WHERE:
African-American Cultural Center of UIC
Addams Hall, Room 207
830 S. Halsted St.

WHEN:
On view: Monday through Friday, Aug. 1-31, 8:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
Opening reception with artist lecture and discussion: Aug. 4, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

DETAILS:
In a series of images that use mixed media, painting, drawing and photography, Katie Flowers presents viewers with a closer look at the aftermath left behind by the devastating tornado that hit Joplin, Mo., on May 22, 2011.

Flowers, an instructor and freelance visual artist, volunteers for the Salvation Army and was deployed to Joplin for two weeks following the tornado.

Admission is free. For more information, call (312) 996-9549.

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She says:

As an ad agency art buyer for nine years, it was time for a new chapter and I am now a producer, available for print and video assignments.

I feel the background I have in advertising gives me a unique view, that varies from traditional producers. I have the insights into both agency and client concerns, understanding budget and timing from both perspectives.

I have built up an impressive list of vendors including video production houses, still photographers, location scouts, hair & make up artists etc. I hope to expand my freelance work in LA soon. http://lauraroeper.com/

The unique nature of the business also has allowed me time to do my own fine art, curate and work on my new blog, http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/permanent-canvas in conjuncton with ChicagoNow.

SOURCE

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CHICAGO, Feb. 16, 2011 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — Chicago magazine is known for its expert opinion on dining, culture, fashion—and now—beautiful people. For the March issue, Chicago‘s editors scoured the city in search of Chicagoland’s best-looking people. Using a subjective and utterly nonscientific process, they came up with the definitive list of the “50 Most Beautiful Chicagoans.” Among the list of lookers are Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Sharp, Grammy Award winner Jennifer Hudson, and entrepreneur Bill Rancic.

The issue, which boasts two alternating covers, hits newsstands Thursday. This must-read edition features in-depth Q&As, profiles, and gorgeous photography of this year’s list of eye-catchers, including chef Jess De Guzman, anchor Anna Davlantes, and restaurateur Ty Fujimura. Plus, Hudson reveals who she thinks is beautiful, why she decided to move back to Chicago, and her life as a mom. The group will be honored at a cocktail reception on Tuesday, March 1st at L20.

“We have never done anything like this before, so half the fun was figuring it out as we went along,” says Richard Babcock, Chicago’s editor. “Judging from the flood of nominations we received, Chicago does not want for attractive men and women.”

The March issue also features U-Turn, a look at the University of Chicago after decades of declining enrollment and diminished status. Today, the comeback college has reinvented itself and is a top choice among the country’s brightest would-be collegians.

Elsewhere in the March issue of Chicago:

• Fashion: Fashion director Stacey Jones visited the runways of Paris and New York to track down the must-have trends for spring 2011. Sultry seventies-inspired styles, bold colors, and dazzling prints make the shopping list.
• Society: Move over Mark Zuckerberg, when it comes to making connections, Chicago entrepreneur and philanthropist Neal Zucker is the paradigm of gracious chic.

Chicago editor Richard Babcock, managing editor Shane Tritsch, and other members of the magazine staff are available for on-air interviews about stories in the March issue.

About Chicago magazine

Chicago magazine is the largest monthly city magazine in the country, with a circulation of more than 150,000. In addition, the company publishes Chicago Home + Garden magazine. Chicago magazine has been honored with many awards, including, in 2004, the most prestigious—the Ellie award for General Excellence in its circulation category, bestowed by the American Society of Magazine Editors.

For more information, visit www.chicagomag.com/press

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This app was developed by a small Mobile Design and Development shop in Fulton Market.

The app is geared towards parents with young children who want to show their children Santa made a stop by their house last night.

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Domino’s nixes the pizza props and topping tweezers for real food photography

ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 5 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — Domino’s Pizza (NYSE: DPZ), the recognized world leader in pizza delivery, is continuing its honest, transparent way of communicating with customers by walking down a new avenue of authenticity: food photography.

In an effort to display Domino’s Inspired Pizza as authentically as possible, all Domino’s national advertising pieces will feature food photography without the fancy food artistry or fake food touch-ups.

Whether it be a commercial on TV or an advertisement in the local paper, the landmark advertising approach promises that all product shots of the Inspired Pizza have been untouched by stylists or model makers typically found on food photography shoots.

“How many times have you wondered why the products you buy don’t look as good in person as they do in TV ads?” said Russell Weiner, Domino’s Pizza chief marketing officer. “That’s because most of the time companies use artificial techniques to make their products look better than they do when served to you in person. At Domino’s, we’re proud of the way our pizza looks – and tastes – right out of the oven.”  

The new approach to food photography follows the same line of transparency that began in late 2009 with the launch of the company’s “Pizza Turnaround” advertising campaign – sparking critical acclaim from media, and overwhelmingly positive consumer response to the pizza itself. The campaigns following the launch of the pizza have, in one way or another, been featured in almost every major media outlet, as well as more than 1,000 local TV affiliates.

“It’s a natural progression for us now to take this step,” Weiner continued. “If we’re going to be real and honest about the taste of the product, we want to be as authentic as possible about how it looks. And there’s nothing more mouthwatering than a Domino’s pizza straight out of the oven.”

Also part of the latest chapter in transparency is Domino’s launch of an online component called Show Us Your Pizza, inviting consumers to submit their best natural Domino’s food photography to earn one of four prizes of $500.

Customers can visit ShowUsYourPizza.com to learn about Domino’s Pizza’s “photo promise,” which prohibits any artificial manipulation of the product during shooting, among other rules. The best amateur food photographers who adhere to the photo promise might also have their shots featured in future Domino’s advertisements.

OPEN TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF THE 48 CONTIGUOUS UNITED STATES (AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA), 18 YEARS AND OLDER WHO DID NOT PURCHASE ANY EQUIPMENT FOR PURPOSES OF ENTERING THE CONTEST. VOID IN AK, HI AND WHERE PROHIBITED. Enter Contest 6/28/10 through 7/26/10; judging to occur 7/27/10 through 8/15/10. For Official Rules and prize descriptions, visit http://www.showusyourpizza.com. Sponsor: Domino’s National Advertising Fund Inc., 30 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive, Ann Arbor, MI, 48106.

We would love to hear what you think via Twitter or Facebook; and if you have any additional feedback, feel free to email us at PR@dominos.com.

About Domino’s Pizza®

Founded in 1960, Domino’s Pizza is the recognized world leader in pizza delivery. Domino’s is listed on the NYSE under the symbol “DPZ.” Through its primarily locally-owned and operated franchised system, Domino’s operates a network of 9,036 franchised and Company-owned stores in the United States and over 60 international markets. The Domino’s Pizza® brand, named a Megabrand by Advertising Age magazine, had global retail sales of over $5.6 billion in 2009, comprised of nearly $3.1 billion domestically and over $2.5 billion internationally. During the first quarter of 2010, the Domino’s Pizza® brand had global retail sales of over $1.4 billion, comprised of nearly $823 million domestically and over $644 million internationally. In June 2010, Pizza Today, the leading publication of the pizza industry, named Domino’s its “Chain of the Year” – making the company a two-time winner of the honor, which they previously received in 2003. Domino’s has expanded its menu significantly since 2008 to include Oven Baked Sandwiches and BreadBowl Pasta™, and in 2009 debuted its ‘Inspired New Pizza’ – a permanent change to its core hand-tossed product, reinvented from the crust up with new sauce, cheese and garlic seasoned crust.

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SOURCE Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

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Fall 2011 Release Planned — Principal Photography Begins In July

SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 21 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF), the leading next generation studio, today announced that it has acquired North American distribution rights to the fact-based action drama MACHINE GUN PREACHER,  directed by Marc Forster (QUANTUM OF SOLACE).

The film is the studio’s first collaboration with Forster since the Oscar®-winning MONSTER’S BALL.  Gerard Butler (LAW ABIDING CITIZEN, 300) stars as Reverend Sam Childers, known as “the machine gun preacher.”

Michelle Monaghan (EAGLE EYE, GONE BABY GONE) co-stars as his wife, Lynn Childers; Oscar nominee Michael Shannon (THE RUNAWAYS, REVOLUTIONARY ROAD) portrays Childers’s best friend, Donnie; Madeline Carroll (THE SPY NEXT DOOR, SWING VOTE) plays Childers’s daughter, Paige; Kathy Baker (LAST CHANCE HARVEY, STREET SMART) plays Childers’s mother, Daisy Childers; and Souleymane Sy Savane (GOODBYE SOLO, “Damages”) plays Deng, Childers’s right hand in Africa. The screenwriter is Jason Keller.  Forster will produce under his Apparatus shingle alongside Robbie Brenner; Gary Safady and Craig Chapman of Kaushi Entertainment; and Deborah Giarratana of GG Filmz.  Executive producers are Myles Nestel of Merlina Entertainment, Brad Simpson of Apparatus, Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel and Louise Rosner.  The announcement was made by Joe Drake, Lionsgate Chief Operating Officer and Motion Picture Group President, and Mike Paseornek, Lionsgate President of Motion Picture Production.

Principal photography for MACHINE GUN PREACHER is scheduled to begin on July 5th in Detroit and South Africa.  Lionsgate plans to release the film in fall 2011.

Said Paseornek, “MACHINE GUN PREACHER combines a fascinating, action-packed story and unique characters with great talent on both sides of the camera.  We’re delighted to be back in business with our friend Marc, one of the most gifted and versatile filmmakers working today.  And Gerard Butler is the ideal actor to capture the strength, complexity and charisma of this film’s real-life hero, Sam Childers.”

Said Brenner, “When I learned about Sam Childers, I thought, ‘here is a man who is making a difference, defying the odds and not just talking about what he believes but actually doing it.’ Seldom do you find a story that is gripping and relatable but is also about something bigger.  Here was a movie that begged to be made.  Jason Keller wrote an exceptional screenplay, and I can think of no one better able to depict this story than my dear friend, Marc Forster.”

Said Safady, “I am honored to play an integral part in telling the amazing story of Sam Childers.  I think this is the perfect movie as a foray into the film business, as it is both commercial and topical.  In today’s society, stories like his are rare and this is one that deserves to be told.”

Said Forster, “I am thrilled to be working again with Lionsgate.  They have a keen understanding for the complexity of the material and will give our film the care and guidance it needs to expose the story to the masses.”

The deal was negotiated for Lionsgate by Rob McEntegart, Senior Executive Vice President, Motion Picture Group, and by Merlina Entertainment’s Nestel, on behalf of the filmmakers.  Forster, Keller, Butler and Shannon are represented by CAA.  Forster and Keller are represented by Guymon Casady of Management 360.  Forster is represented by attorney Linda Lichter of Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Adler & Feldman.

SYNOPSIS – MACHINE GUN PREACHER

After renouncing his outlaw ways, Sam Childers embarks on a spiritual path, becoming a warrior for the desperate and helpless children in a war-torn country in Africa.

ABOUT Lionsgate

Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF – News) is the leading next generation studio with a strong and diversified presence in the production and distribution of motion pictures, television programming, home entertainment, family entertainment, video-on-demand and digitally delivered content. The Company has built a strong television presence in production of prime time cable and broadcast network series, distribution and syndication of programming through Debmar-Mercury and an array of channel assets. Lionsgate currently has nearly 20 shows on 10 different networks spanning its prime time production, distribution and syndication businesses, including such critically-acclaimed hits as “Mad Men,” “Weeds” and “Nurse Jackie” along with new series such as “Blue Mountain State” and “Running Wilde” and the syndication successes “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne,” its spinoff “Meet The Browns” and “The Wendy Williams Show.”

Its feature film business has generated such recent hits as TYLER PERRY’S WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO?, the action film KICK-ASS, which opened at #1 at the North American box office and the critically-acclaimed PRECIOUS, which has garnered nearly $50 million at the North American box office and won two Academy Awards®.  The Company’s home entertainment business has grown to more than 7% market share and is an industry leader in box office-to-DVD revenue conversion rate. Lionsgate handles a prestigious and prolific library of approximately 12,000 motion picture and television titles that is an important source of recurring revenue and serves as the foundation for the growth of the Company’s core businesses. The Lionsgate brand remains synonymous with original, daring, quality entertainment in markets around the world.

SOURCE Lionsgate

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CHICAGO, June 3 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — Everyone has a travel dream, whether it be cruising down the Nile River in Egypt or visiting Emperor penguins in Antarctica. iExplore is bringing a wide array of dream destinations to life with the re-launch of their website through stunning photography, compelling content and an extensive portfolio of privately guided and small group trips.

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Visitors to the new iExplore site will see a clean, fresh design with expanded navigation, new trip search functionality and updated travel guides.  A brand new section will be introduced: iExplore Experiences. The Experiences section provides in-depth content about a particular destination or activity and includes custom articles from leading travel writers, interviews with expedition leaders, top 10 lists and photo galleries. At launch, the Experiences section will feature the following:

• Antarctica
• Peru
• Egypt
• Safaris
• Culinary
• Cruising
• Summer Family Vacations
• America’s Best Kept Vacation Secrets

“iExplore’s new website is the next step in our evolution as the #1 ranked adventure travel website. We are expanding our product portfolio to include more small group trips—based on feedback from our customers—as well as adding a significant amount of new and unique travel content to our already extensive library,” said Dallyce Macas, President and CEO of TUI North American Distribution—iExplore’s parent company.

The new website furthers iExplore’s position as the essential travel destination website for travelers, or armchair travelers, at every point in their journey.  iExplore’s advertising partners will also benefit from increased sponsorship opportunities, custom integration solutions and new media placements.

Founded in 1999, Chicago-based iExplore is the No. 1 ranked website for adventure and experiential travel, with more than 1 million visitors per month.  It is Google’s “authority site” in the adventure travel category, and powers adventure tours behind many trusted brands like Expedia, Travelocity, Travel Channel, Fodors, Frommers and Lonely Planet, to name a few.

iExplore is an independently-operated division of TUI TRAVEL PLC, a multi billion plus-dollar international leisure travel business based in the United Kingdom. TUI (TT.L) is a FTSE 100 Company, traded on the London Stock Exchange. TUI’s strong financial position and global reach assure safety and security with every holiday planned through its companies.

WEB: www.iexplore.com

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The University’s Human Rights Program is launching a photography series aimed at exploring how photography is used in human rights discourse.

The first exhibit in the Looking at Human Rights series will feature Canadian photographer V. Tony Hauser’s portraits of children who survived land mine injuries.

Taken in Siem Reap, Cambodia, in May 2006, the 16 stark, life-sized portraits are intended to humanize the continued suffering caused by armed conflicts across the globe.

Hauser will introduce his exhibition, Living with Land Mines, at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22 at Harper Commons‘ Stuart Reading Room. The images will be on display through Winter Quarter.

Upcoming exhibits in the series will include photographs made by youth in a project in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as well as a human rights photo competition open to UChicago students.

A UChicago Arts Council grant has funded the series, and fourth-year Jasmine Heiss has curated it, with the support of the Human Rights Program.

Hauser’s work was selected because it illustrates the potential of the medium to bring marginalized groups and individuals to public attention. The children in his photographs live at the Cambodia Land Mine Museum, which also serves as a rescue center for land mine amputee children.

It provides a dormitory and a school, and has a medical clinic, rehabilitation center and a training facility for land mine accident prevention and safety.

“I purposely chose to isolate them from their natural surroundings,” says Hauser, who photographed the children using a 4 x 5-inch view camera, Polaroid film and a seamless canvas backdrop.

“I hoped this would elevate them and, at the same time, reveal my admiration for their strength.”

Living with Land Mines is the first exhibit to be displayed in the recently revamped Harper Commons, which is working to build a permanent and circulating artwork and photography collection as part of its reprogrammed space.

This event is free and open to the public. Stuart Reading Room is located at 1116 E. 59th St.

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The Chicago Park District’s nature areas program is hosting a photography contest of nature in Chicago to illustrate the natural beauty and biological diversity that exists within our own city.

The contest is open to all skill levels and judging will be based on nature photos taken within the City of Chicago in the following categories:

• native flora (plants)
• native fauna (animals)
• migratory birds
• Chicago lakefront
• people in nature
• photos by youth (14-18) in the above categories

Winners of the photography contest will have the opportunity to exhibit their work at several Chicago Park District cultural centers, as well as have this work auctioned at the 2010 Chicago Wilderness Congress and the Lincoln Park Conservancy’s Annual Gala.

The contest will run from today, Oct. 1 until Nov. 15. All photos must be taken within the City of Chicago.

Photographers are asked to upload and submit photos by joining the “Chicago Park District Nature Photo Contest” group on Flickr at flickr.com/groups/cpdnaturephotocontest.

When adding photos to the group, photographers are asked to tag their photo with the category they are submitting the photo under. As an example, the photo should be tagged with “CPD Nature_Native Flora”.

Also, please read the contest rules before participating.

For more information about the “Nature in Chicago” Digital Photography Contest & Exhibition click here.

For more information about the Chicago Park District’s more than 7,600 acres of parkland, 570 parks, 26 miles of lakefront, 10 museums, two world-class conservatories, 16 historic lagoons, nearly 50 nature areas, thousands of special events, sports and entertaining programs, please visit chicagoparkdistrict.com.

Contact the Chicago Park District also at 312-742-PLAY or 312-747-2001 (TTY).

Want to share your talent? Volunteer in the parks by calling, 312-742-PLAY.

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Barbara Crane: Challenging Vision will be on view in the Chicago Cultural Center’s Fourth Floor Exhibit Hall from October 3, 2009, through January 10, 2010. On Thursday, October 1, curator Kenneth C. Burkhart will lead a gallery talk at 5:30 p.m., which will be followed by an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Also the opening event for Chicago Artists Month, Barbara Crane will be receiving the DCA’s first Ruth Horwich Award to a Famous Chicago Artist.

Barbara Crane, Chicago Beaches and Parks, 1972-78, gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in. Courtesy of the artist. More Images Available Upon Request.

Named for one of Chicago’s most steadfast art supporters, the award recognizes the enduring career of an esteemed Chicago artist. For more information on Chicago Artist Month, the annual celebration of Chicago’s talented and diverse visual arts community during the month of October, visit chicagoartistsmonth.org. Additional events related to the exhibition are listed below. Admission to the exhibition and these associated programs is free.

Barbara Crane, artist-photographer and educator, has explored photography as a vehicle for creative expression for over sixty years. The result has been a changing, ongoing body of work conceptually consistent, varied in approach and experimental in style.

An early investigator of repetition and deconstruction of visual information, she has experimented with sequences, grids, scrolls, and large modular murals. Crane continues to work in many formats ranging from the intimate to the large scale and to use diverse materials and processes including platinum-palladium, Polaroid formats, gelatin silver, and digital.

Born in Chicago, Crane studied at Mills College in California, completing her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art History at New York University. She received her Master of Science Degree from the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology. She began teaching photography in 1964 and soon joined the faculty of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where she retired as Professor Emeritus in 1995.

Crane has been the recipient of many grants, awards, and fellowships, including the National Endowment for the Arts Grants in 1975 and 1988, a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in Photography in 1979, and an Illinois Arts Council Artists Fellowship Award in Photography in 2001. Her work is represented in major collections around the country, including the George Eastman House in Rochester, the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Related Events:

• Thurs., Oct. 1, 5:30 pm: Gallery Talk led by guest curator Kenneth C. Burkhart
• Thurs., Oct. 1, 6-8 pm: Opening Reception and Chicago Artist Month Opening Celebration
• Sat., Oct. 3, 2 pm: Interview of the artist Barbara Crane by Franςois Poviot, Director of Galerie Franςois Poviot, Paris, 1st floor Garland Room of the Chicago Cultural Center
• Thurs., Oct. 29, 12:15 pm: Gallery Talk led by Gregory Knight, Deputy Commissioner for Visual Arts
• Thurs., Nov. 19, 12:15 pm: Gallery Talk led by Abigail Foerstner, essayist on Barbara Crane
• Thurs., Dec. 17, 12:15 pm: Gallery Talk by Whitney Bradshaw, Curator of Photography for the Bank of America Collection
• Thurs., Jan. 7, 12:15 pm: Gallery Talk with the artist Barbara Crane

Also on exhibit in the Chicago Cultural Center’s first floor Michigan Avenue Galleries are “Jane Fulton Alt: After the Storm” from October 3 to December 27, 2009, and “Rosilene Luduvico: Paintings and Drawings” and “Josue Pellot: New Work” from October 10, 2009, to January 3, 2010. The Project Onward Gallery is showing “David Blaisdell: MIND and ANTI-MIND” from October 6 to November 16, 2009, and “Ryan Tepich: Angels” from November 18, 2009 to January 4, 2010.

Viewing hours for Barbara Crane: Challenging Vision and other exhibitions at the Chicago Cultural Center are Mondays through Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Fridays, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Chicago Cultural Center is closed on holidays. Admission to Chicago Cultural Center exhibitions is free.

Organized by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, this exhibition was guest curated by Kenneth C. Burkhart, and was made possible in part by the David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Arts Foundation.

Exhibitions and related educational programming presented by the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs at the Chicago Cultural Center are partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. Transportation support is provided by United Airlines, the Official Airline of the Chicago Cultural Center. Lawry’s the Prime Rib is the restaurant sponsor of Chicago Cultural Center exhibitions.

For more information about Barbara Crane: Challenging Vision and the Chicago Cultural Center, the public can visit www.chicagoculturalcenter.org or call 312.744.6630. (TTY: 312-744-2947).

Attached: Barbara Crane, Chicago Beaches and Parks, 1972-78, gelatin silver print, 11 x 14 in. Courtesy of the artist.
More Electronic Images Available Upon Request

MEDIA CONTACT:

Christine Carrino, 312-742-1148
Media Relations Manager
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
christine.carrino@cityofchicago.org

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Tim Long, Manila 2008, 2008. Courtesy of the artist.

As Chicago celebrates the Centennial of its Burnham Plan, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs presents an exhibition of photographs taken by architectural and landscape photographer Tim Long.

In a month long residency in 2008, Long documented the buildings and streets of Manila built according to its own Burnham Plan.

Two years before he began work on the “Plan of Chicago,” Daniel Burnham drew plans to modernize Manila, the capitol of the Philippine Islands, and Baguio, a nearby small city.

Though shifting political and economic interests in the U.S. eventually disrupted the projects, these plans continued to influence architects and city planners, even building codes, well into the 1940s.

The greatest concentration of Burnham’s legacy can still be found in Metro Manila, an urban continuum of more than 10 million people.  Clustered around the large city park that Burnham designed are several graceful Beaux Arts buildings built by his protégés.  Typical of Burnham’s “City Beautiful” plans for San Francisco and Chicago, street systems emanate outward from the park to eventually fade into the fabric of a remarkably chaotic urban landscape.

Tim Long: Daniel Burnham’s Enduring Vision for the Phillipines will be on view from Sept. 5, 2009, to January 10, 2010, in the City Gallery at the Historic Water Tower, 806 N. Michigan Avenue.  The City Gallery is open seven days a week, Monday – Saturday, 10 am – 6:30 pm, and Sunday, 10 am – 5 pm. The gallery is closed on all holidays.  Admission is free.

A public opening reception for the artist will be held on Friday, Sept. 4, from 5-7 pm.

Tim Long: Daniel Burnham’s Enduring Vision for the Philippines is presented by the Department of Cultural Affairs.  The project is supported in part by Columbia College Chicago and a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts.

Established in 1999, the City Gallery in the Historic Water Tower is a unique exhibition space dedicated to presenting Chicago-themed photographic work and other photo-based work by Chicago photographers and artists.  For more information on Tim Long: Daniel Burnham’s Enduring Vision for the Philippines and other Department of Cultural Affairs exhibitions, the public can visit explorechicago.org or call 312-744-6630. (TTY: 312-744-2947).

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