Program Notes 
 |
|
"Chorus of Refuge" installation at Third Coast Filmless Festival . Photo by Jesse Shapins |
11:30 am; final screening begins at 8 pm
Festival pass $30, MCA members and students $24 (subject to availability);
Evening screening only: $15, $12 MCA members and students;
Individual block screening: $8, $6 MCA members and students
Festival passes are now available through chicagopublicradio.org/events
Buy individual tickets online
Come out for a celebration of stories, sound, and the art of listening. The all-day event presents a variety of storytelling, audio documentaries, and sound in the form of unique audio screenings from some of the most innovative and celebrated radio producers. Q&As with the producers follow each presentation.
The Third Coast Filmless Festival is part of the 2010 season of Chicago Public Radio presents, and is a project of the Third Coast International Audio Festival in partnership with the MCA.
Festival Schedule:
Visit the Third Coast International Audio Festival for complete screening details
Block 1:
Intimate Strangers
11:30 am - 1 pm - MCA Theater
Stories of closeness - or the illusion of closeness - between people who barely know each other. Producer Jamie Yuenger is on-hand for a Q&A following the screening.
Rhyme and Reason
12 - 1:30 pm - Kanter Meeting Center
Stories that draw strength from the elegance (and clumsiness) of words; the music (and dissonance) of voice; and the rhythms (and ruptures) of life. Producer Lu Olkowski is on-hand for a Q&A following the screening.
Block 2:
Against the Tide
1:30 - 3 pm - MCA Theater
Tales of cultural curiosities, unconventional conduct, and a few proud exceptions to the rules. Producer Roman Mars is on-hand for a Q&A following the screening.
And the Envelope Please...
2 - 3:30 pm - Kanter Meeting Center
Spend an unforgettable hour with the best of the best - past winners of the Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. Producer Joe Richman is on-hand for a Q&A following the screening.
Block 3:
Willie McGee and the Traveling Electric Chair: A Work In Progress
3:30 - 5:30 pm - MCA Theater
In 1951, a black man named Willie McGee was convicted of raping a white woman and sentenced to death. McGee was executed in Mississippi's traveling electric chair - the only one of its kind in the country. A local radio station broadcast a play-by-play of the execution. Today that obscure recording survives as an eerie artifact of a lost chapter of civil rights history.
Working Title
4 - 5:30 pm - Kanter Meeting Center
Labor struggles, labors of love, labors of life...and robots in the workplace. Producer Dan Collison is on-hand for a Q&A following the screening.
Evening Event:
Words on Sound: Celebrating Reality Radio
8 - 9:45 pm - MCA Theater
This evening event celebrates the launch of Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound, a first-of-its-kind collection of essays written by some of the most accomplished radio producers working today. Re:sound's Gwen Macsai joins Reality Radio * contributors Ira Glass (This American Life), Joe Richman (Radio Diaries) and the Kitchen Sisters (Hidden Kitchens, Lost & Found Sound) for a unique discussion.
* A book signing takes place immediately following the performance. Purchase Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound from the MCA Store.
Sorry, there is no Artists Up Close information available for this performance at this time. Please check back soon.
Sorry, there are no special offers available for this performance at this time. Please check back soon.