Chicago’s Tony Award-winning Lookingglass Theatre Company held a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday, Jan. 27 at the Water Tower Water Works, 163 E Pearson St. at Michigan Ave. with Governor JB Pritzker and
The 2025 SAG Awards nominations are in, and while Shogun leads the TV categories with five nominations, FX’s The Bear continues to prove its dominance, earning four nominations, including Best
This is the month of Halloween and Netflix is keeping its terrifying clown foot on the scare pedal with the release of Don’t Move. The 2024 horror film is directed
Third-generation Chicago bakery, Eli’s Cheesecake, and fourth-generation J.P. Graziano Grocery will debut their sweet collaboration, Cannoli Cheesecake, in honor of National Cheesecake Day, Tuesday, July 30th. The pastry chefs at
Fencepost, a progressive Chicago based studio specializing in film and video post-production services for advertisers since 2016, unveils the expansion of its virtual boutique to include the addition of editors
The Peabody Awards Board of Jurors have announced the 27 nominees for the Arts, Children’s / Youth, Entertainment, Interactive & Immersive categories. Yes, The Bear was nominated, and Somebody Somewhere was
Since the announcement of The Golden Bachelor, fans and critics alike have been pondering whether the female contestants would be age-appropriate for the show’s senior star, 72-year-old Gerry Turner. Now,
VSA Partners, a leading creative and strategy agency, has announced the appointment of its Chairman and Founder, Dana Arnett, to two prestigious boards: the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Board and
The Second City is proud to announce the world premiere of The Tam and Kevin Show, its first original web series, to debut on The Second City YouTube channel June 13. Between
Dust off your spandex. In celebration of its 50th anniversary as the original and oldest comic con in Chicago, FAN EXPO Chicago is bringing four days of legendary celebrities, comic creators, voice
PrideArts announces the PrideArts Fall Film Festival, a month long festival of 32 films from 9 countries that will stream online in four segments, each available online for one week.
If you’re looking to win big – there’s a couple of life changing Illinois Lottery jackpots up for grabs over the next couple of days, with a combined prize total
Fox has debuted its trailers for the Fall’s new comedies and dramas for the 2021-22 TV season, including the Scott Foley-led, Chicago-based series, The Big Leap. Charlie Collier, CEO, Fox
Honda and Acura dealer associations across the country will soon have access to powerful new marketing capabilities, as two nationally prominent automotive advertising agencies have finalized plans to merge. Pinnacle
Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and the Department of Planning and Development (DPD) announced the first ever Artists-In-Residence for four of the
Next week begins the 56th Chicago International Film Festival and Reel Chicago will bring you coverage of the films. This year, we can look forward to two award-winning films from
The 56th Chicago International Film Festival announced a slate of four narrative feature film projects in active development that will be pitched live in front of a virtual audience and a panel of distinguished industry judges during the Festival’s Industry Days on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2020. Now in its sixth year, The Pitch at Industry Days has established itself as a leading industry showcase spotlighting bold, original work from the Chicago region. Past projects from The Pitch at Industry Days have gone onto completion, including Jennifer Reader’s Signature Move, and two films showing at last year’s Chicago International Film Festival: Knives and Skin, also directed by Jennifer Reeder, and Haroula Rose’s Once Upon a River. This year’s filmmakers represent a diversity of voices that continue to reinforce the breadth and vitality of Chicago-area filmmakers and projects: from a sci-fi comedy horror film set in the suburbs to a drama set along the Mexico-American border, to the story of a sexual assault within a Black community and an estranged daughter in an Iraqi-American family who impersonates her recently deceased father. See below for loglines. The winning pitch receives an awards package of in-kind goods and services worth tens of thousands of dollars. Contributors include Keslow Camera, IFA Chicago and The Story Stage at CineSpace, Chicago Media Angels, Ramo Law PC, and the Sundance Institute. “Right now, during the pandemic, it’s the perfect time to develop, workshop, hone, and fine-tune feature film projects and make them great,” said Chicago International Film Festival and Industry Days Senior Programmer Anthony Kaufman. “The Pitch is a terrific way for the Festival to support and encourage local filmmakers and help push their projects forward.”
Progress in the fight against COVID-19 will allow for expanded indoor capacity, extended operating hours and loosening of other restrictions for businesses beginning October 1st. Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot, the
FX has set the extraordinary ensemble cast that will star with Chris Rock in the fourth installment of the Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning limited series Fargo. Peabody, Golden Globe®
Framestore Chicago continues to grow in its third year with the addition of four artists to the team. The office has welcomed Senior Nuke / Flame Artist Ruairi Twohig, Nuke
