Venues and Admission

Unless otherwise indicated admission is $8 general, $7 Student (with I.D.) $4 Members.

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Spring 2008 Curatorial Committee
Stacy Barton
Heather McAdams
Sharon Zurek
Patrick Friel, Onion City Experimental Film Festival Programmer

Split Pillow presents the third installment of its decade-long project chronicling early 21st century life and culture in the Windy City, Chicago 360. Five mini- documentaries centering around the theme "Work in the City" provide a glimpse into some of the jobs and workers that help define the Chicago landscape. The world's largest button-making operation, street-side peanut vendors, the changing image of Chicago's working class, the evolution of urban journalism, and the ultimate selfless job of parenting come under examination in this fascinating work. Split Pillow is a Chicago-based non-profit motion picture production and media literacy education company now in its sixth season of producing a full season of new works by Chicago filmmakers primarily for Chicago audiences.

Split Pillow presents the third installment of its decade-long project chronicling early 21st century life and culture in the Windy City, Chicago 360. Five mini- documentaries centering around the theme "Work in the City" provide a glimpse into some of the jobs and workers that help define the Chicago landscape. The world's largest button-making operation, street-side peanut vendors, the changing image of Chicago's working class, the evolution of urban journalism, and the ultimate selfless job of parenting come under examination in this fascinating work. Split Pillow is a Chicago-based non-profit motion picture production and media literacy education company now in its sixth season of producing a full season of new works by Chicago filmmakers primarily for Chicago audiences.

"I have always wanted to project an entire reel of my 16mm Television commercials non-stop on one big reel and I finally I get to do just that! I love the concept of projecting these TV ads on a big screen and completely out of context. No longer on a tiny TV set in your home, these now-dated ads take on a different life and are surreal, interesting, hilarious and even educational as they become strangely transparent in their attempts to push their products on children and smokers. Included in tonight's thrilling program will be a variety of toy, doll, and cigarette commercials including: Candy Fashion Doll, Carter's Little Pills, Mad Cap Molly, Baby Know It All, Rudy the Robot, Close n Play, Big Burger Grill, Sea Wees, Amsco's Magic Bottle, Honey Comb Cereal, Sugar Pops, Quisp, Ultra Brite, KFC, Noxema (w/ Joe Namath), Borax (w/ Ronald Reagan), Dodge Car (w/ the Lennon Sisters), Cover Girl (w/ a young Cybil Sheperd), Diet Pepsi, Give A Show Projector, Spiderman Webmaker, Kool, Winston + Pall Mall Cigarettes, Grape Nuts (w/ Euell Gibbons) just to name a few! Also included will be sexy Ricky Nelson singing (the legend James Burton on guitar) from the Ozzie + Harriet TV Show, a Lennon Sisters song clipped from The Lawrence Welk Show, a Ted Mack's Amateur Hour act + lots more! Bring your friends, your pillow and settle in for a wacky nostalgic evening of great shorts ... when Television was more fun, funny + funky!" –Heather McAdams

Curator Heather McAdams and her always-entertaining husband Chris Ligon will be present to introduce the show and answer any of your questions.

Join us as we celebrate the last show of our fifth season of Dyke Delicious. You never know what we have in store, but we won't disappoint you! Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue? Most likely!

Social Hour 7:00 pm

Admission: $10/$8 Reeling members (includes social hour and screening)

Come celebrate 20 years with us as this anniversary edition of the Onion City Experimental Film & Video Festival showcases 4 days of the best experimental work around! The complete festival programming line-up will be posted in mid-May on our website at http://chicagofilmmakers.org. Mark your calendars!

Come celebrate 20 years with us as this anniversary edition of the Onion City Experimental Film & Video Festival showcases 4 days of the best experimental work around! The complete festival programming line-up will be posted in mid-May on our website at http://chicagofilmmakers.org. Mark your calendars!

Come celebrate 20 years with us as this anniversary edition of the Onion City Experimental Film & Video Festival showcases 4 days of the best experimental work around! The complete festival programming line-up will be posted in mid-May on our website at http://chicagofilmmakers.org. Mark your calendars!

Come celebrate 20 years with us as this anniversary edition of the Onion City Experimental Film & Video Festival showcases 4 days of the best experimental work around! The complete festival programming line-up will be posted in mid-May on our website at http://chicagofilmmakers.org. Mark your calendars!

It's that time again! Our popular Open Screenings feature whatever walks in the door - it could be anything: insane comedies, touching dramas, high-energy music videos, odd animation, hot topic documentaries, neighborhood portraits, or who knows what. Join us to showcase your work, or just come to watch. Maximum length per person is 20 minutes, and we will screen at least one work from everyone who brings something up to that time length. Sorry, no work will be accepted after the program has started. Accepted formats: 16mm, BetaSP, Mini-DV, DVD, and VHS. Nothing X- rated - sorry!