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BlogStuds’ Place: The Lost Sitcom That Put Working-Class Life on TV
November 5, 2025by Jason J. Nebergall The sitcom/drama Studs’ Place (1949–1951) was created by and starred Chicago activist-writer-historian-actor-broadcaster-raconteur Studs Terkel. Known for his interviews with working-class Chicagoans on the radio and in...
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BlogRemembering Tony Fitzpatrick (1958-2025)
October 14, 2025Media Burn founder Tom Weinberg's tribute to artist Tony Fitzpatrick, who died this week at age 66.
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PAST EVENTOpening Again…at a Theater Near You: 50 Years of Siskel & Ebert
Nov 22, 2025, 2:00pm @ Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St., Chicago, IL 60602A live event exploring the history of a Chicago television show that reshaped how the nation talked about movies.
Recent Videos
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[Holly Woodlawn’s Cabaret]
1995, 52 min.This video shows a cabaret act by Holly Woodlawn in Los Angeles. The filmmaker, Judith Binder, also spends the time before the show talking to people in the audience, focusing...
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Greetings From Lanesville
1976, 32 min.A composite of episodes of Lanesville TV, which was broadcast every Saturday night in Lanesville, New York to residents of a few small towns in the Catskills. The show had...
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[March for Disarmament #6]
1982, 63 min.Part of the Global Perspectives on War and Peace Collection. Live coverage of large rally in Central Park to support nuclear disarmament. Tape 2 of 3.
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Cosmo’s Cosmos
1981, 15 minA portrait of sculptor Cosmo Campoli in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago.
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Image Union, episode 0626
1984, 31 min.The episode of Image Union features the documentary "Information Withheld" by Juan Downey. The documentary focuses on signs and symbols used around the world.