CHICAGO HUMANITIES FESTIVAL /
THE DOCUMENTARY FORM - TELL ME TRUE
November 9, 2008 / 11am - 12:30pm
Chicago History Museum, The Chicago Room / 1601 N. Clark St.
Tickets- $10, on-site only

While the program is sold-out, a limited number of tickets will be available on-site. The CHF's advice is to arrive at 10am to purchase your ticket that day.

With the mass-market success of such fact-based presentations as An Inconvenient Truth, Fahrenheit 911, The Osbournes, and This American Life, the documentary in its various forms is increasingly challenging its fictional counterparts for supremacy. Clearly, the stories and ideas to which audiences increasingly are drawn feature true (if still subjective) narratives. A distinguished panel of documentary makers and programmers will discuss this rise in popularity and influence, and consider some of the inevitable questions that accompany it. Featuring Gordon Quinn, president and founding member of Kartemquin Films; Johanna Zorn, executive director of the Third Coast International Audio Festival; and Tom Bailey, a film educator at Chicago's Community TV Network.

8TH ANNUAL TCIAF AWARDS CEREMONY
Saturday, October 11 / 8 - 11 pm
Music Institute of Chicago / 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston
Tickets - $30, available now

Join us for an elegant evening of audio celebration, as the winners of the 2008 TCF / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition are revealed. Learn all about this year's Audio Luminary Award recipient, hear excerpts of winning programs and cheer on the winning producers as they proudly accept their awards. Then stick around for a champagne reception and the chance to fete the winners and rub shoulders with public radio’s mighty independent producing community - from beloved NPR veterans to today's rising stars.

WAIT FOR THE BEEP
A TCF Audio Installation in Collaboration with Steppenwolf Theatre Company
March 27-July 27
1650 North Halsted - Second Floor Lobby

A cell phone rings…and a stranger picks it up. This simple action sets in motion the darkly humorous, new play Dead Man’s Cell Phone by Pulitzer finalist and MacArthur “genius” Sarah Ruhl. It’s also the inspiration for a complementary audio installation curated by the Third Coast Festival.

Cell phones line the walls of Steppenwolf’s upstairs lobby. Don’t wait for them to ring; just pick one up and eavesdrop on messages not meant for your ears: two women hatch a plan to punish an old boyfriend, a serendipitous meeting at an airport gift shop turns a newlywed's life upside down and a businessman's decision to downsize costs him dearly.

The TCF specially commissioned these pieces from producers Hillary Frank, Sue Mell and Dave Urlakis (of Steppenwolf Theatre Company) with Michael Slaboch. You can hear these comissions plus two others(!) in our audio library.

Tickets: The installation is open / free to those attending Steppenwolf's production of Dead Man's Cell Phone.

DOC U ARTS INSTITUTE, CENTER FOR DOCUMENTARY STUDIES
AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
February 7-10, Durham, NC
More Info about the Doc U Arts Institute

The TCF is heading to Durham, NC to be instructors at the Doc U Arts Institute, which is an intensive series of documentary – audio, video, and photo - workshops by day and entertaining public events by night. Registration's still open; we highly recommend this primo opportunity to immerse yourself - entirely - in a long weekend of documentary arts.

If you're in the Durham area but can't devote your entire weekend to documentary arts, we'll also be sharing a few favorites from recent audio projects on Saturday night, February 9th, before the screening of Waking in Mississippi, by Christie Herring, at the Durham Arts Council. Come out and say hello!