- Third Coast Festival
- Navy Pier
- 848 East Grand
- Chicago, Illinois
- 60611-3509
- 312-948-4682
- info@thirdcoastfestival.org
Listening out in the world
Third Coast listening events (often called "Listening Rooms") present unforgettable audio work in a public setting -- a theater, a coffee shop, a bar -- anywhere with a good set of speakers and where people can gather together and listen. Each event features a special guest and includes a diverse selection of documentary audio work. It’s a little like a book club for radio.
We're pleased as punch that our Chicago-based Listening Room partner for 2012 is the Hideout. We'll be presenting three Listening Room events at The Hideout this year - details below.
Also! Have docs, will travel. The TCF also sponsors and supports other types of audio events in Chicago and beyond. Want us to visit your city or town? Collaborate with your organization? Let us know.
Upcoming:
June 21
Third Coast Listening Room: The Sounds (and Stories) of Protest
Goethe Institut Washington / 812 7th St. NW / 7pm
With TCIAF Artistic Director Julie Shapiro
Free!
Protest culture is everywhere, including on your radio! This evening of audio stories about talking back, occupying, resisting, and agitating will range from punk rockers against Putin, to an audio montage/homage to “rabble rousers,” to an early NPR report from the Vietnam War protest frontlines.
July 10
Third Coast Listening Room: Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Co-presented with EveryBlock
Doors at 6pm, program runs 7:30 - 9pm
The Hideout / 1354 W. Wabansia / Chicago
Tickets: $8 (students/seniors/juniors) / $10 (general)
With Third Coast hosts Julie Shapiro and Gwen Macsai
Knock, knock: Come out for a night of neighborly stories of all stripes! Hear the winners and a selection of local submissions from the 2012 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge, an audio contest that invited anyone and everyone to produce short audio stories featuring at least two neighbors, a color in the title, and three consecutive seconds of narrative silence. Stop by early for a beer, and hey - why not invite your neighbor along?
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