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Things to do in Chicago during Thanksgiving Weekend Staying in Chicago for the Thanksgiving weekend?  Lucky you.  Chicago is a holiday travel destination and the Thanksgiving weekend kicks off the season. If you make it off the couch after...

International Education Week 2016 was Nov. 14 – 18, but it’s not over! Columbia College Chicago is celebrating International Education Month, offering events that support the internationalization and exchange efforts of our campus throughout the month of November. According...

You may have read Dr. Kwang-Wu Kim’s statement, sent out to the Columbia community earlier this week.  If not, you can read it here. On Tuesday, the President of the American Library Association (ALA) released a statement declaring the...

When I wanted to find out about the burgeoning performance art known as “cosplay,” I knew exactly who to ask; Nikkei is a Video Game Design student and is a student worker at the Columbia College Chicago Library. He...

Columbia College Library’s graphic novel collection is larger and more diverse than many, if not most, collections of its kind in academic libraries. Undoubtedly, its size has much to do with the emphasis in Columbia’s curriculum on illustration and...

The election may be over, but the policy discussions that came up between both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in all those speeches and debates — not to mention among politicians, pollsters, pundits, and the American electorate — will continue...

It’s almost time to vote!  Be sure you’re ready. Find out… How to vote in Chicago at the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.   This site explains Chicago’s deadlines to register, sample ballots, polling places, and more. Which candidates share...

Library Zine Night November 7th, 6-10pm Join us for our November Zine Night, a chance for you to work alone or collaboratively on zines, comics, artist books or other paper projects in the library. This month’s theme on the eve of the election...

If you’re part of the Columbia College Chicago community, chances are you need to take a breather from all that work you do every day just to keep your head above water. Plus, it’s that time of year again...