Thursday Drop In Hours
Starting November 5, 2009, the Graduate Admissions Office will host Drop In Hours every Thursday from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Stop by to ask admissions staff about the programs we offer and the application process. No appointment necessary!
WHERE: 600 S. Michigan Ave, Suite 200
WHEN: 4 PM — 7 PM, Thursday evenings starting November 5, 2009
Need another reason to come downtown on a Thursday night? The Columbia College Chicago event calendar is packed with film screenings, lectures, exhibits, and concerts. So come down to the Graduate Admissions Office between 4 PM and 7 PM to get your questions answered by our staff, then stay on campus to find out what life is like here at Columbia College Chicago.
Below is just a selection of the compelling events that Columbia will host on upcoming Thursday nights:
THURSDAY November 26, 2009 — NO DROP IN HOURS SCHEDULED
THURSDAY December 3, 2009
Cultural Studies Colloquium Series — Lecture by Dr. Jeffrey T. Nealon
“The Song Remains the Same: On the Post-Postmodern Economics of Classic Rock”
WHERE: 624 S Michigan Ave, Columbia College Chicago, 3rd Floor
WHEN: 4 PM
The Cultural Studies Colloquium at Columbia College Chicago is a series of colloquia featuring local, national and international contemporary Cultural Studies scholars. Dr. Jeffrey T. Nealon is Liberal Arts Research Professor in the English Department at Penn State University. He has published widely on contemporary cultural theory, and is author of Double Reading: Postmodernism after Deconstruction (Cornell, 1993), Alterity Politics: Ethics and Performative Subjectivity (Duke, 1998), The Theory Toolbox (with Susan Searls Giroux, Rowman & Littlefield, 2003), as well as co-editor of Rethinking the Frankfurt School (SUNY, 2002). His latest book is and Foucault Beyond Foucault: Power and Its Intensifications since 1984 (Stanford, 2008).
Dis/Believer: Intersections of Science and Religion in Contemporary Art
WHERE: Glass Curtain Gallery, 1104 S Wabash Ave
WHEN: 9 AM — 7 PM
Detailed info above.
At Close Distance: Storied Paths to Home
WHERE: C33 Gallery
WHEN: 9 AM — 7 PM
Detailed info above.
Framed: The World of Comics
WHERE: Hokin Gallery, 623 S Wabash
WHEN: 9 AM — 7 PM
Detailed info above.
THURSDAY December 10, 2009
The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, with Special Guests David Sanchez and Steve Wilson
WHERE: Harris Theater for Music and Dance
WHEN: 7 PM — 9:30 PM
Honoring 1959: The Music of John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman and Miles Davis
Two of today’s most creative young saxophonists, David Sanchez and Steve Wilson, join The Chicago Jazz Ensemble in celebrating the 50th anniversary of Coltrane’s “Giant Steps,” Coleman’s “The Shape of Jazz to Come,” and Davis’ “Kind of Blue.” In 1959, these extraordinary innovators released three of the most ground-breaking, adventurous and influential recordings in Jazz history. Don’t miss this stellar tribute as Mr. Faddis takes the ensemble and special guests on an anniversary journey through the music that continues to shape the sound of today’s jazz.
Dis/Believer: Intersections of Science and Religion in Contemporary Art
WHERE: Glass Curtain Gallery, 1104 S Wabash Ave
WHEN: 5 PM — 8 PM
Detailed info above.
At Close Distance: Storied Paths to Home
WHERE: C33 Gallery
WHEN: 5 PM — 8 PM
Detailed info above.
Framed: The World of Comics
WHERE: Hokin Gallery, 623 S Wabash
WHEN: 9 AM — 7 PM
Detailed info above.
THURSDAY December 17, 2009
Repertory Performance Workshop & Faculty Concert
WHERE: The Dance Center Theater, 1306 S Michigan Ave.
WHEN: 8 PM — Midnight
Repertory & Performance Workshop is a course offered by the Dance Center that provides students with the opportunity to work with professional choreographers and to work as a student dance company.
Dis/Believer: Intersections of Science and Religion in Contemporary Art
WHERE: Glass Curtain Gallery, 1104 S Wabash Ave
WHEN: 5 PM — 8 PM
Detailed info above.
At Close Distance: Storied Paths to Home
WHERE: C33 Gallery
WHEN: 5 PM — 8 PM
Detailed info above.
Framed: The World of Comics
WHERE: Hokin Gallery, 623 S Wabash
WHEN: 9 AM — 7 PM
Detailed info above.
THURSDAY December 24, 2009 — NO DROP IN HOURS SCHEDULED
THURSDAY December 31, 2009 — NO DROP IN HOURS SCHEDULED