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Union Meeting – Tuesday, 1/15/19
The next meeting of Wardrobe Local 769 will be held at the Stagehands Local 2 Office, 216 S. Jefferson, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60661, on Tuesday, January 15, 2019.
The Executive Board will meet at 11:00 AM and the General Meeting will begin at 12
Happy Hanukkah
In celebration of the Festival of Lights, we wish our members a Happy
World AIDS Day – 1 December
Today we remember all the members of the entertainment community that have been lost to the plague that is HIV/AIDS. An entire generation of actors, singers, dancers, designers, writers, publicists, musicians, and members of all the stage crafts has been decimated by this scourge. The search for a cure continues as we hold the memories and love
IATSE Scholarships – deadline 12/31/18
IATSE Scholarship Foundation
The Trustees of the Richard F. Walsh/Alfred W. Di Tolla/Harold P. Spivak Foundation are pleased to offer five scholarship awards each year in the amount of $2,500 totaling $10,000 over a four year period. Counting the year 2019 awards, the Foundation will have had as many as 75 scholarship
Cirque du Soleil returns to Chicago
The Cirque du Soleil will return to Chicago in 2019. But its tent will be pitched not outside the United Center, as has been the case for years, but in the south parking lot of Soldier Field.
The 2019 touring show will be “Volta,” a Cirque extravaganza themed around both our growing isolation and so-called extreme sports. “Volta,” which
California wildfires … IATSE responds!
The unprecedented wildfires currently scorching California are now the deadliest and most destructive in the state’s history. Our hearts go out to the affected California communities, and we thank the firefighters, first responders, and volunteers for their continued efforts.
Financial relief is available for IATSE members affected by the fires
Oriental Theatre is getting a new name
Oriental Theatre is getting a new name
November 13, 2018 - 10:55 AM
After 92 years, the name of the Oriental Theatre is going to disappear. Early next year, the venerable, historic venue built in Chicago at 24 W. Randolph St. in 1926 on the site of the Iroquois Theater will become known as the James M. Nederlander
The 31 best dance scenes in movies
By Sarah L. Kaufman - Nov. 8, 2018
The Washington Post
What do dance scenes add to a movie? Unspeakable bliss, for starters. Dancing starts when dialogue fails. When lovers need to move beyond conversation, when conflicts boil past negotiation, when joy can’t be expressed in any other way than by leaping into the air on a
AFL-CIO Prez Trumka on the Midterms …
President Loeb on the 2018 Midterms
Statement from President Loeb about the 2018 Midterm Elections
Wednesday, November 7, 2018
In response to the results of the 2018 Midterm Election, International President Matthew D. Loeb released the following statement:
Last night’s results were a victory for working people all across the country.
Worker champions defeated anti-worker