PIPING THROUGH "THE TUBES" : PODCAST LISTENING SESSION
With Jesse Thorn
Thursday, November 1st / 9:45 - 11 pm
Chicago Public Radio - 848 East Grand Ave.
Admission is free / no tickets are required


No station managers, no content police, no need to appeal to every Volvo-driving, latte-sipping core public radio listener: it's the Wild Wild West of The Interwebs. Join Jesse Thorn (producer of PRI's The Sound of Young America), guest Curtis Fox (producer of the Poetry Foundation Podcast) and others for a guided tour of the world of podcasting. Hear the fresh new spin seasoned pros and enthusiastic rookies are giving to the sound of public media.

This session is presented by the Association of Independents in Radio (AIR)

PAMELA Z PRESENTS: THE PENDULUM AND OTHER WORKS
Friday, November 2nd / 8 - 9:30 pm
Location: Chicago History Museum / 1601 N. Clark St
Tickets: $12 / available on the conference registration form

Multimedia performance artist Pamela Z uses live electronic processing to blend sampled sound and her own voice into a theatrical elixir. Pamela has performed all over the world - including appearances at the Venice Biennale, Bang on a Can, and Japan Interlink Festival.

Sponsored in part by:

PRX + VOCALO + DANCING SHOES = PRXALO
Friday, November 2nd / 9:30 pm - 1 am
Chicago Public Radio / Navy Pier
Free for conference attendees / BRING NAME TAG FOR ADMITTANCE

Don't miss the annual PRX party at Third Coast. PRX is joining forces with :Vocalo.org this year. A crazy mashup that means live DJs, insane dancing, snacks and embarrassing photos on Flickr. You've heard the rumors - now live the magic, and shake your groovethang with the cool kids. Brought to you by Vocalo.org - extremely public radio and PRX the online distribution and peer review network you love so much.

POST-CEREMONY HOOPLA
Saturday, November 3rd / 11 pm - 2 am
Stop Smiling Magainze HQ - 1371 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Open to all conference attendees (bring name tags to flash at door)

What could be better, after three full days of radio-celebrating, than a few more hours on the dance floor? Hosted by our pals over at Stop Smiling magazine, Post-Ceremony Hoopla promises to claim the last drops of energy you've saved up all weekend. One last tango in the name of documentary radio, anyone?

PHONOSCOPE GOWANUS
An audio/visual installation by Kevin T. Allen
On view throughout the Conference near the registration table

Do you suffer from acoustic ennui? Are you unable to drown out the echoes of modern life and absorb the sensual palette of the everyday? Put some luster in your step, try phonoscopy. Brooklyn sound artist and filmmaker Kevin T. Allen's custom built phonoscopes will be on display throughout the conference: "Phonoscope Gowanus," exploring the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, and "Phonoscope Bibliotek," navigating the three New York City library branches.

AUDIO EDUCATORS BREAKFAST
Sunday, November 4th / 10-11:30am
Chicago Public Radio - 848 East Grand Ave.
Admission is free but signing up at the TCF registration table is required.

This was a big hit last year, so we're hosting a second annual audio educators breakfast and round table the morning after the conference ends. If you teach audio classes- especially audio documentary- at the high school, college levels (or beyond) please attend this gathering and be ready to share ideas, curricula (we suggest you bring 30 copies of your syllabi to trade with others) and opportunities for collaboration.

MEET THE MAKERS (of the best audio docs of 2007)
With Michele Norris
Sunday, November 4th / 4-5:30pm
Millennium Park's Jay Pritzker Pavilion/Choral Rehearsal Room (map)
Tickets: $8 / available on the conference registration form

See the faces behind the best audio documentaries of the year. Michele Norris from NPR's All Things Considered chats up the winners of the 2007 TCF / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. Presented in association with the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Millennium Park.