The Nightingale

03/18/2024

Coming up on April 7th at Chicago Filmmakers, we are excited to screen Tom Rubnitz: Community Drag Theater! This program will screen as closing night of the Onion City Experimental Film Festival. Rubnitz's work has long been an inspiration to us at the Nightingale, and we are thrilled to be able to share his work with the Chicago film community. This screening is presented in partnership with Video Data Bank, and will be followed by a Q&A with programmer Emily Eddy and Rubnitz scholar George William Price. Find more info and get tickets today:

Sunday, April 7 at 7pm at Chicago Filmmakers 1326 W. Hollywood Ave, Chicago IL Order tickets on the Chicago Filmmakers website The work of Tom Rubnitz can be described by an array of adjectives including sexy, glamorous, campy, hallucinogenic, hedonistic, joyful, and romantic, but the heart

12/11/2023

Tonight! We’ll see you at 6pm at the Gene Siskle Film Center!

11/29/2023

Don't miss the last Nightingale Projects Screening of the year! Catch us at AS, IS December 11 at 6pm at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. This screening is organized by our beloved Jesse Malmed. Get tickets now!

The Nightingale is thrilled to announce that it will host six screenings in 2023 at the Gene Siskel Film Center under the title Nightingale Projects. February 13 April 10 June 12 August 21 October 23 December 11 All screening dates fall on Mondays and all screenings are at 6pm.

10/16/2023

In one week we are thrilled to host Saif Alseagh for an evening of experimental films at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Get your tickets today!

Monday, October 23, 6:00 p.m. | Join Nightingale Projects for an evening of short experimental films by Saif Alsaegh. Alsaegh is a United States–based filmmaker from Baghdad. Much of his work deals with the contrast between the landscape of his youth in Baghdad growing up as part of the Indigenous...

10/02/2023

Monday, October 23rd at 6pm, join Nightingale Projects for an evening of short experimental films by Saif Alsaegh, with Saif in person! Alsaegh is a United States–based filmmaker from Baghdad. Much of his work deals with the contrast between the landscape of his youth in Baghdad growing up as part of the Indigenous Chaldean minority in the 90s and early 2000s, and the US landscape where he currently lives. Mark your calendars and we'll see you there! nightingalecinema.org/events/nightingale-projects-an-evening-with-saif-alsaegh

09/28/2023

Hi Facebook, it's been a while! How helpful is it for you to see film screenings and events on here? We felt like it wasn't working super well, so we've been mostly on Instagram, but we're interested to know what you think! Like this if you want us to keep posting on here 😘 and check out our upcoming screenings: https://www.nightingalecinema.org/ sharing this classic pic of our 10th anniversary to jog your memory!

11/01/2022

Thank you to Sixty Inches From Center and especially Kerry Cardoza for including us in this look at building a more resilient art community in Chicago!

Looking across the breadth of Chicago’s arts sector in search of overlapping challenges and successes, mutual support and resource sharing, and advocating for ourselves and each other as we work towards greater equity and sustainability.

09/14/2022

Tonight! The Nightingale-curated screening "All of Us Burning" will follow the performance of "The Burning of Loving Repeating" by artists Stan Shellabarger and Dutes Miller—a ceremonial burning of the work accumulated during their Hyde Park Art Center exhibition.

The Burning will begin at 7pm, and will be followed by the screening at 8pm.

"All of Us Burning" is a program of film and video works exploring the ideas of longing, failure, and rebirth. This program includes works by Drew Durepos, Cameron Gibson & Macon Reed, Barry Kimm, Sally Lawton, Steve Reinke, and Michael Robinson.

A program accompanying The Burning of Loving Repeating by Stan Shellabarger and Dutes Miller September 14th, 8pm in the lot of the Hyde Park Art Center 5020 S. Cornell Avenue Chicago, IL 60615 Program Lineup: Cameron Gibson & Macon Reed, The End of Sculpture , 2014, 13:00

09/08/2022

We are so thrilled to be included in the MDW Fair this coming weekend! Join us Saturday, 9/10 at 8pm for an hour-long screening of amazing works by Lilli Carré, Sofia Theodore-Pierce, Nellie Kluz, Emily Drummer, Paige Taul, Amy Lockhart, and a collaborative piece by Lia Kohl, Jasmine Lupe Mendoza, Corey Smith, and Kioto Aoki.

An Attempt At Exhausting A Place in Pairs September 10th, 8pm @ Mana Contemporary 2233 S Throop St, Chicago, IL 60608

04/26/2022

Full room, full hearts, can’t lose 💗thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your support this weekend, and for the last 14 years. We can’t wait to see what’s next. If you couldn’t come, you can still donate to the artists at paypal.me/nightingalecinema. We are very very close to $1k towards our artists, which unbelievable over just two days, and we are very grateful, but it would be amazing to reach that goal. All donations for the next 48 hours will go towards the artists pot. Lots of love to everyone in our cinema community, and see you soon✌️🕊

04/22/2022

The full program lineup is live on our website! Join us tomorrow and Sunday for tons of programming to celebrate 14 years of our space at 1084 N Milwaukee. See you there!

Saturday, April 23rd 12:00 PM “Lunch Poems” curated by Jesse Malmed A screening of (very) short poetic works to start off the festival. Marianna Milhorat, Uncle Joe, Landscape Rapper , 2min Tommy Heffron, Like This/Like That , 3min Cameron Gibson, Hot Stuff , 3min Blair Bogin, Clean Your