Archive for the 'Theatres & Venues' Category
Thursday, June 9th, 2016
Jason Butler was not the only Pi Omega Omega brother named Jason to aim a projector on a flat surface at Mike n’ Molly’s. Here is the 10-cent skinny on MICRO-FILM indie cinema shows staged there in 2003 and 2006.
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Thursday, May 26th, 2016
Provision Elevator Advertising and the Orpheum Children’s Science Museum have teamed to present an all-ages summertime event for the community, “Champaign Cinema under the Stars,” launching tonight!
Posted in Area Festivals, For the Children, Gone Hollywood, Media Coverage, Public Events, Theatres & Venues |
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Thursday, February 25th, 2016
From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Oops, we did it again, but we’re driving to catch up on sharing New Art Film Festival photographs by Dora Valkanova starting here with a 2015 set!
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Wednesday, February 17th, 2016
In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “The C-U Film Leader,” we talk about celebrity sightings to come, single-screen venues to preserve, and miscellany du C-U for all to behold!
Posted in Alums Done Good, Area Festivals, Champaign Movie Makers, Competition du C-U, For the Children, Gone Hollywood, Media Coverage, News Ticker du C-U, Podcast du C-U, Preservation, Public Events, Roger Ebert, Student Film, Theatres & Venues |
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Thursday, November 12th, 2015
In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “The C-U Film Leader,” we talk about the brand-new Art Co-op memberships, several things Ebert/fest, and the Damian Duffy Hates Everything podcast!
Posted in Alums Done Good, Education/Classes, Media Coverage, News Ticker du C-U, Podcast du C-U, Public Events, Roger Ebert, Theatres & Venues |
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Saturday, January 31st, 2015
We challenge you, dearest arts supporters, to jump right on in and help out these efforts. We would not have Champaign-Urbana film culture without ’em!
Posted in Alums Done Good, Competition du C-U, CU Film Society, Deadline du C-U, For the Children, Job Opportunities, Student Film, Theatres & Venues |
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Saturday, November 15th, 2014
From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: We delved into MFHQ, we survived MFHQ, and we present our MFHQ findings to you, dearest vintage movie theater connoisseurs. The Art Theater Co-op, revealed!
Posted in Images du C-U, The Old School, Theatres & Venues |
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Friday, October 17th, 2014
From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: We’re never ones to let good material go wasted … even if we’re a few months late in delivering it to our fans. A-hem. This one’s for you, Dora Valkanova and the New Art Film Festival faithful!
Posted in Area Festivals, C-U Confidential Shows, Images du C-U, Public Events, Theatres & Venues |
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2014
The occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Champaign, Illinois, inspires Perry C. Morris and friends to celebrate local movie history!
Posted in Education/Classes, Happy Places, Images du C-U, Preservation, Public Events, The Old School, Theatres & Venues, Videos du C-U |
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Friday, September 19th, 2014
From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Round and round and round it goes (in the UI-7 schedule) and where it will stop, nobody knows! We provide belated love to the University of Illinois student-made series, FOR THE RECORD.
Posted in Alums Done Good, Dance Film, Images du C-U, Student Film, Theatres & Venues, Videos du C-U |
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Monday, May 19th, 2014
In this edition of “The Double Life of a Cinéaste,” author Tyler Tharpe rejoices as he discovers first-run 35mm prints are still available despite the threat of digital conversion perpetuated by the exhibition industry.
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Saturday, February 1st, 2014
From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: The Elvis Brothers never *really* left the building, as C-U Blogfidential has discovered! Dig on these vintage Elvis Bros. videos, one of which features the former Cinema Theater of Urbana as a backdrop.
Posted in Alums Done Good, Images du C-U, Music Video, Preservation, The Old School, Theatres & Venues, Videos du C-U |
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Friday, November 15th, 2013
From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: We reveal the front cover of a new book about the Art Theater and divulge a bit about its contents, too!
Posted in Print Matter du C-U, The Old School, Theatres & Venues |
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Tuesday, November 12th, 2013
EXTRA! Interview with the general manager of the Art Theater Co-op in Champaign, IL!
Posted in Preservation, Public Events, Q&A du C-U, The Old School, Theatres & Venues |
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Friday, October 18th, 2013
Time to make some noise about ourselves, dearest readers! Coming soon are the Drunken Zombie Film Festival in Peoria on November 1-2, 2013, which we’re co-sponsoring, and the new Art Theater history book, which your editor designed. Look out for them and the seventh issue of C-U Confidential, too!
Posted in Area Festivals, C-U Confidential, Print Matter du C-U, Public Events, The Old School, Theatres & Venues |
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