Rebecca Hall, Northwest Chicago Film Society president, is delving into:
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Basically, the Chicago projectionist union was having contract-negotiation difficulties with certain theater chains and the inner circle of the union organized—essentially—a campaign of terrorism against the chains who weren’t cooperating with them. They set off smoke bombs in various theaters around Chicago (and as far away as New York City), and did other nasty things like flushing socks full of hydraulic cement down the toilets in the theater at Water Tower Place, even slicing theater screens (a horrifying act for any true projectionist).
Paul Czarnowski, G-Mart Comics manager is crazy about:
Reggie Wilson’s dance work in progress Reggie Wilson‘s developing a Joyce Award project, a new work on Moses called “(Project) the Moseses Project.” It was really exciting to see such an established choreographer and what he’s able to create in the studio. We got to see these early glimpses that may or may not be in the final product, but I am a process addict, so I really loved it.
