Category: The Big Read
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MANIFEST @ the Library – Friday May 17th
Columbia’s annual spring rite of passage, the MANIFEST Urban Arts Festival is finally here! Eighty departmental showcases of work by over 2,000 students as well as performances, gallery exhibitions, and many activities will be occurring throughout the day around campus. The Library is a big supporter of Manifest, featuring art exhibits throughout the day including:…
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Julia Alvarez: Keynote Speaker for The Big Read, Friday May 10, 2013
Photo credit: Bill Eichner Julia Alvarez, author of In the Time of the Butterflies, and other books such as How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent and Return to Sender joins us via videoconferencing as the keynote speaker for The Big Read. The program will be held on Friday, May 10, 2013 at Columbia College…
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The Big Read Screening TONIGHT: Tropico de Sangre
The Big Read Screenings conclude with Tropico de Sangre, starring Michelle Rodriguez in the role of Minerva Mirabal. The film, directed by Juan Delancer, focuses on Minerva Mirabal and tells the true story of how she and her sisters came to represent the greatest threat to dictator Rafael Trujillo and his regime. She, along with…
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CALL FOR ENTRIES: THE BIG READ @ MANIFEST ART EXHIBIT
As part of The Big Read and Manifest, the Columbia College Chicago Library is looking for visual artwork of all media that deals with the broad themes in Julia Alvarez’s novel, In the Time of the Butterflies. We are looking for original art which encompasses themes including: Violence against women Political activism Women’s rights/Equal rights…
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The 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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Book Discussion/ In the Time of the Butterflies FREE at the Library!
Join Sonja Smally, staff member of Follett’s Bookstore, as she leads a spirited book discussion about In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez at the Columbia College Chicago Library, on Thursday April 18th from 2-3:30pm in Room 305 (3rd floor North). Whether you have read the book, are reading it or…
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14th Annual Edible Books & Tea
In conjunction with The Big Read at Columbia College Chicago, the 14th Annual Edible Books and Tea will be held on Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 from 6-8pm in the Columbia College Chicago Library, 624 S. Michigan Ave., 3rd Fl, North. This year, entries can be inspired by Julia Alvarez’s novel, In the Time of the…