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Arts & Culture, Small Screen Jan 4, 2018
Chicago-made webseries to watch in 2018

Three local boundary-breaking productions destined for bigger screens
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Small Screen, webseries, 2018 preview, Aymar Jean Christian, Open TV, Brown Girls, Code-Switched, Karan Sunil, Kappa Force, Addison Heimann, Hannah Welever, The T, Bea Cordelia, Daniel Kyri

Arts & Culture, Feature Apr 20, 2017
Women of the Now advances Chicago as the center of intersectional media

The new platform follows in the footsteps of Open TV as a more inclusive and diverse enterprise for the city’s growing film and television industry.
- By Ashley Ray-Harris
- Tags: Feature, Women of the Now, Open TV, Brown Girls, Brujas, Laura Day, intersectional media, television, webseries, Layne Marie Williams, Aymar Jean Christian, Women’s Film Festival, Jennifer Reeder

Arts & Culture, Feature Feb 3, 2017
Video
Women of color call the shots in the Chicago-based webseries Brown Girls

A mostly female cast and crew come together to tell the story of the friendship between writer Fatimah Asghar and musician Jamila Woods.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Feature, Fatimah Asghar, Jamila Woods, Sam Bailey, Brown Girls, webseries, comedy, Open TV, Aymar Jean Chrstian, Nabila Hossain, Sonia Denis, Pilsen, Pakistan, Chicago Art Department, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jan 30, 2017
A Langston Hughes birthday celebration, Chicago Voices, and more things to do in Chicago this week

Rhino Poetry, Drive-By Truckers, and more happenings from January 30-February 2.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Umbra, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Viviane Sassen, Jello, Links Hall, Open TV, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Voices, Chicago History Museum, Rhymefest, Rhino Poetry, City Lit Books, Preach, Metropolitan Tenants Organization, Greenhouse Theatre, Happy Birthday Langston Hughes, City Winery, Langston Hughes, Drive-By Truckers, the Vic, Clickhole, Hideout

Arts & Culture, Small Screen Oct 24, 2016
Video
Aymar Jean Christian gives underrepresented artists a voice with Open TV

The producer and NU prof's online television platform creates series by queer people, people of color, and women.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Small Screen, Aymar Jean Christian, Open TV, Chicago Humanities Festival, Nic Kay, Ricardo Gamboa, Shea Coulee, upita Obama Creates Vogua, Video

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