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Events and Lectures in December

Film Screening: Regret to Inform

December 1, 2005

When: Thursday, 6pm
Where: Ferguson Theater, 600 S. Michigan

On her twenty-fourth birthday, Barbara Sonneborn received a knock on her door from a United States Army soldier, and heard the words “We regret to inform you….” Her husband Jeff had been killed by a mortar in Vietnam. Twenty years later, Sonneborn embarked on a journey through the country where he fought and died. Woven into her personal odyssey are interviews with American and Vietnamese widows from both sides of the conflict. Regret to Inform has new relevance in the current political climate. It demonstrates that all wars change lives forever.

Listening Event: Beck

December 8, 2005

When: Thursday, 6 - 8pm
Where: MoCP, 600 S. Michigan

The Museum of Contemporary Photography and Filter Magazine host an evening listening event of new music by Beck!!! Guerolito is a fully reworked version of his latest album featuring remixes by the Beastie Boys’ Ad-Rock, the Dust Brothers’ John King and Scottish electronic duo Boards of Canada, among others. The album will be played throughout the museum from 6 - 8 pm on December 8th, five days before the album’s official release. The listening event is free and open to the public.

Book Release Party: Industry of the Ordinary

December 15, 2005

When:Thursday, 5-7pm
Where: MoCP, 600 S. Michigan Ave.

Celebrate the publication of Midwest Photographers Project Artists Industry of the Ordinary’s (Mat Wilson and Adam Brooks) newly released book Text Book: Notes around the Margins. The evening will also feature a discussion by participants in this book project and an action orchestrated by Industry of the Ordinary. Early arrival is encouraged as the first one hundred attendees will receive a free gift.

Text Book is co-published by Links Hall, and partially funded by the Illinois Humanities Council and faculty development grants from Columbia College Chicago and the University of St. Francis, Joliet.