The Library will be participating in three upcoming events you should be aware of. All are free and open to the public.
LECTURE: Blues in Black and White: Documenting the Culture of a Music (co-sponsored by the Center for Black Music Research, Museum of Contemporary Photography and the Columbia College Chicago Library)
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
5:30 PM Viewing with light refreshments served
Columbia College Chicago Library
624 S. Michigan Ave., 2nd Floor
6:15 PM Panel discussion
MoCP, 600 S. Michigan Ave.
In conjunction with the Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) exhibitions Michael L. Abramson: Pulse of the Night and Michael Schmelling: Your Blues, this event will evoke and consider the music scene of Chicago’s South Side in the 1970s. Monica Hairston O’Connell, Executive Director of the Center for Black Music Research will moderate the discussion with David Grazian, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Blue Chicago: The Search for Authenticity in Urban Blues Clubs; Tom Lunt, producer of Light on the South Side: Photographs by Michael L. Abramson box set from record label Numero Group; and Mark Pohlad, Assistant Professor in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at DePaul University.
PRESENTATION: FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY SIGNATURE SHOWCASE: PROFESSOR SHANITA AKINTONDE
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
5:30-6:00pm Light refreshments served
Program begins at 6:00pm
Columbia College Chicago Library
624 S. Michigan Ave., 3rd Floor North
The Columbia College Chicago Friends of the Library welcomes Associate Professor Shanita Baraka Akintonde, Department of Advertising and Public Relations as the Fall 2014 Signature Showcase faculty presenter.
Through utilization of current and emerging research, educator and scholar of diversity issues, Professor Akintonde will impart insight through an interactive presentation entitled, Women Who R.O.A.R.R. (Renounce Obedience and Reclaim Respect) that will provide participants with eye-opening insights to the continued need for women’s advocacy in both the workplace and the world. This presentation is based on her personal experience as an advertising and public relations professional and consumer who has been subjected to exclusionary practices within the context of so-called “diversity initiatives” and comments from students who, in the current era, still report feelings of exclusion within the context of media initiatives, some of which are purportedly designed to include them specifically.
She is a highly sought after speaker whose efforts to educate and motivate members of marginalized groups is regularly noticed in both academia and industry alike.
EXHIBIT OPENING AND RECEPTION: ART IN THE LIBRARY
Thursday, November 20, 2014
5:00-7:00pm
Columbia College Chicago Library
624 S. Michigan Ave., 3rd Floor North
Art in the Library provides an inviting setting to showcase the talent of our own community of student, faculty, staff, and alumni artists. Established in 2002, Art in the Library exhibits include works in all forms of visual arts: sculpture, painting, drawings, paper and book arts.
