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- Death and Santa Claus are friends from way back, as anyone might imagine. They meet at the local bar one day where Santa asks Death to do him a small favor and please bump off Mrs. Claus, of whom he's grown quite tired. Death is reluctant to do so however, because he's having an affair with her.
- An intense pressure cooker drama that explores the roots and results of physical abuse as it relates to two lesbian couples.
- 'Nothing to See/Hear', a dance for the camera, is a love story about two women and their unraveling relationship. As the hostile couple poses in a portrait studio, each person reflects on the intimacy that once was. Set to the bittersweet track 'A True Story of a Story of True Love by the Books'.
- Top restaurant pastry chefs compete for 1st place.
- This is the episode that started it all. Producer Jimmy MacMillan pulled together Chicago's best pastry talents (Meg Galus, Greg Mosko, Jove Hubbard and Sarah Kosikowski) to compete in the pilot episode of the Chicago Restaurant Pastry Competition.
- "Easy Abby" is a web series about the anxieties, assumptions, and passive-aggressions of romance as seen through the eyes of Abby, a chronic seducer with an anxiety disorder who's just trying to get by. Shot in Chicago, it features flawed, charming, sometimes-neurotic characters. It's as much about the awkward as it is about the sexy. From writer/director Wendy Jo Carlton, who just released her award-winning feature film "Jamie and Jessie are Not Together".
- A group of volunteers formed the Women's Board of Ravinia Festival (the oldest outdoor music venue in America) in 1962. Over the next five decades, they became the largest donor to the not-for-profit festival, donating more than $25 million to help keep classical music alive. Along the way, they started Ravinia's acclaimed REACH*TEACH*PLAY education outreach programs with Artists in the Classroom, Teacher Training, and the creation of several "El Sistema" style student orchestras. To find out more about this dynamic group of volunteers, now celebrating their 50th anniversary.
- This collection of shorts have been produced by ICMA and the Life, Well Run initiative to show raise awareness of professional local government management in America's community. They provide insight into the work of professional local government managers and the relationships between said managers and the elected officials and communities they serve. The first season was filmed in the Life, Well Run pilot communities of Seguin and San Antonio, TX. The Second season was filmed across Lake County, IL, and a few other locations around the country.
- In 2011, Ravinia Festival's REACH*TEACH*PLAY educational outreach program created a free student orchestra based on the hugely successful Venezuelan El Sistema education mode: a system based on total music-immersion. This new orchestra was launched at Catalyst Circle Rock Charter School in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago under the banner of "Sistema Ravinia." In this short documentary, more than 50 students receive their new instruments, learn their very first notes, and perform their first concert for adoring fans.
- In this episode, our contestants (Meg Galus of NoMI Kitchen, Greg Mosko of North Pond, Jove Hubbard of The James Hotel, and Sarah Kosikowski of Sixteen at Trump Tower) must use the 'mystery box' to prepare their Amuse (a one-bite taster). With limited time and over twenty ingredients and tools to choose from, tensions run high...
- If you've been following the previous episodes, you've witnessed the daunting mystery box and seen the presentations of 'the Amuse.' Now follow our four Chicago Chef Competitors as they construct very different (and mouthwatering) plated desserts!
- In this, the episode you've all been waiting for, the four Chef Judges critique all of the Competitor's desserts and the winners are revealed!
- Legendary Hollywood sound and picture editor Walter Murch hosts a series of retrospectives of the fine films of Stanley Kubrick, Movie-maker. Unfortunately, as the series progresses, so do many of Walter's demons... coming to the surface via detours into the myth and the madness of Murch's mind. Things culminate (and tensions boil over) in the candid moments between each 'episode.' For a quick reference on the real Mr. Murch, click here: bit.ly/TheRealMurch
- 2013– 4mTV EpisodeThe legendary editor hosts a retrospective of the fine films of Stanley Kubrick, Movie-maker.
- 2013– 6mTV EpisodeThe legendary Hollywood editor continues his retrospective of the fine films of Stanley Kubrick, movie-maker - while visiting some of his own demons.
- 2013– 5mTV EpisodeThe final part of the legendary editor's retrospective of the fine films of Stanley Kubrick, movie-maker - with a slight detour into his own mind.
- Chef Melissa Coppel of JeanMarie Auboine Chocolatier in Las Vegas, Chef Chris Ford of Wit & Wisdom in Baltimore, Chef Thomas Raquel of Acadia Restaurant in Chicago, and Chef Philip Speer of Uchi Restaurant in Austin are introduced as the four Chef Competitors in Season Two of the Chicago Restaurant Pastry Competition!
- You've met the Chef Competitors, now let's heat up the action! Each Competitor is given a choice of mystery ingredients and must created a molded Gelato dessert for Chef Judges Curtis Duffy, Della Gosset, and Dana Cree to taste. A lot of beauty and a little drama awaits.
- You've met the four Chef Competitors and seen their work. Now it's time see who goes home with the prize! Watch as the Chef Judges deliberate and critique the all-important plated desserts. Then join us at the award party at Acadia Restaurant in Chicago, catered by Grace restaurant, also in Chicago.
- Affy Tapple is a classic Chicago brand. This fun Emmy-nominated short (featuring their inflatable mascot, some of their staff, and members of The Comic Thread sketch troupe) was produced for their 2014 National Caramel Month giveaway.
- An Emmy-nominated public/current affairs program documenting and honoring the history of Lakeside. This film examines the six hundred acres of undeveloped land on the south side of Chicago that was once home to US Steel's mighty South Works steel plant and makes the case for why Lakeside is an ideal site for the Barack Obama Presidential Library. Although it was ultimately decided to build the Library on the campus of the University of Chicago, Lakeside remains an impressive parcel of land and was a serious contender. It was in the South Shore neighborhood around the former steel mill where a young Barack Obama first worked in Chicago as a community organizer and is where he launched his political career. Lakeside is being developed as a brand new residential, commercial, and industrial "second downtown" for the City of Chicago and is a multi-decades-long and ever-evolving endeavor.
- Continue following our four pastry Chef Competitors into the kitchen as they prepare their signature plated desserts for the judges. Things get very interesting...
- Meet the four contestants: Meg Galus of NoMi Restaurant at Park Hyatt Chicago, Michaela Hapak of Splendido Restaurant in Toronto, Ontario, Jim Hutchison of Winvian Relais & Chateaux in Morrix, Connecticut, and Sean Pera of The Umstead Hotel & Spa in Cary, North Carolina. The Chef Competitors' presentations are mouthwatering in the first challenge of Season Three, the Artisan Milkshake Challenge!
- 2011–2015TV EpisodeUsing organic and fair trade ingredients, the Chef Competitors design and create a composed dessert within a cast 4" sphere for the Sphere Mold Challenge (aka the "Meg Galus Challenge"). The top-tier Chef Judges (Antonio Bachour, Curtis Duffy and Will Goldfarb) offer astute comments. With beautiful dessert creations and insightful dialogue, this is an inspiring challenge you don't want to miss!
- 2011–2015TV EpisodeThe final challenge of Season Three really ups the ante as the four Chef Competitors must adapt their Signature Plated Desserts and present them not on standard white plates but on colorful Steelite Craft textured plates. We get to 'taste' their creations through the insightful comments of the Chef Judges. Which is your favorite?
- This episode follows our four Chef Contestants, selected from among the world's top restaurant pastry chefs, as the winner of Season Three of the Chicago Restaurant Pastry Competition is announced! The elaborate awards reception was held at the three-Michelin-star Grace restaurant in Chicago.
- A seemingly normal gathering before a dinner party grows increasingly awkward as more friends arrive to celebrate the engagement of JJ and George. Things culminate in a shocking round of present-giving before a big announcement.
- Shot in stunning 2k and featuring members of the Emmy award-winning Chicago sketch comedy troupe, The Comic Thread (also Best Group: LA Comedy Fest; Audience Choice: Chicago Fringe Fest), this short answers the burning question 'What really happens when the sun sets in Amish country?'
- Emmy-nominated promo sizzle created for Chicago real estate developer McCaffery. An attention-grabber that showcases the breadth of McCaffery's offerings in the context of the people who live, work, and create within their developments.
- Follow two high school students, Sam and Kala, through a typical day as they navigate work and school in an effort to achieve their dreams as they prepare for college applications.
- Join 2015 Chicago/Midwest Emmy host (and local celebrity/stand-up comedian) Pat Tomasulo as he takes to the streets in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood to see just how (not) excited residents were for the 57th annual regional awards.
- This short documentary explores how Cristo Rey St. Martin - a Catholic college-prep high school with a unique premise - is making a huge difference in one of the poorest cities in the state - seven miles away from one of the wealthiest.
- A two-time Emmy-nominated short documentary about Cal's Angels, a non-profit, and its many programs that help kids fighting cancer in and around the Chicagoland area.
- Cal's Angels is a St. Charles, IL, 501(c)(3) pediatric cancer foundation with a mission of granting Wishes, raising Awareness and funding Research (W.A.R.) to help kids fighting cancer.
- A "first person perspective" short film where the audience goes on one last tour of the old Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep school in Waukegan, IL.
- An Emmy-nominated informative commercial introducing a new, statewide, education initiative from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation and the Illinois School Board of Education.
- An Emmy-nominated promotional compilation of four classical pieces performed by multi-Grammy-nominees the Spektral Quartet from Chicago.
- Families affected by pediatric cancer share their stories and discuss the impact that Cal's Angels, a Chicagoland non-profit, is making - not only in their lives but in the Midwest as a whole.
- A progressive order of nuns shares their story in their own voices in this beautifully filmed "visual poem."
- Highlights from Nathalie Joachim's debut solo album, Fanm d'Ayiti (which translates to "Women of Haiti"). Joachim explores her Haitian heritage and celebrates the songs and stories of some of Haiti's most iconic yet under-recognized female artists. The songs on Fanm d'Ayiti were all written or arranged by Joachim and feature her performing on vocals, flute, and electronics alongside the multi-Grammy-nominated string ensemble the Spektral Quartet.
- A 30-year retrospective of the Daniel Murphy Scholarship Fund as told by three recipients of DMSF's generosity over the years - part documentary, part "visual poem."
- A "day in the life" of Cal's Angel's as it wages "W.A.R." against pediatric cancer and one family's story about coming home from the hospital after the death of their young daughter with only her pair of pink boots.
- During a third-grade lesson on the civil rights movement and Rosa Parks, a Latino boy raises his hand to ask, "Where did we sit on the bus?" - and his teacher can't answer the question.
- Follow the final days of Shane Callaghan, a brave teenager with terminal cancer, as he shares his struggles and his hopes and shows us how and why his legacy must live on.
- After the season is canceled in 2020, fictional Super-Fans of the Ravinia Festival outdoor concert venue in Chicago hilariously line up a year in advance to be first in line for Ravinia's 2021 season.
- A promo for a classical music album that will never be heard the same way twice. A "Choose Your Own Adventure" style experience combining card games and music.
- An Emmy-winning collection of three music videos featuring the music of Freddie Mercury and Queen, performed by the Downers Grove South High School "Marching Mustangs" from Illinois.