Category: community
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Art in the Library Reception 4/11 5-7pm
Art in the Library Opening & Reception Thursday, April 11, 2013, 5:00-7:00pmColumbia College Chicago Library624 S. Michigan Ave.3rd Floor North Image Credit: Lynette Velazquez Join us – Thursday, April 11, 2013 from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. for the Art in the Library Opening and Reception for the Spring 2013 Exhibition in 3rd floor north. Presenting…
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Big Read Film Screenings
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 in the mid-twentieth century when the country struggled under the brutal dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo.…
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The Big Read Kickoff Event, Wed, 4/3 @7pm
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, Associate Professor of Spanish, Humanities and Cultural Studies will discuss the importance of Julia Alvarez’ novel…
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Ray Bradbury, 1920-2012
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 spoke at the commencement ceremony and introduced a video from Ray Bradbury. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqm5uRCJ9vg] Mr. Bradbury’s…
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Alumni on 5 Exhibition, Opening Reception 4/20 5-7pm
Alumni on 5: Alumni in the Library Exhibitions “Games, Wars + Summits” The Spring exhibition looks at this year’s Critical Encounters focus, ‘Rights, Radicals + Revolution’ and the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago in May 2012. Are you radical? Do you play games? Do you war? What revolution have/would you join or lead? Is your…
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Your chance to see who runs the world!
The NATO Summit May 20-21, 2012McCormick Place Chicago NATO will be holding its 25th summit in President Obama’s hometown of Chicago, United States, on 20-21 May 2012. It will deliver on decisions that were taken at the Lisbon Summit in November 2010, driving forward key Alliance policies and reaffirming the transatlantic link. Chicago Global Crossroads…
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3rd Annual Haiku Contest – Entries due Monday, April 26th
Currently enrolled students are invited to submit up to three entries relating to: libraries, knowledge, learning, books, literacy & reading. Entries will be judged by a panel of library staff and English Department faculty. The winning entry will be displayed prominently in the library during Manifest Week and beyond. Please submit entries via email to…
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Art in the Library Opening & Reception
Join us – Thursday, April 8th from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. for the Art in the Library Opening and Reception for the Spring 2010 Exhibition in 3rd floor north. Columbia College Chicago Library, Third Floor (in the new Library wing)624 S. Michigan Avenue. Light refreshments will be served. Vision. Sound. Movement. The Art in the…