Annual Piano Sale at The Westin Chicago Northwest
For the past several years Kawai America has been providing approximately $200,000 in inventory to support Columbia's Music program. New pianos are prepped, tuned, and delivered for use by the school for one year. There is no cost to the school for use of the pianos. What makes this program possible, though, is the success of the sale event.
The selection includes baby grands, grands, concert grands, professional uprights, studios, consoles, digital pianos, and player pianos. All new instruments will carry their original paperwork and factory warranty. On-site, special financing and in-home delivery will be available. Friday - Sunday, November 19th through November 22nd at The Westin Chicago Northwest, 400 Park Blvd. Itasca, IL 60143.
Alum Erica Watson (M.A. '05) Brings her Stand-ip Comedy Show to Chicago
Direct from New York, Erica Watson will be at the Chicago Center for the Performing Arts (777 N. Green Street) November 19-21, November 27-28 performing her one-woman, stand-up comedy show, "Fat Bitch!"
Meet YOUR New CAAN Chicago Alumni Board Members!
On October 29th, members of the CAAN Chicago Alumni Board elected Joan Hammel (B.A. ’86) President and Margi Cole (B.A. ’90) Vice President, both serving until 2011. Both Joan and Margi will serve as leaders of the CAAN Chicago Alumni Board that serves the Chicagoland area by partnering with the Office of Alumni Relations to bring networking opportunities, events, resources, and professional development to over the 50,000 alumni living in the surrounding area.
Alum on "The Princess and the Frog"
Alum, Marlon West (B.A. Film & Video, 1985) served as the Visual Effects Supervisor for Disney's "The Princess and the Frog," which will be released in theaters nationwide on December 11, 2009.
Alumni Submissions Requested for Int'l Art Education Symposium
Deadline December 1, 2009 - Be a part of this incredible symposium of international educators as Columbia College Chicago partners with the European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA).
Radio Department to Host High School and College Radio Conference
Columbia College Chicago and Intercollegiate Broadcasting Systems Inc. are pleased to announce the lineup for the 6th annual Midwest Regional High School and College Conference at Columbia College on Saturday, October 24, 2009.
Alumni Film Wins Acclaimed "Chicago Award" at CIFF
WET, a film shot during Columbia's Production II class by Brad Bischoff (B.A. '09), won the coveted "Chicago Award" at the 45th Chicago International Film Festival.
Dr. Carol Ann Stowe (1951 - 2009)
Letter from Dean Deborah Holdstein regarding the recent passing of Dr. Carol Ann Stowe, Director of the Joan and Irving Harris Center for Early Childhood Education (in the Education Department) in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
Co-Founder of Twitter Speaks at Columbia About Social Media
Biz Stone to Kick-Off 2009-2010 Conversations in the Arts Lecture Series Co-Founder of Twitter Speaks at Columbia College Chicago About the Role of Social Media in the 21st Century
Tuesday, October 6, 7:00 p.m.
Alum Recognized in Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine
Andrew Gorton (BA '00 - Audio Arts & Acoustics) was voted this year by his peers into the “40 under 40” list of outstanding professionals, published by Consulting-Specifying Engineer Magazine, http://tinyurl.com/AGorton.
WCRX Named Best Student Radio Station
Columbia's radio station, WCRX—88.1 FM, has received the 2009 Gold World Medal in the student station awards category from New York Festivals. The 52-year-old competition, judged by an international team of industry professionals, recognizes excellence in radio and television in the areas of programming and promotion.
Summer Film Studies for Life-Long Learners at Columbia College Chicago
CHICAGO, IL -- The genius of Ingmar Bergman, Pedro Almodovar and the Pioneers of American Independent Cinema are the subjects of three non-credit summer classes at Columbia College Chicago, the home of one of the nation’s most respected film making and film studies departments.
Taught by faculty member Reid Schultz, an independent writer, filmmaker and film scholar, class sessions include a film screening, lecture and discussion.
CALL FOR WORK: Artists' Book Reading
Are you a book artist? Are you tired of being excluded from traditional readings, traditional, galleries, and traditional bookstores because your work is ‘difficult to present’? Do you have a unique solution for presenting your artists’ book?
Columbia College Establishes Studs Terkel Scholarships
Columbia College Chicago, the country’s largest college of arts and media, has created the annual Studs Terkel Scholarships totaling $750,000 to benefit Chicago Public School students who seek to pursue a career in civic-minded communications.
Columbia Launches First Online Auction
The "This is Columbia's Moment" auction opens for bidding on September 15, 2008, at 5:00 p.m. CDT Time.
Columbia Alum Named "Emerging Journalist of the Year"
Fernando Diaz ('04) has been named 2008 Emerging Journalist of the Year from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
Columbia College Chicago Announces Founders’ Lectures Series
Columbia College Chicago Announces Founders’ Lectures Series
2008-9 Conversations in the Arts: Up Close With… speakers to address
issues and themes central to the mission and philosophy of arts and media college.
NEW Columbia ALUMNI: Earth, Wind & Fire!
The founding members of Earth Wind & Fire received honorary doctorates, and joined student musicians for a rendition of Shining Star!
Columbia Theater Alumna Anna D. Shapiro wins Tony Award
Anna Shapiro (1990) was one of several Chicagoans who garnered Tony Awards for their work on August: Osage County, originally produced at this city’s Steppenwolf Theatre. She received the coveted Tony in Best Direction for the Broadway production of the drama by Tracy Letts.
Hair Trigger 29 Wins CSPA Gold Crown
Hair Trigger 29 Columbia College Chicago's annual anthology of Fiction Writing Department work wins gold in the Columbia University Scholastic Press Association contest in New York City -- again!