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The River North Dance Company’s 20th anniversary season opens with a world premiere by artistic director, Frank Chaves, and, a new twist on the company’s classic signature piece, Reality of a Dreamer.  We are excited to be working with RNDC again, and have just begun an intense citywide distribution of flyers and posters.  There are three different posters for this latest campaign, all with very captivating images which you will soon see springing up around town.  This performance is one night only, so be sure to get your tickets right away!

River North Dance Company’s Fall Engagement is at the Harris Theater November 7th.

Our Family and Children’s route is quickly becoming our most active specialty route that we offer here at direction tour marketing. Our family and children is an excellent opportunity to reach moms, dads, and children to promote family oriented events and programs. Our route coverage includes day care centers, park districts, retail boutiques, kid friendly restaurants, and activity centers.  Our coverage includes over 100 locations and ranges from from Hyde Park to Lake Forest. Currently, we have a number of clients reaching out to our family and children route including Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago Children’s Theatre, and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA).

Give us a call for a quote to reach children and families in the chicago area.

What do you get when you combine  Jim James, Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and M. Ward? Monsters of Folk of course!  This powerhouse super-group has been generating buzz for a while now.  Their debut album has garnered high praise among critics, making their tour highly anticipated.  We are in the middle of promoting for their upcoming appearance in Chicago, and will be passing out flyers at this weekend’s Wilco shows.  If you see us, be sure to drop by, say “hi”, and most importantly: grab a flyer!  You’ll notice the quality craftsmanship of the materials because they were all printed in house!

Monsters of Folk perform at the Auditorium Theatre October 30th.

In honor of the two hundredth anniversary of Lincoln’s birth, Newberry Library offers a brand new and exiting exhibit to Chicago. With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition, offers a glimpse of who our nation’s greatest president was through different artifacts including pictures, books, and letters.  We jumped at the chance to work on this project with the Newberry, and have been distributing brochures for the exhibition to libraries in the city and northshore suburbs.  Be sure to take advantage and check it out while it’s here.

With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition is at the Newberry Library through December 19th.

To help garner more attention for Bob Dylan & His Band’s three day residency at the Aragon, our friends at the Advice Agency commissioned us to print and distribute posters for the concerts. We printed a few hundred, and then proceeded to blanket the city with them.  Thanks to the addition of our printworks division, direction has become a one stop for all of your promotional needs.  Tickets for these performances are almost all gone, so be sure to grab yours in order to see Dylan in this intimate setting.

Bob Dylan & His Band play the Aragon Ballroom October 29-31.

Tom Stoppard’s translation of Gerald Sibleyras’ play won the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. Brought to you by the folks at Remy Bumppo Theatre, Heroes is a funny, entertaining, and bittersweet tale.  We’re excited to be working with Remy Bumpo on promoting their latest production, and  have blanketed the city with flyers and posters in support of the show. Be sure to check it out this fall!

Heroes is at the Greenhouse Theater Center through November 29th.

Ireland’s Druid Theatre Company makes its Chicago debut following a sold-out run at London’s National Theatre. We’re working with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre to help get the word out about this upcoming production.  We will be launching a massive flyer and poster distribution throughout the city.  The production only lasts three days, so be sure to get tickets for the show The New York Times calls “ferociously entertaining.”

The Walworth Farce is at the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre October 28th through November 1st.

The 45th Annual Chicago Film Festival is currently underway! Our friends at Cinema/Chicago (who curate the festival), were nice enough to contact us in order to enlist our help distributing thousands of film festival guides throughout the city.  We targeted college campuses and several different neighborhoods to make sure they had the best exposure possible.  Keep an eye out for the schedules and be sure to grab one to see what the festival has to offer.

The 45th Annual Chicago International Film Festival runs through October 22nd.

Funnyman Dane Cook makes his way to Milwaukee this weekend for a show at the Bradley Center.  The comic has been accustomed to playing stadiums since his Vicious Circle performance. Now, he’s making the rounds with the new Isolated Incident Tour.  We organized a team in Milwaukee that has been flyering at shows, promoting at college campuses, and distributing materials to retail locations in the city all week.  If you like comedy, and are in Milwaukee, be sure to check out this show.

Dane Cook Plays the Bradley Center in Milwaukee on October 18th.

MCA Family Days kicked off last weekend and I took the opportunity to take my son for an afternoon of art appreciation and stimulating activities. Needless to say, it didn’t work out that way and I spent most of the afternoon trying to explain to a two year-old that he can’t eat Goldfish snacks in the galleries. Otherwise, we had an excellent time. On Family Days, the MCA sets up a number of creation stations throughout the museum to allow children and parents to interact and create works of artistic genius.  The teachers at each station are great fun and Family Days allows for a fun , affordable (read: Free) day with the family.

MCA Family Days are the second Saturday of the month and the next upcoming date is Saturday, December 12th. Keep an eye out at your favorite family destination as we’ll be distributing magnets with all of the dates listed.