Calling all student designers and stylists! Help us celebrate ‘The Maltese Falcon,’ a book credited with creating the hard-boiled detective archetype and its female counterpart, the femme fatale. Win cash prizes by designing or styling a look to walk...
As part of The Big Read, Columbia College Chicago will be sponsoring several film screenings related to the In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez. In the Time of the Butterflies transports us to the Dominican Republic...
The Big Read Kickoff – Columbia College Chicago LibraryWed, April 3, 7:00pm – 8:30pmFilm Row Cinema, 1104 S. Wabash Ave, 8th floor Dr. Carmelo Esterrich Join us as we kickoff The Big Read programming for 2013! Dr. Carmelo Esterrich,...
Each year, November 25th marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Adopted as Resolution 54/134 by the United Nations in 1999, the date is used to highlight international commitments towards the prevention of and end...
Columbia College Chicago Library has been awarded $16,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts through The Big Read. The Big Read is an NEA supported reading inititiave which provides funding for community partnerships across the country to highlight one book through book...
Ray Bradbury, science fiction author of classic books such as Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles, has died at 91. In 2009 Columbia College Chicago awarded Ray Bradbury with an honorary degree. Columbia College faculty member and Bradbury biographer, Sam Weller...
What language do we use to talk about war? How does this language affect our understanding of war and impact those who fight? On April 13 the Library hosted “The Language of War”, a panel discussion that included combat...
View the display of works from Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist John Fischetti. Located on the first floor of the Library, the exhibit showcases Fischetti’s political cartoons and sketches capturing his take on the Vietnam War. Held in conjunction...
Eyes fixed on the screen, / the forgotten page now blank; / the written word dies -Vanessa Pegramabout Essence of a voice / It speaks in rhymes / Born between each breath – Joy Young Call me Anarchist /...
Spectacle Fortuna Parade of Creativity Join Library staff and friends as we participate in this year’s Spectacle Fortuna. The Library Book Carts will be out in full force (transformed into fire engines) while characters from Ray Bradbury’s books and...