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Book Sale

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Columbia College Chicago Library Book Sale Pre-Sale Wednesday, April 22nd – 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.{Friends of the Library* only}Thursday, April 23rd – 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.Friday, April 24th – 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.{grab bag $5 after 3:00...

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Burned any good books lately?

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Panel on Censorship: “Burning Bright: a dialogue on creative freedom in the age of new media”

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Panel Discussion on Censorship – part of the month-long celebration of the Big Read Monday, April 13th, 20096:00 – 8:00 p.m.Library – 3rd FloorColumbia College ChicagoFREE!Local and national artists and theorists from across a range of creative disciplines discuss...

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Big Read-A-Thon – Readers Needed!

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Let your voice fuel the flamesat theBIG READ-A-THONfor Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 Tuesday, April 289am-5pm3rd Floor of the Library624 S. Michigan Ave. To sign up:CONTACTMolly Beestrum312-369-7966mbeestrum@colum.eduorShirley Bennett312-369-7966sbennett@colum.edu Part of the Big Read program of events.

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The Big Read & Fahreheit 451

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Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” is a selection of The Big Read. A program of the National Endowment for the Arts, The Big Read provides the opportunity for communities across the nation to join together in reading a single book....

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Edible Books & The Big Read – April 1st

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It can look like a book, it can act like a book, it can be a pun on a book…The only rule: it must be edible! Artists with a culinary streak, chefs with artistic flair, and book lovers are...

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“Everyone has had at least one magical polaroid experience.”

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I liked this idea so much I decided to adapt to for the Columbia College Chicago Library. Below are the first sentences from twelve new books in the library. Click on the sentence to discover more information – including...

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New Books for December

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Check out some of these new books! Here’s a list of our most recent acquisitions. The saddest little robot Stupid sock creatures : making quirky, lovable figures from cast-off socks 60s fashion : vintage fashion and beauty ads A...

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Want better test scores? Read more!

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From yesterday’s New York Times: Harry Potter, James Patterson and Oprah Winfrey’s book club aside, Americans — particularly young Americans — appear to be reading less for fun, and as that happens, their reading test scores are declining. At...

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New books!

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Check out some of these new books! Here’s a list of our most recent acquisitions. The box : how the shipping container made the world smallerand the world economy bigger Buy, buy baby : how consumer culture manipulatesparents and...

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