Engaging dialogue about urban planning!
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - Wednesday, February 10, 2016
The City of Calgary presents:
Baconfest 3: Series 4
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 @ 5:30 PM
John Dutton Theatre, Calgary Central Library - 2nd Floor, 616 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary, AB
FREE Admission
You are invited to join us for Baconfest 3 this January for some engaging dialogue about urban planning.
Dates: January 13 and 20, February 3 and 10, 2016.
Time: 5:30 - 8 p.m. (doors at 5:30 p.m., discussion to begin at 6 p.m.)
Everyday Activist: Baconfest 3 Preview >
FEBRUARY 10
Sprawling from Grace (2008 | 82 mins)
This feature length documentary explores the ravages of American suburban sprawl, what America has lost as a result, and the perils we face if we don’t change the way in which we build our cities. Americans have been lulled into a false sense of security by cheap energy that has allowed us to spread endlessly into our landscape. We are trapped behind the wheels of our automobiles. With the demand for oil pacing the Earth’s ability to supply it, this suburban living arrangement will fail. America’s love affair with the automobile is unsustainable and, like Nero, we are fiddling away, confident that tomorrow will be as promising as today. The wake- up call is coming.
Short Films
* Twin views Communal Garden Mural Project
* Go to the End and Come Back
* Urbanism
* Filling in the Gaps
* Intelligent Futures
About Baconfest
The brain-child of Planning, Development & Assessment General Manager Rollin Stanley, Baconfest was originally intended as one-time film festival in 2014 to celebrate a short film series created by Ed Bacon. The event was so well received by Calgarians that it became an annual film festival celebrating and exploring urbanism in all its forms.
Who is Edmund Bacon?
Ed Bacon is the only city planner to grace the cover page of time magazine in 1964, and on the cover of Life in 1965. While he may be known as the father of Kevin Bacon, the impact of Edmund's work helped shape the landscape of the City of Philadelphia, where he served as the head of the planning commission for two decades beginning in 1949. In retirement, he undertook an extensive four part series titled "Understanding Cities" beginning in 1981.
BACONFEST 3
JANUARY 13, 2016
The Pruitti-Igoe Myth
JANUARY 20, 2016 (followed by Transportation talk)
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City
E2: Portland: A Sense of Place
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
Chavez Ravine: A Los Angeles Story
Kochuu
FEBRUARY 10, 2016
Sprawling from Grace
Short Films
