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Children’s Films: Day 3
Field Guide
Oct 2010
It’s my penultimate day at the film festival, which makes me nervous because there are still many films that need to be checked off on my list. However, I purposely pace myself and take it easy, otherwise I would lose all objectivity. So today I walked to the venue, made sure to have lunch off site, snacked on health food, and added some feature length films to my list.penultimate
It’s my penultimate…
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Children’s Films: Day 2
Field Guide
Oct 2010
The thing that is nice about day two at thisfilm festival is I get into a groove. A steady stream of burnt coffee kept me going for over eight straight hours. By midday, I got a feel for the festival. As far as animation styles, there are some really creative uses of fabric, althoughcomputersand clay are still going strong. And after a few films I could tell which animals are hot with the kids (it…
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Chicago International Children’s Film Festival
Field Guide
Oct 2010
Coming to the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival might be the best part of my job (outside of hugs from kids). I and a number of other museum educators, along with kids’ film producers, spend hours, day after day, sitting in a dark room wearing headphones, trying to get through as many films as possible. It is not traditionally what you might imagine when you think of someone attending a…
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Talking Dance with Eiko & Koma
The Green Room
Oct 2010
As Eiko & Koma’s performance of Nakedunfolds throughout the month of November in a Walker gallery—six hours a day, six days a week—time takes on new meanings. Visitors are free to watch for a few minutes or a few hours, but whether or not they return to experience this durational “living installation” as it evolves, its dimensions extend beyond the existing gallery space and the immediate moment. You…
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Raising Creative Kids: Interview with Elizabeth Mitchell
Field Guide
Oct 2010
Working with musicians and performers is one of my favorite parts of programming for Free First Saturday . The upcoming Free First Saturday, on November 6, we have invited special musical guest Elizabeth Mitchell to join us for the day. Her partner Daniel Littleton and their daughter Storey have been on the road for several months performing as a family and promoting their new album Sunny Day…
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Dark Matters SpeakEasy
The Green Room
Oct 2010
Here’s her breakdown of the main subjects of the nearly hour-long discussion:
1. Name of work. What is dark matter from a physics perspective and how did what we saw relate to that.
2. Narrative and the break from the more narrative first half to the more pure dance in the second act.
3. Contact Improv and other types of dances used or referred to (dance history elements).
4. How the sets removed layers…
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Young Players Dig Brad Mehldau
The Green Room
Oct 2010
The first week of October, Dave Douglas wasn’t only getting ready for his performance in the McGuire Theater, he was also leading a 2-day workshop for some of the Twin Cities’ best high school Jazz musicians, at MacPhail Center for Music. Jazz writer, editor, and photographer Andrea Canter wrote a great blog about it here.
We asked the students participating in the workshop to share with us the…
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Kidd Pivot: Why Does Dark Matter?
The Green Room
Oct 2010
Because without it we wouldn’t have light. We wouldn’t have celestial, amber-hued bodies formulating new languages with one another’s limbs. In other words, we wouldn’t have the final section of Crystal Pite’s Dark Matters. (And thank goodness we have all the sections that came before.)
“What’s the verdict?” we are asked by a voice-over as the piece opens with a moving spotlight, guiding our eyes to the…