Date:
November 4, 2010 (Movie Start 7:00pm)
Location:
Tivoli Theater
4050 Pennsylvania Ave
Kansas City, MO 64111
Fee:
$10, At door $12(cash only)
Date:
November 4, 2010 (Movie Start 7:00pm)
Location:
Tivoli Theater
4050 Pennsylvania Ave
Kansas City, MO 64111
Fee:
$10, At door $12(cash only)
Typeface Trailer
Infinite Space: The Architecture of John Lautner Trailer
The September Issue Trailer
Typeface, Kartemquin's latest documentary in progress, will bring this fascinating junction of historical and contemporary, as well as rural and urban America together for enjoyment and contemplation. This film will be of interest to art and graphic design enthusiasts, to teachers as an educational resource, and to anyone looking for a film about perseverance and preservation in the heart of America.
Click here to watch the trailer for Typeface
Typeface is currently nominated for a 2010 Emmy for Best Documentary - Current Significance by the Chicago/Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Date:
October 7, 2010 (Movie Start 7:00pm)
Location:
Tivoli Theater
4050 Pennsylvania Ave
Kansas City, MO 64111
Tickets:
The REEL DESIGN Film Series is sponsored through the Kansas City Design Alliance with AIA Kansas City, AIGA - Kansas City, Kansas City APA and KCMODERN.
Click here to register for October 7, 2010 - Typeface
Join us for the other two films in the REEL Design Film Series.
Click here to register for November 4, 2010 - Infinite Space: The Architecture of John Lautner
Click here to register for November 11, 2010 - The September Issue
KCMODERN's favorite one hour drama series starts their fourth season this Sunday, July 25, 2010 at 9:00 PM central time. Be sure to watch and if you miss the first episode check the AMC Website for when they rebroadcast it. See you at the water cooler on Monday to discuss all the details.
KCMODERN regulars will be making the trek down to Newton, Kansas for the Show.
Check out Charles as he super-charges the classic living room slide show into a live, laugh-out-loud celebration of mid-century American life and style … car culture, space age suburbia, fast food stands, drive-ins, theme parks, local landmarks and legends and much more! Festive dress is always encouraged but not expected!
Friday, June 4, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.
Preservation at the Crossroads of America Conference
Lindley Hall in Newton, Kansas
Price $50, includes social hour, banquet and Charles’ slide show performance
For tickets call Billi Jo Wilson, The Newton Chamber of Commerce, 316-283-2560
Friday June 4, 2010, 10:00 AM in Wichita, Kansas
Friday June 4, 2010, 6:30 PM in Newton, Kansas
Sunday, June 6, 2010, 2:00 to 4:00 PM at Hudson Home
Tuesday June 15, 2010, 5:30 to 7:00 PM at UMKC Campus
Join KCMODERN in supporting the Kansas City FilmFest by attending a new film about one of America's best Architects, Louis Sullivan. Frank Lloyd Wright, who worked in Sullivan's office, referred to Louis Sullivan as "Leiber Meister" or "My Master." A small group of KCMODERN folks will be be gathering in the lobby before the movie. Be sure to buy tickets in advance. Louis Sullivan: The Struggle for American Architecture
a film by Mark Richard Smith
“In the Gilded Age, one architect’s vision of freedom and the American landscape brought him success, failure, and an unforgettable place in history”For anyone interested in historic architecture, don’t miss this opportunity to see the new feature-length documentary on one of America’s greatest builders, Louis Sullivan (1856-1924) at the Kansas City Film Festival April 15 and 18. This tribute to architect Louis Sullivan tells a sweeping story with a wealth of visual detail. The rise and fall of Sullivan’s career originates with the 1871 Chicago fire, which made the city a blank slate for ambitious architects. In the late 1800s, Sullivan, who had made his way west after a rigorous École des Beaux-Arts education, created an authentically American architecture at a time when most buildings aspired only to knock off European styles. His commitment to originality led him first to the pinnacle of success with notable early skyscrapers and later to a swift decline due to changing customer tastes and an economic depression. Though his late-career “jewel box” banks were a triumph, Sullivan died penniless. Sullivan’s extraordinary ornamental designs set him apart as an artist. According to Frank Lloyd Wright, who was Sullivan’s chief draftsman for seven years, Sullivan “could draw as beautifully as he could think.
The film will be offered at two screenings:
Thursday, April 15 at 4:30 pm
Sunday, April 18 at 3:00 pm
Where: 2010 Kansas City FilmFest AMC Main Street (1400 Main St., Downtown Kansas City)
Tickets to Sunday's Showing:
https://www.movietickets.com/purchase.asp?perf_id=606510549
KC FilmFest:
http://www.kcfilmfest.org/
Information about the film:
http://www.louissullivanfilm.com/
Trailer:
http://louissullivanfilm.com/clips/windows.html
MAD MEN Season 3 Premieres August 16, 2009 at
9:00 PM central time.
We are all waiting patiently at KCMODERN for season 3 of MEN MEN to start in mid-August.
Click Here for the Slide Show.
...The alien's huge, silent but deadly robot He hardly did anything the whole movie but stand like a sentinel, and it still scared the heck out of me. I must say it was cool when he melted the soldiers' weapons with his ray-beam.
Interestingly, on the poster the studio depicted Gort like King Kong, carrying away Patricia Neal who was conveniently attired in lingerie...there is no scene like that in the movie...
Just in case you have been too busy working on your Modern house to watch TV, we thought that we should tell you about one of the hippest and cool shows on TV. The second season of AMC's Mad Men features some of the best Mid-century Modern goodness that we have seen on the little screen (although our little screen ain't so small anymore).
KCMODERN's "The United States of Charles Phoenix" show was huge success by all accounts. Over 200 people crowded beneath the wing of the Lockheed Constellation to enjoy CharlesPhoenix's retro vacation slide show. We made a lot of new Modern friends that evening because well over half the crowd was made up of people who had never been to a KCMODERN event before. Charles putting his spin on local Kansas City Landmarks like the White Haven Motor Lodge, Town Topic, Fritz's, Villa Capri and Johnny's Space Age Doughnuts was a first, one of a kind show for him and it was my favorite part of the show.The TWA Clipped Wings Stewardess fashion show was great to see. Can you believe some of the women can still wear their original uniforms from the '60s?
