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Songs About Buildings and Moods

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SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND MOODS is a video series exploring the connection between music and architecture through musical interpretations of landmark buildings that invite us to experience them in a completely new way.

Episodes:

• Twa Flight Center and City Methodist Church

  Eero Saarinen's TWA Flight Center is one of the most significant examples of mid-century architecture in the world and a symbol of 1960's Jet Age optimism. At the other end of the American experience is the long-abandoned City Church in Gary, IN., mute testimony to the racist and xenophobic forces that caused its downfall.

  Next Airing:	Mon, Jan 6th, 2025 at 1:00 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:28:29
  Usage rights:	1/5/2023 to 1/4/2026

• Pabst Historic Brewery and Richard H. Driehaus Museum

  Built to resemble a complex of 18th century German castles, the historic Pabst brewery in Milwaukee was once the largest brewer in the country and the Richard H. Driehaus Museum was designed as a fireproof sanctuary to keep the world out, and a horde of treasure in.

  Next Airing:	Mon, Jan 13th, 2025 at 1:00 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:25:23
  Usage rights:	1/12/2023 to 1/11/2026

• First Church of Deliverance And milwaukee's Central Library

  The First Church of Deliverance, designed by Illinois' first licensed Black architect, has been instrumental in the dissemination of Gospel music and the Emil Bach house by Frank Lloyd Wright is a perfect example of his signature Prarie style architecture. Milwaukee's Central Library is a monumental structure that transported composer Brian Packham back to his library-filled youth.

  Next Airing:	Mon, Jan 20th, 2025 at 1:00 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:27:08
  Usage rights:	1/19/2023 to 1/18/2026

• First Church of Deliverance and Milwaukee's Central Library

  Santiago Calatrava's new wing for the Milwaukee Art Museum caused an international sensation with its iconic sun screens that open and close, giving the building the look of a bird just about to take flight. The Morris-Jumel Mansion is Manhattan's oldest still-standing residence and has hosted everyone from George Washington to Lynn-Manuel Miranda who wrote part of Hamilton there.

  Next Airing:	Mon, Jan 27th, 2025 at 1:00 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:28:23
  Usage rights:	1/26/2023 to 1/25/2026

• Frank Lloyd Wright's Emil Bach House and Milwaukee's City Hall

  The Emil Bach house by Frank Lloyd Wright is a gem on Chicago's north side and a perfect example of his signature Prarie style architecture. Milwaukee's City Hall has been a civic icon since it opened in 1895. It's striking Flemish Renaissance style is an homage to the German immigrants who helped build Milwaukee.

  Next Airing:	Mon, Feb 3rd, 2025 at 1:00 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:27:50
  Usage rights:	2/2/2023 to 2/1/2026

• Ex Teresa Arte Actual and George Peabody Library

  Ex Teresa Arte Actual is a former 17th century convent in Mexico City's historic Zocalo neighborhood that has been reimagined as a vital center for contemporary art and music. The George Peabody Library in Baltimore is one of the most beautiful library spaces in the world with a historic collection to match.

  Next Airing:	Mon, Feb 10th, 2025 at 1:00 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:29:00
  Usage rights:	1/6/2025 to 1/5/2028

• Estudios Churubusco and the Fisher Building

  Estudios Churubusco is Mexico's premiere film production studio and the birthplace of Mexico's Golden Era of Cinema and host of numerous American productions while Detroit's Fisher Building is architect Albert Kahn's masterpiece and a poignant symbol of Detroit's glorious past and hopeful future.

  Next Airing:	Mon, Feb 17th, 2025 at 1:00 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:29:00
  Usage rights:	1/13/2025 to 1/12/2028

• Biblioteca Vasconcelos and Ohio State Reformatory

  Shelves hung from the ceiling give the tens of thousands of books in Mexico City's Biblioteca Vasconcelos the illusion of floating in the air. The library is also a thriving culture hub hosting dance, film, music, art exhibits and more. Ohio State Reformatory was built with a hopeful mission of redemption but became a notorious maximum security prison that would later serve as the set for the film The Shawshank Redemption.

  Next Airing:	Mon, Feb 24th, 2025 at 1:00 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:29:00
  Usage rights:	1/20/2025 to 1/19/2028

• Brooklyn Tower and the Wrigley Building

  Brooklyn's first super-tall tower looms over one of the most beautiful bank interiors in the country in the Dime Savings Bank which was originally built to serve workers building the first subway tunnels between Brooklyn and Manhattan. Built on five-cent sticks of chewing gum, Chicago's Wrigley Building is an iconic masterpiece that defines the stretch of Michigan Avenue that has come to be known as the Magnificent Mile.

  Next Airing:	Mon, Mar 3rd, 2025 at 1:00 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:29:00
  Usage rights:	1/27/2025 to 1/26/2028

• Stony Island Arts Bank and Cranbrook Academy of Art

  Once a thriving bank that was abandoned by white residents during the Great Migration, the Stony Island Arts Bank has been repurposed and reimagined by Theaster Gates' Rebuild Foundation as a thriving hub for Black culture. The Cranbrook Academy of Art is a stunning mecca of design just outside of Detroit created by renowned architect Eliel Saarinen that today includes a sprawling education, research and public museum complex.

  Next Airing:	Mon, Mar 10th, 2025 at 1:00 PM on UEN-TV
  Length:	00:29:00
  Usage rights:	2/3/2025 to 2/2/2028

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