Category: Entertainment
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Adaptation at the Smart Museum
The Smart Museum’s exhibition Adaptation opened today, and it includes a new work by ARTV 24103, a collective that includes current MAPHers Laura Heldt and Natasha Long. The work grew out of a practicum taught by Catherine Sullivan — Natasha writes about the project over on the Adaptation blog-cum-catalogue. The other works in Adaptation —…
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No Halfsteppin’: Broadcast Premiere of a Documentary Film by MAPH alums
MAPH alums Tom Bailey and Brendan Kredell’s documentary film, No Halfsteppin’, will air on WTTW-11 for its first broadcast on Thursday, January 31 (10:30pm CST), and on Sunday, February 3 (12midnight, CST [note that this is technically Monday, February 4]).
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Successful AfterMAPH event at Jake Melnick’s gives former social hours a run for their money
We here at MAPH would like to thank all of the alums who came out (despite the cold) and made the MAPH Alum Happy Hour a very successful and enjoyable event! Old friends met and discussed over tasty finger foods (the fried mushrooms really were incredible) and frothy pints (you didn’t even have to dig…
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Alumni Event: Alumni Happy hour at Jake Melnik’s Corner Tap
It’s been far too long since our last alumni event, so I’d like to invite any and all MAPH alums who plan to be in Chicago the evening of December 6th to shamble on down to Jake Melnik’s Corner Tap and let us treat you to yummy appetizers and drinks. If free food and beverage…
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Conversations at the Caffeine Theatre
Jennifer Shook graduated from MAPH in 2005 and is currently doing work at Chicago’s Caffeine Theatre. She submits this post with the hopes of generating conversations with other (After)MAPHers after being inspired by her work with the theatre company. Caffeine and Translations–and Caffeine Theatre’s TRANSLATIONS The same week I started in MAPH, Caffeine Theatre premiered…
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MAPH Alum Blogger Strikes Fame (or at least recognition)
Joel Witmer, graduate of MAPH in 2007 spent many of his MAPH days like the rest of us, slaving at the Regenstein, reading and “unpacking” scholarly articles, trying to make some sort of argumentative claim…about anything, really. But, while the rest of us spent our free time at Jimmy’s, Joel was working furiously on his…
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Oh the Humanity (Festival)!
Running from October 27 through November 11 the Chicago Humanities Festival returns to Chicago for its 18th year. The theme this year is “The Climate of Concern,” working in conjunction with the Chicago Festival of Maps. Every year this festival runs throughout the various cultural institutions in Chicago, bringing lecturers, panel discussions, and music and…