June 5th; 2pm
Best of the Fest
Beyond Disability: The Fe Fe Stories
Berkeley Public Library
3rd Fl. Community Rm.
2090 Kittredge Street
Berkeley, CAScreening as part of a two-day program of Superfest Classics. Selected films that won awards at prior Superfest competitions and have made an impact will be presented June 5 and 6, by Culture!Disability!Talent!(CDT), the arts advocacy organization responsible for the the world's longest running international disability film festival known as Superfest, now in its 27th year. Beyond Disability: The Fe Fe Stories, winner of the 2005 Achievement & Spirit Awards at Superfest will screen at 2:00pm Friday, June 5, at the Berkeley Public Library
To view a trailer or purchase the video catalogue.
For more information about Superfest visit their website.
June 20th; 4pm-11pm
"S.H.E. Survive Heal Empower" Fundraiser
Ven Sherrod Gallery
1906 S. Halsted
Chicago, IL.
$5 suggested donationPlease join us as we celebrate the vibrancy and strength of female survivors. The evening will consist of original visual art, performance, music, food and drink to celebrate women of all ages locally and across the world.
The proceeds raised through 50% sales of original artworks, 100% a silent auction, raffle, and donations will be split between local non-profit Beyondmedia Education and Chicago's Judith Gordono, whom the benefit is supporting in raising money for a kidney transplant.
Volunteers are still needed for this event. If you are interested, please contact vkahan@aol.com.
June 27th; 10:30pm
Girlie-Q Presents: Under the Sea, Our Second Annual Queer Prom
A Beyondmedia Fundraiser
Subterranean
2011 W. North Ave.
$10, 17 and up.
COME OUT pride weekend to our second annual queer prom, Under the Sea. A portion of the proceeds benefit Beyondmedia Education. With headlining band, Miss Derringer from Los Angeles, Under the Sea stars Chicago's hottest cast of queer burlesque performers & straight eye candy. DJ Sky spins hot prom hits all night! Dress in creative and sexy prom attire and enter the Prom "King" & "Queen" contest! Also featuring dancing, a mailbox game, a raffle with hot prizes and more.
The Hotties: Coo D'Twat, Cruel Valentine, Dee Dee & Irma, Elena, Leslie Lee, Lula Houp-Garou, Lyra Belecqua, Plucky Rosenthal, The Revelettes, Salome Slaughter, Siren Jinx Twister Storm and Viva La Muerte.
Hosted by the Great Chicago Fire, Ms. Bea Haven. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Beyondmedia Education.
May 3rd; 2:15pm-3:30pm
"The Power of media, Art, Faith, and Imagination to Inspire Us and Change the World" Panel Discussion
University of Illinois at Chicago
Student Center East Building
Illinois Room / 3rd Floor
750 South HalstedBeyondmedia's Executive Director, Salome Chasnoff, will be a panel participant.
May 20th; 12:30pm-4:30pm
"HIV: Hey, It's Viral" Screening & Panel Discussion
Donors Forum Large Conference Room (Suite 1535)
208 S La Salle St.
Chicago, ILThis session will study the two-year life course of the collaboration between About Face Youth Theatre, Beyondmedia Education, and Howard Brown Health Center that has resulted in an educational video, a website, performances and programming in which youth teach youth about risk reduction, safer sex practices, and the importance of being tested for HIV. Leaders from each organization and some of the youth involved will share how they built off of individual strengths to come together and share intellectual, physical, and financial resources. We will screen the 20-minute film, discuss lessons learned, and consider the role of funders throughout the process.
Panelists include Salome Chasnoff, Executive Director, Beyondmedia Education; Paula Gilovich, Education Programs Director, About Face Theatre; and Joe Hollendoner, Manager of Youth Programs, Howard Brown Health Center.
This event is co-sponsored by Donors Forum's Funders for LGBT Issues and Youth Task Force.
May 29th
"HIV: Hey, It's Viral" Screenings
Chicago Teachers' Center
770 N. Halsted Street, #420
Chicago, IL.2 Screenings - 4:30pm & 5:30. This event is open to the public and free.
May 30th; 7pm
"Doin' It: Sex, Disability & Videotape Screening"
M.A.L.I. Women?s Film & Performance Arts Festival
The Long Center
701 W. Riverside Drive
Austin, TXFor more information & to purchase tickets visit the M.A.L.I. website.
April 3rd; 9am-5pm
"Storming the Gates" Premiere & Panel Discussion
UIC Student Center East (Tower)
750 S. Halsted St.
Chicago, IL.Please join the Illinois African American and Latino Higher Education Alliance in the premiere screening of the documentary, "Storming the Gates: The Entrance of Blacks and Latinos to Higher Education in Illinois"
While national ideology promoted equal opportunity as a banner of Americanism, for much of this country's history admission of African Americans, Latinos and Native Americans to the country's major academic institutions was gained only through the hard fought efforts of the grassroots in collaboration with students and community leaders. This documentary is the first of what is expected to be a series of historical accounts meant to pass on the legacy of struggle to younger generations while inspiring concern and action to preserve the gains that today are being threatened. The film will be followed by a discussion with a panel of trailblazers.
Online registration is available here.
April 13th; 7pm
"Turning A Corner" Screening & Panel Discussion
Loyola's Lakeshore Campus (Loyola Red Line Stop)
Dumbach Hall, Room 117
Chicago, IL.Join Salome Chasnoff and three of the women featured in Beyondmedia's film "Turning A Corner", Brenda Myers-Powell, Lucretia Clay and Brandy Baldwin, for a screening at Loyola University. After the screening there will be a discussion about the film. Complimentary beverages and snacks will be provided! The screening is sponsored by Women's Studies and Gender Studies Graduate Student Association.
View the campus map here for specific directions.
April 20-23rd
Chicago Freedom School's Midwest Youth Organizer Training Institute
CFS Center for Social Change
719 S. State Street, Ste. 3N
Chicago, IL.Beyondmedia youth outreach coordinator Zaida Sanabia will attend the Chicago Freedom School's Midwest Youth Organizer Training Institute.
Click here for more information.
March 3rd; 4-6pm
"The Museum of Contemporary Art Educator Salon" Panel Discussion
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E. Chicago Ave.
Chicago, IL.Salome Chasnoff will speak and present in a panel discussion titled "Deconstructing Media: Toward a New Age of Democratic Media Activism"
March 24th; 6pm
"Doin' It: Sex, Disability and Videotape" Screening
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S. Halsted
Chicago, IL 60608
312-413-5353SEX +++ Film Series
"Doin' It: Sex, Disability & Videotape" is screening as part of the Sex Positive Film Series: a free documentary film series for people who like sex. For more information click here.
March 26th; 10pm
"Turning A Corner" TV Broadcast Premiere
WTTW 11
Beyondmedia Education is thrilled to announce the much-anticipated broadcast premiere of Turning A Corner on WTTW.
March 28th; 2-3:30pm
"Queer Teen Filmmakers: Eradicating Homophobia Across the U.S. Reel by Real" Panel Discussion
MIT's Stata Center
Cambridge, MAWomen, Action & the Media: A Conference for Activists, Journalists & Everyone
For the first time this year, we'll be exploring a theme throughout the Conference: Inside/Outside. We all belong inside some communities or networks and are new to or feel excluded or alienated from others. The tension that exists between insiders and outsiders to any given movement, identity, industry or ideology can be destructive, but it can also be harnessed toward mutually beneficial change. At WAM!2009, we'll explore both sides of this inescapable dynamic in our relationships, organizations, societies and movements.
Beyondmedia's Zaida Sanabia will be attending as one of the panelists.
March 29th; 3:30am
"Turning A Corner" on WTTW 11
Rebroadcast. See March 26th for more details.
February 20th; 6pm
"HIV: Hey, It's Viral!" Premiere
Howard Brown
4025 N Sheridan Rd
Chicago, IL 60613
(773) 388-1600
Admission is FREE!Community partners Howard Brown Heath Center, About Face Theatre and Beyondmedia Education proudly launch "Condom Sense: A Real Life Education," a multi-disciplinary sex education program created in collaboration with Chicago youth living with HIV. To kick off the program, Howard Brown will host an evening showcasing the pieces which make up "Condom Sense" including, Fast Forward, a play by About Face Theater which tackles the sex education crisis in America and HIV: Hey, It's Viral!, a 20-minute educational video from Beyondmedia Education geared toward youth audiences. A panel discussion will follow the presentation.
