the ‘couchgaters’ of the world

By Lewis Lazare Jan 8, 2013

Nowadays, with the healthy food police constantly causing a ruckus about anything that smacks of unhealthy eating, it’s gotta be tough for KFC. Sure, the fried chicken ...

$40mm sci-fi “Divergent” starts filming here in April

By Ruth L Ratny Jan 8, 2013

The first Hollywood feature since 2010’s “The Dilemma” to shoot entirely in Chicago is scheduled to start filming in Chicago. Teen action/romance sci-fi “Divergent...

Chicagoans’ work glows in Notre Dame’s BCS spot

By Mike Morgan Jan 6, 2013

Jeremy Pinckert’s Explore Media of South Bend assembled a team with many Chicago players to produce the University of Notre Dame’s 30-second “institutional message”...

Sinnotts rebrand company; host CoffeeCON II next May

by Ed M. Koziarski Jan 4, 2013

Kevin and Patricia Sinnott of Warrenville-based production company Sinnott Productions are gearing up for next spring’s year two of CoffeeCON, which they bill as the first cof...

New Canon EOS cameras, CN-E lenses at Magnanimous

by Ed M. Koziarski Jan 3, 2013

With new acquisitions in late November, Magnanimous Media now offers the full line of Canon’s Cinema EOS cameras and CN-E prime lenses. Magnanimous has offered the C300, the f...

Adman/screenwriter Colin Costello heads for L.A.

By Ruth L Ratny Jan 2, 2013

ADMAN AND SCREENWRITER COLIN COSTELLO is starting the New Year in a big way. His new home base as of Jan. 8 will be Los Angeles, where he will continue to build on his suc...

Indie Focus

Looby’s short ‘Lollywood’ doc screens at Slamdance

by Ed M. Koziarski Jan 2, 2013

TODD LOOBY’S short documentary Lollywood, about a teenage filmmaker and war orphan at Liberia Mission, Inc. screens Jan. 20 and 23 in the Slamdance Film Festival.Looby’s nar...

Rob Sepulveda Hopes 2013 is ‘The Year of the Ox’

By Lou Carlozo Dec 20, 2012

Indie horror is tricky to manage. You've got to conjure just the right mix of suspense and originality, seasoned with dashes of camp. Give up too much plot for gore, or characte...

Indie Focus

Paralympic sprinter Katy Sullivan stars in short film

by Ed M. Koziarski Dec 20, 2012

PARALYMPIC SPRINTER AND ACTRESS Katy Sullivan co-stars with Chicago veteran character actor Ron Dean in non-profit Blue Damen Pictures’ short film, Recalculating, directed by ...

Lewis Lazare

Lottery spots exemplify best of Chicago advertising

By Lewis Lazare Dec 20, 2012

It’s the eyes. Yes, the eyes for sure. How do we know the Illinois Lottery and its ad agency of record Downtown Partners/Chicago got this new round of very smart b...

SCC sings out to benefit WGN’s Neediest Kids Fund

By Ruth L Ratny Dec 19, 2012

Shafer Carter Condon’s CEO Tim Condon and managing partner/president David Selby are the agency’s successful, talented leaders, but who knew they could also sing? The ...

Antonucci departs Utopic as production unit changed

By Ruth L Ratny Dec 18, 2012

On the eve of integrated hybrid Utopic’s third anniversary, its spot production division has been "restructured," said Utopic digital partner Shannon Kemp, and founding ...

Lewis Lazare

Despite great work, C-K faces Porsche ad review

By Lewis Lazare Dec 18, 2012

No rhyme. No reason. Ridiculous. Disgusting. Welcome to the often impossible-to-fathom world of advertising. Especially the world of advertising as it seems to play ...

Agency duo’s spot entered in Doritos Superbowl contest

By Ruth L Ratny Dec 17, 2012

Today could be the lucky day for two agency guys, Tri3sec’s junior producer Mike Matthews and copywriter Brian Gregoire, who entered Doritos’ annual Crash the Superbowl Cont...

Springfield has US’ biggest period war equipment

By Kerry Devine Dec 17, 2012

Ironically, Steven Spielberg’s multi award-nominated Lincoln was shot in Petersburg, Va., and not in Lincoln’s Springfield, Illinois, although all of the wagons, carts, arti...

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Me You & Her highlights a season of local music cheer

Lou Carlozo Dec 17, 2012

Welcome to REELtoREAL, where ReelChicago contributor, music producer and musician Lou Carlozo takes on the city’s vibrant recording and music scene. The three gals in Me ...

Restored Patio Theatre aims to be filmmakers venue

By Ruth L Ratny Dec 13, 2012

Filmmakers seeking screening venues might visit the classic Patio Theatre in the Northwest Side that has been meticulously restored to its lavish, gilded movie Golden Age splend...

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