What would any successful event be without a useful post-mortem? And that post-mortem is what the Pompous Society eagerly convened Tuesday night at the Farmhouse, a Midwestern craft tavern at
Finally. At last. What had seemed an interminable wait is over. The long talked about — but slow to materialize — speakers series promised by the Chicago chapter of the American
Energy BBDO is the host of this year’s Chicago Portfolio Night, when aspiring advertising creatives get a golden opportunity to have their work reviewed by 45
Leo Burnett’s Addy Award wins were outright embarrassing in the number of Best, Gold, Silver and Bronze prizes the agency collected in the recent Chicago Addys competition – “celebrating the
CRITICAL REVIEWS of the debut episode of the Chicago-set NBC series The Playboy Club were, to say the least, disappointing. It attracted a painfully low 1.6/4 rating in the 18-49
Young, aspiring agency creatives get a golden opportunity to show their stuff to a Who’s Who of Chicago advertising creative executives and recruiters at Portfolio Night 8 (PN8) May 8,
The best of Chicago’s advertising is apparently created by a handful of major ad agencies, if the number of prizes they won at the recent Creative Club Awards is any
GONE WITHOUT A TRACE? Just a year ago this month Brooke English and Lee Litis with great flourish announced their Dreamation Studio was moving into a huge Buffalo
TOURISM NARROWS AGENCY CHOICES. The local branches of three foreign-owned ad agencies got the nod from the Illinois Dept. of Commerce and Economic Opportunity as finalists for the $12.5 million
The General Insurance just launched a blockbuster campaign—produced by local powerhouse Energy BBDO—featuring cultural heavyweights Shaquille O’Neal, T‑Pain, and even Bumblebee from Transformers. Debuting on May 29 across TV, digital,
With his next feature film, Laura Louise, set to shoot in Chicago this fall, Producer / Director, Duane Edwards sat down with Reel Chicago to talk about his directing style,
On June 5, 1985, Ferris Bueller, the most legendary truant in American film history, captivated audiences with his unforgettable day off in John Hughes’ timeless classic Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Forty
When a series is set in Chicago but filmed in Toronto you know they will show up here eventually. Chicago’s Wrigley Field became the backdrop for a scene in Amazon
Get ready to rewrite the record books—softball’s big league moment is finally here. Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) just debuted its boldest, most dynamic campaign yet with “This is Legendary,”
Camp Kuleshov, the annual trailer competition known affectionately as “Camp K,” has announced its 2025 Lev Award winners—recognizing the year’s top emerging talent in editing, graphics, sound design, and music
The faith-based feature, Moses The Black, is set to film in Chicago with production scheduled to begin this spring. Chukwudi Iwuji, Omar Epps, Wiz Khalifa, and Quavo are set to
NBCUniversal Local Chicago (NBC 5 Chicago and Telemundo Chicago) will commemorate Women’s History Month with dedicated feature stories highlighting the achievements of local leaders and organizations who are already inspiring the
After an eight-year hiatus, GoDaddy is making a grand return to Super Bowl advertising with a 30-second spot featuring Walton Goggins—but this time, the focus isn’t on shock value. Instead,
NBC 5 Chicago (WMAQ-TV) has announced nationally-renowned Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist Chuck Goudie will join the station’s ‘NBC 5 Investigates’ team beginning Monday, February 10. The announcement was made
Freestyle Digital Media, the digital distribution division of Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group, has secured the North American VOD rights to Single Car Crashes, a drama set in a small
