2005 Flurry of Fall Audio Happenings

The 2005 Flurry of Fall Audio Happenings took place at the end of October and included three very different audio celebrations held in the days before, during and after our annual Conference.

Radio Across Time Zones

Wednesday, October 19, 7-9pm
Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater
78 E. Washington St.
Free and open to the public
Reservations are not being taken for this event;
seats will be available on a first come / first served basis!

Radio transmissions are heard all over the world, from the largest urban centers to the smallest mountain villages. But what defines radio from a particular place, and what makes it different from radio created elsewhere? The Third Coast International Audio Festival’s Julie Shapiro is joined by professionals from four different countries -- Australia, Belgium, Canada and the United States -- who will play examples and talk about public radio broadcasting in their respective homelands. They will touch on issues of style and essence, general strengths and weaknesses, what epitomizes a country’s radio identity, and where radio might be headed in the not-so-distant future.  After the discussion, we’ll celebrate the Third Coast Festival’s fifth anniversary with cake and refreshments.

One Ring Zero with Special Guests Rick Moody and Julia Slavin
Friday, October 21, 8 – 10 p.m.
Harold Washington Public Library
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 South State St.
Tickets are $15 and can now be purchased online.

Using odd-ball instruments including claviola, toy piano, theremin, and glockenspiel, One Ring Zero creates a musical landscape that is part cartoon, part Klezmer, and part circus. Tonight's performance will include readings and performances by special guests Rick Moody and Julia Slavin, and will feature songs from ORZ's most recent album As Smart As We Are--with lyrics written for the band by Paul Auster, Rick Moody, Margaret Atwood, Denis Johnson, Jonathan Lethem, AM Homes, Neil Gaiman, Dave Eggers and more.

Meet the Makers (of the best audio documentaries of 2005)
Sunday, October 23, 5 - 7 p.m.
Chicago Cultural Center, Claudia Cassidy Theater
78 E. Washington St.
Free and open to the public
Reservations are not being taken for this event;
seats will be available on a frst come/first served basis!

Ira Glass, host and producer of This American Life, interviews the winners of the fifth annual Third Coast Festival / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition and presents excerpts from their remarkable documentaries. These newly minted winners, announced just the night before at the Third Coast Festival's Awards Ceremony, will describe how their award winning productions developed from story idea into a beautifully-told documentary and will take comments and questions from the audience.