Museum of Contemporary Photography: Events tag:www.mocp.org,2008://3 2008-10-31T17:35:07Z Movable Type 3.35 CONCERT: International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) tag:www.mocp.org,2008://3.850 2008-12-10T17:37:17Z 2008-10-31T17:35:07Z Featuring Claire Chase and Eric Lamb, flutes The second concert of ICE’s new series at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago spotlights the tight-knit virtuosity of the ensemble’s ineffable flute section: Claire Chase and Eric Lamb. Focusing on music... Audrey http://mocp.org/ Featuring Claire Chase and Eric Lamb, flutes

The second concert of ICE’s new series at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago spotlights the tight-knit virtuosity of the ensemble’s ineffable flute section: Claire Chase and Eric Lamb. Focusing on music rarely heard in the United States, the performers will offer a program of Chicago premieres featuring new flute works by Phillipe Hurel (France), Dominik Karski (Poland), Kaija Saariaho (Finland) and Marcelo Toledo (Argentina).

Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 7:30pm at MoCP
$10.00 general admission. $5.00 students and seniors
Reservations recommended (312)494-2655 or reservations@ice.org

]]> CURATOR'S TOUR: Michael Wolf: The Transparent City and Work/Place tag:www.mocp.org,2008://3.834 2008-12-09T18:53:43Z 2008-10-31T17:19:17Z Please join us as curator Natasha Egan gives a tour of The Transparent City, an exhibition of new photographs of Chicago by artist Michael Wolf, and the group exhibition Work/Place. Tuesday, December 9, noon at MoCP... Audrey http://mocp.org/ Please join us as curator Natasha Egan gives a tour of The Transparent City, an exhibition of new photographs of Chicago by artist Michael Wolf, and the group exhibition Work/Place.

Tuesday, December 9, noon at MoCP

]]> FILM SCREENING: Clock Watchers tag:www.mocp.org,2008://3.852 2008-12-03T18:19:26Z 2008-10-31T17:21:43Z Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times describes Clockwatchers as “a wicked, subversive comedy about the hell on earth occupied by temporary office workers.” Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Work / Place. Wednesday, December 3rd, 6pm @ Ferguson Lecture Hall,... Audrey http://mocp.org/ Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times describes Clockwatchers as “a wicked, subversive comedy about the hell on earth occupied by temporary office workers.” Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Work / Place.

Wednesday, December 3rd, 6pm @ Ferguson Lecture Hall, 600 S. Michigan Ave., 1st floor

]]> EXHIBITION TOUR: Work/Place tag:www.mocp.org,2008://3.849 2008-11-21T17:33:13Z 2008-10-31T17:04:40Z Please join exhibition curator Natasha Egan and exhibiting artists Mary Ellen Strom, Ann Carlson, and Karen Yama for a tour of Work / Place. Friday, November 21, 12:30pm at MoCP... Audrey http://mocp.org/ Please join exhibition curator Natasha Egan and exhibiting artists Mary Ellen Strom, Ann Carlson, and Karen Yama for a tour of Work / Place.

Friday, November 21, 12:30pm at MoCP

]]> LECTURE: Michael Wolf tag:www.mocp.org,2008://3.836 2008-11-20T18:14:00Z 2008-11-11T21:40:55Z In his recent Transparent City series, on view now at MoCP, Michael Wolf photographs Chicago architecture and examines the people that inhabit these buildings. Join us for a lecture by the Hong Kong-based artist, sponsored by the Photography Department’s Lectures... Audrey http://mocp.org/ In his recent Transparent City series, on view now at MoCP, Michael Wolf photographs Chicago architecture and examines the people that inhabit these buildings. Join us for a lecture by the Hong Kong-based artist, sponsored by the Photography Department’s Lectures in Photography series.

Thursday, November 20, 6:30pm @ Ferguson Lecture Hall, 600 S. Michigan Ave.

]]> OPENING RECEPTION: Michael Wolf: The Transparent City and Work/Place tag:www.mocp.org,2008://3.851 2008-11-20T16:06:07Z 2008-11-11T21:41:17Z Please join us as we celebrate the opening of Michael Wolf: The Transparent City and Work/Place. Thursday, November 20, 5-7 pm at MoCP... Audrey http://mocp.org/ Please join us as we celebrate the opening of Michael Wolf: The Transparent City and Work/Place.

Thursday, November 20, 5-7 pm at MoCP

]]> CONCERT: ICE tag:www.mocp.org,2008://3.829 2008-10-24T17:02:32Z 2008-08-25T19:05:36Z The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), described recently in the New Yorker as “a power-house of new music programming…brilliant and unexpected,” will present an improvisation recital featuring trumpet player Peter Evans. Evans, whose debut solo album “More is More” has taken... Audrey http://mocp.org/ The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), described recently in the New Yorker as “a power-house of new music programming…brilliant and unexpected,” will present an improvisation recital featuring trumpet player Peter Evans. Evans, whose debut solo album “More is More” has taken the improvisation world by storm, will be joined by ICE saxophonist David Reminick and ICE percussionist/composer Nathan Davis.

Friday October 24, 7:30pm at MoCP
$10 suggested donation

]]> LECTURE: The Life and Work of Dorothea Lange tag:www.mocp.org,2008://3.826 2008-10-23T19:14:53Z 2008-09-29T16:23:36Z Featuring Daniel Dixon, son of Dorothea Lange Daniel Dixon (b. 1925) son of Dorothea Lange and painter Maynard Dixon, along with his wife Dixie, will give an audio-visual presentation on Lange’s life and work. Dixon, a writer, traveled and worked... Audrey http://mocp.org/ Featuring Daniel Dixon, son of Dorothea Lange

Daniel Dixon (b. 1925) son of Dorothea Lange and painter Maynard Dixon, along with his wife Dixie, will give an audio-visual presentation on Lange’s life and work. Dixon, a writer, traveled and worked with his mother later in her career including on the series Three Mormon Towns, on which they also collaborated with Ansel Adams. Selections from this series are included in the MoCP’s exhibition.

Thursday, October 23, 6 pm at the Ferguson Lecture Hall, 600 S. Michigan Ave., 1st Floor

]]> SCREENING AND DISCUSSION: Pull My Daisy tag:www.mocp.org,2008://3.828 2008-10-09T19:21:54Z 2008-07-29T21:25:18Z Pull My Daisy (1959) is a short film written by Jack Kerouac and directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie. Featuring Alan Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and Larry Rivers, the film has come to typify Beat culture. Following the screening, several... Audrey http://mocp.org/ Pull My Daisy (1959) is a short film written by Jack Kerouac and directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie. Featuring Alan Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and Larry Rivers, the film has come to typify Beat culture. Following the screening, several Columbia College faculty members including Kevin Kilroy (English), Tom Nawrocki (English), Chap Freeman (Film/Video) and Greg Foster-Rice (Photography) will discuss the film. The audience will be invited to join the discussion.

October 9, 2008
Time TBD
Film Row Cinema, 1104 South Wabash, 8th floor

]]> GALLERY TALK: Exhibiting Artist Dave Anderson tag:www.mocp.org,2008://3.827 2008-10-02T19:17:40Z 2008-07-29T21:19:12Z Please join us as we welcome artist Dave Anderson to discuss his series Rough Beauty. Thursday, October 2, 6 pm at MoCP... Audrey http://mocp.org/ Please join us as we welcome artist Dave Anderson to discuss his series Rough Beauty.

Thursday, October 2, 6 pm at MoCP

]]> CURATORS’ TOUR with Rod Slemmons and Corinne Rose tag:www.mocp.org,2008://3.824 2008-09-19T19:04:47Z 2008-07-29T21:09:04Z Please join Rod Slemmons, Director, and Corinne Rose, Manager of Education, for a tour of the exhibitions on view: On the Road and Dave Anderson: Rough Beauty. Friday, September 19, 12pm at MoCP... Audrey http://mocp.org/ Please join Rod Slemmons, Director, and Corinne Rose, Manager of Education, for a tour of the exhibitions on view: On the Road and Dave Anderson: Rough Beauty.

Friday, September 19, 12pm at MoCP

]]> OPENING RECEPTION: On the Road tag:www.mocp.org,2008://3.825 2008-09-04T19:10:25Z 2008-07-29T21:14:00Z Audrey http://mocp.org/ Please join us for a reception celebrating the opening of On the Road and Dave Anderson: Rough Beauty>

Thursday, September 4, 5-7 pm

]]> WALKING TOUR: The Sustainable Garden tag:www.mocp.org,2008://3.814 2008-08-21T16:28:13Z 2008-05-27T18:28:29Z After a presentation about the role individual and institutional backyards play in creating sustainable environments, Shirlee Hoffman of Openlands will lead a site visit to the native habitat demonstration garden installed in Columbia College Chicago’s Sculpture Garden at the corner... Audrey http://mocp.org/ After a presentation about the role individual and institutional backyards play in creating sustainable environments, Shirlee Hoffman of Openlands will lead a site visit to the native habitat demonstration garden installed in Columbia College Chicago’s Sculpture Garden at the corner of 11th and Wabash. For more information on Openlands visit www.openlands.org.

Saturday, July 19, 10am and Thursday, August 21, 6pm at MoCP

]]> WALKING TOUR: The Sustainable Garden tag:www.mocp.org,2008://3.813 2008-07-19T16:24:57Z 2008-05-27T18:27:37Z After a presentation about the role individual and institutional backyards play in creating sustainable environments, Shirlee Hoffman of Openlands will lead a site visit to the native habitat demonstration garden installed in Columbia College Chicago’s Sculpture Garden at the corner... Audrey http://mocp.org/ After a presentation about the role individual and institutional backyards play in creating sustainable environments, Shirlee Hoffman of Openlands will lead a site visit to the native habitat demonstration garden installed in Columbia College Chicago’s Sculpture Garden at the corner of 11th and Wabash. For more information on Openlands visit www.openlands.org.

Saturday, July 19, 10am and Thursday, August 21, 6pm at MoCP

]]> CURATOR’S TOUR: Beyond the Backyard tag:www.mocp.org,2008://3.812 2008-07-17T16:21:08Z 2008-05-27T18:24:41Z Please join Karsten Lund, MoCP Collection Research Fellow, as he leads a tour of Beyond the Backyard. Thursday, July 17 at noon... Audrey http://mocp.org/ Please join Karsten Lund, MoCP Collection Research Fellow, as he leads a tour of Beyond the Backyard.

Thursday, July 17 at noon

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