America's Music
America's Music Lecture: Jim DeRogatis & Val, Music Criticism in the Digital Age
Jim DeRogatis, host of "Sound Opinions" on WBEZ Public Radio in Chicago, and Val Camilletti of Val's Halla in Oak Park, will discuss "Who Needs Gatekeepers? Music Criticism in the Digital Age."
DeRogatis spent 15 years as the rock critic at The Chicago Sun-Times and is the author of several books about music. Together with Greg Kot of The Chicago Tribune, Jim co-hosts "Sound Opinions," the world's only rock'n'roll talk show, originating at WBEZ and distributed nationally on public radio.
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America's Music Film Screening: What's Love Got to Do With It?
Singer Tina Turner (Angela Bassett) achieves stardom and gains the courage to break free from her abusive husband, Ike (Laurence Fishburne) in this 1993 film biography.
Film Historian Doug Deuchler will introduce the film and leads a discussion following.
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America's Music Film Screening: Swing Jazz
See "Ken Burns' Jazz: Episode 6: The Velocity of Celebration." This episode of Ken Burns' acclaimed series on the history of Jazz picks up Swing jazz in the late 1930s.
Scholar George Bailey introduces the film and leads discussion afterwards.
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America's Music Film Screening: La Bamba
In this 19887 film, Latino teenager Richie Valens (Lou Diamond Phillips) rises to fame but his life is cut short by a 1959 plane crash.
Film historian Doug Deuchler introduces the film and leads a discussion following.
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