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Event:	Marketing for Artists—How To Promote Yourself and Your Art
Date:	8.2.10 - 8/2/2010
Details:	On Monday, August 2nd, Fernwork Arts Incubator presents a program titled Marketing for Artists—How To Promote Yourself and Your Art at the Bloomingdale Arts Building in Chicago. The meeting will be held at 6:30 pm with a presentation starting at 7:00 pm. Presenting the program will be Michelle Kaffko, a photographer and filmmaker with several years of experience in small business and artist marketing; including art gallery curation, feature film promotion and self-distribution, internet marketing and social media leveraging, consulting, and more. Fernwork Arts Incubator is a non-profit based in Oak Park. Its mission is to foster the creation of new art by creating a network of visual, literary, media and performing artists; to raise funds to develop and complete art projects of significant merit; and to create public awareness of those artists and projects. Admission to the program is $5 if paid in advance ($8 at the door) or free to FAI members. It is open to all artists—visual artists, writers, composers, performers, dancers, filmmakers, and photographers. The Bloomingdale Arts Building is located at 2418 W. Bloomingdale, in Chicago. Refreshments will be served. This program is funded in part by the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. For more information, visit www.fernworkartsincubator.org or contact fernworkartsincubator@gmail.com.
Location:	Bloomingdale Arts Building
City:	Chicago
Phone:	773-742-6914
Email:	fernworkartsincubator@gmail.com
Website:	www.fernworkartsincubator.org
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Upcoming Events

6/6/2010

$5 Sunday Funny Returns!

Chicago

7/15/2010

Write . . . shoot . . . and edit a film all in 48 hours . . .

Chicago

7/15/2010 - 8/19/2010

Details:	That is the challenge LimeGreen Entertainment Group and the Founders of the internationally recognized 48Hour Film Project are hoping Chicago-area filmmakers will accept with the sixth installment of the acclaimed competition. LimeGreen Entertainment Group, a Chicago-based integrated marketing agency, will produce the Chicago edition of the legendary film competition. As the producer, LimeGreen will take the lead in team recruitment as well as securing sponsorship opportunities with local businesses. "As a new partner, we are delighted and eager to produce this year's competition," said Michon Ellis, Managing Partner at LimeGreen. "To take part in this global phenomenon is not only an honor, but a welcomed challenge to showcase to the world that Chicago has some of the best filmmakers. Registration for this year's competition is now open at www.48hourfilm.com. LimeGreen will accept registration submissions through Aug. 12th. This year, Chicago will be one of a record 89 cities worldwide - from Beijing to Lisbon - competing in the 48Hour Film Project. LimeGreen Presents: The Chicago 48Hour Film Project Mixer- TONIGHT DATE: Thursday, July 15th TIME: 6:30pm to 10pm PLACE:LimeGreen Entertainment Group Loft, 344 N. Ogden Avenue, Chicago, IL 60607 WOMEN IN FILM CHICAGO WANTS TO SPONSOR YOUR 48HOUR FILM! YOU MUST BE A MEMBER TO QUALIFY. FOR MORE INFO EMAIL: kelli@wifchicago.org The actual Chicago competition will take place Aug. 13th through Aug. 15th. Filmmaking teams of all levels will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 13th and deliver a finished 4 to 7 minute film by 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 15th. Each team is assigned a genre, character, prop and line of dialogue that they must work into their film. They are responsible for putting together a cast and crew and getting equipment and anything else necessary to make a film/video in just a weekend. Any team, regardless of skill level, is eligible to participate in this competition. Films submitted even one minute late will be disqualified. Kickoff DATE: Friday, August 13th TIME: 6-7pm PLACE: LimeGreen Entertainment Group Loft, 344 N. Ogden Avenue, Chicago, IL 60607 Dropoff DATE: Sunday, August 15th TIME: 6pm-8pm (by 7:30pm to be on time!) PLACE: LimeGreen Entertainment Group Office, 344 N. Ogden Avenue, Chicago, IL 60607 Local industry experts will judge each film submission. Winners will receive special prizes and will be eligible for top honors consideration at Filmapalooza, the 48Hour Film Project's annual awards. The 6th Annual Chicago 48Hour Film Project screenings will be at the Landmark's Century Centre Cinema. Landmark's Century Centre Cinema is a state-of-the-art and architecturally unique facility, and the first all-stadium seating theatre showcasing independent and foreign language films in the Chicagoland area. Featuring convenient validated parking, unobstructed sightlines, Dolby Digital sound and gourmet as well as traditional concessions, Landmark's Century Centre Cinema is one of the city's most innovative and exciting theatre locations. Premiere Screenings DATE: August 17 - 19 TIME: 7:30pm - 9:30pm PLACE: Landmark's Century Centre Cinema, 2828 N. Clark Chicago, IL 60657 TICKETS: $15 "Our continued expansion to cities worldwide further solidifies the need for a filmmaking competition like the 48Hour Film Project," said Liz Langston, co-executive director of The 48Hour Film Project. "We're excited to help filmmakers and potential filmmakers from Mongolia to Peru make films on the international level." For more information visit www.48hourfilm.com/Chicago.
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7/27/2010

Traverse City Film Festival

Traverse City

7/27/2010 - 8/1/2010

Details:	TRAVERSE CITY FILM FESTIVAL founded and run by Academy Award-winning director and festival founder Michael Moore Now in its 6th year, the annual Northern Michigan festival promises to deliver what fans have come to expect over the years - "Just Great Movies." Academy Award-winning director and festival founder Michael Moore created the festival in 2005, in an aim to bring often undistributed national and international films to the public. This celebration of cinema has been an outstanding success, with last year's festival drawing the biggest crowd to date at over 95,000 admissions. Past filmmakers and panelists in attendance have included Phil Donahue (director - “Body of War”), Madonna (director - “I Am Because We Are”), David O. Russell (director - “Three Kings”), board members Larry Charles (director - “Borat”, “Religulous”) and Terry George (director - “Hotel Rwanda”), and comedian Jeff Garlin (actor/producer - “Curb Your Enthusiasm”). "All of the visiting filmmakers have told us over and over that Traverse City is the greatest film festival they have ever been to. They all say that Traverse City is such a welcoming, hospitable place, every year. And they spread the word," said Moore. With strong support from the quickly growing film community in Michigan, this year¹s Traverse City Film Festival looks forward to another great summer of movies. The full festival schedule will be released on July 9. Tickets for Friends of the Film Festival go on sale on July 11, and tickets for the public go on sale on July 17. For more information or media credential requests, please contact the Traverse City Film Festival office at (231) 392-1134 or visit www.traversecityfilmfest.org. The festival provides advertising opportunities for its movie, event and venue sponsors. For more information, contact sponsors@traversecityfilmfestival.org. About the Traverse City Film Festival: The Traverse City Film Festival is a charitable, educational, nonprofit organization committed to showing "Just Great Movies" and helping to save one of America's few indigenous art forms -- the cinema. The festival brings films and filmmakers from around the world to northern Michigan for the annual film festival in late July to early August. It was instrumental in renovating a shuttered historical downtown movie house, the State Theatre, which it continues to own and operate as a year-round, community-based, mission-driven and volunteer-staffed art house movie theater. The festival was founded by Academy Award-winning Director Michael Moore, who runs the festival and serves as president of the board of directors. Other board members are photographer John Robert Williams and New York Times best-selling author Doug Stanton, both Traverse Citians, and filmmakers Larry Charles (director, "Borat"), Terry George (director, "Hotel Rwanda"), Sabina Guzzanti (director, "Viva Zapatero!"), and Christine Lahti (actor, "Running on Empty").
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City:	Traverse City
Phone:	231-392-1134
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Website:	www.traversecityfilmfest.org

7/27/2010

Traverse City Film Festival Adds More Films to Line Up

Traverse City

8/2/2010

Marketing for Artists—How To Promote Yourself and Your Art

Chicago

8/3/2010

Midwest Independent Film Festival

Chicago

8/3/2010

First Tuesdays with The Midwest Independent Film Festival

Chicago

8/6/2010

Keeping up with Recording Artist Jan James

Chicago

8/7/2010

Squaw Valley Screenwriting Program

Squaw Valley

8/7/2010 - 8/14/2010

Details:	WRITERS WORKSHOPS: AUGUST 7-14 Max Byrd · Michael Carlisle · Mark Childress John Daniel · Gill Dennis · Cai Emmons · Glen David Gold Sands Hall · Gerald Haslam · Michael Jaime-Becerra Louis B. Jones · Teresa Jordan · Michelle Latiolais Joanne Meschery · ZZ Packer · Martin J. Smith Gregory Spatz · Luis Urrea · Al Young Literary Agents · Book & Literary Magazine Editors and more Plus Special Guests: Rhoda Huffey · Diane Johnson · David Lukas Malcolm Margolin · Alice Sebold Amy Tan · Oscar Villalon And Published Alumni: Marisa Matarazzo · Nami Mun Victoria Patterson · Dora Wang · Alia Yunis These workshops assist serious writers by exploring the art and craft as well as the business of writing. The week offers daily morning workshops, craft lectures, panel discussions on editing and publishing, staff readings, as well as brief individual conferences. The morning workshops are led by staff writer-teachers, editors, or agents. There are separate morning workshops for Fiction and Narrative Nonfiction/Memoir. In addition to their workshop manuscript, participants may have a second manuscript read by a staff member who meets with them in an individual conference. Limited financial aid available. Submissions Deadline: May 10, 2010 http://www.squawvalleywriters.org/writers_ws.htm SCREENWRITING: AUGUST 7-14 Production commitments will determine availability of staff members and guests Eugene Corr · Pamela Gray · Toney Merritt Christopher Monger · Judith Rascoe Tom Rickman · Lisa Rosenberg · Tom Schlesinger Camille Thomasson · Michael Urban The Screenwriting Program is an intensive week-long program which focuses on individual attention and work-in-progress, by award-winning writers and writer/directors. You will learn to crystallize the story and excise extraneous elements. Film clips, lectures and writing exercises are incorporated into daily workshops emphasizing all aspects of craft including narrative point of view, character analysis, and scene structure. Designed for both screenwriters and filmmakers, this unique program invites both narrative features and character-driven documentaries. Our goal is to assist writers to improve their craft and thus move them closer to production. Limited financial aid available. Deadline to Apply: May 1. These workshops are made possible with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the LEF Foundation, and the Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. http://www.squawvalleywriters.org/swriter_ws.htm
Location:	Squaw Valley Ski Corp
City:	Squaw Valley
Phone:	530-470-8440
Email:	info@squawvalleywriters.org
Website:	www.squawvalleywriters.org
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