Bruce Campbell, man of action and slayer of Deadites, will accompany his new film MY NAME IS BRUCE to the Avon Theater in downtown Decatur, IL, on Monday, December 1, 2008. Be there or be very, very square.
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Article in Champaign daily The News-Gazette about the hiring of program coordinator Kate Brickman to oversee the transformation of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign basic cable station UI-7 to an academic and community-oriented service.
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Help the crew of Brainsmart Productions scrape up even more cash to dump into WEREWOLF CEMETERY: Issue 4, currently filming in an abandoned movie theater near you, by attending the Brainsmart show at Mike n’ Molly’s in downtown Champaign on Monday, September 22, 2008.
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This weekend, the Illinois Independent Film Festival hosts THE LIFELINE: TRILOGY and NEAR MISS up in St. Charles, IL, while the Route 66 Film Festival welcomes SAMSARA 2 and THE TRANSIENT over in Springfield, IL. Why are you still sitting in front of your computer right now?
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We think the reality program coming to Champaign-Urbana this week is VH1’s ROCK OF LOVE WITH BRET MICHAELS. We know the reality program coming to Champaign-Urbana this week is in need of production staff.
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Help the crew of Brainsmart Productions scrape up some cash to dump into WEREWOLF CEMETERY: Issue 4, currently filming in an abandoned movie theater near you, by attending the Brainsmart show at Mike n’ Molly’s in downtown Champaign on Sunday, September 14, 2008.
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Coming Soon: Champaign Movie Makers meeting @ Shatterglass Studios, Urbana, IL (9/9/08), Beyond Normal Films “Choice” series @ Normal Theater, Normal, IL (9/9-28/08), IPRH Film Series @ 62 Krannert Art Museum, UIUC, Urbana, IL (9/11-11/13/08), and “Politics at the Movies” class @ Avon Theatre, Decatur, IL (9/11-10/30/08).
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Article in Champaign daily The News-Gazette about a new documentary called MEMORIAL STADIUM: TRUE ILLINI SPIRIT that will premiere on local PBS station WILL-TV Channel 12 this Tuesday, September 9, 2008, at 7 p.m.
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University of Illinois alumnus and veteran documentary filmmaker Frederick Marx will speak about and present clips from his work at the Channing-Murray Foundation in Urbana, IL, on Sunday, September 7, 2008.
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The next meeting of Illini Film & Video will be on Thursday, August 28, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. in the basement lounge of the UIUC English Building on the Main Quad.
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Producers of a cable television reality show will be shooting segments in Champaign-Urbana the weekend of September 19, 2008, and could possibly use your help.
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The streets of Champaign-Urbana will become better informed places with the debut of MICRO-FILM’s “newszine,” the CineMicroGraph, on Thursday, August 28, 2008.
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Urbana independent film studio Essence Films will premiere their dramatic short PRELUDE at the Onarga Theater in Onarga, IL, on Thursday, August 7, 2008, at 7 p.m.
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Opportunities to explore various crafts within the filmmaking trade include Tom Logan’s acting seminar on August 1-3, 2008, at the Prairie Capitol Convention Center in Springfield, IL, Cheryl Croasmun’s production/development seminar on August 6, 2008, at Kicks Family Entertainment Center in Springfield, IL, and Alaric S. Rocha’s film production workshop on August 15-17, 2008, in Champaign, IL, location TBD.
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Articles in the Chicago Tribune covering the formal departure of Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper from the long-running movie review program AT THE MOVIES, to be replaced this fall by Ben Lyons of E! Entertainment Television and Ben Mankiewicz of Turner Classic Movies.
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