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Udo Dahmen in Residency in Concert

Not only does Udo Dahmen have a prolific career as a performer; as Artistic Director, Director and Professor of Pop Academy Baden-Wuttemberg in Manheim and Vice President of the German Music Council h more...

CARTOONS: WHY WE NEED THEM

As the number of newspapers shrinks, the future of cartoonists is in question. This presentation will discuss the critical role cartoons and comics have played in American society. It will also examin more...

Columbia News & Notes

Columbia Projects Receive $90,000 from Chicago Community Trust to Support Emerging News Sources

[November 6, 2009] Columbia College Chicago is among a dozen recipients to share $500,000 that the Chicago Community Trust has pledged to support the development of emerging local news sources. Columbia will receive $45,000 for a project in collaboration with... more...

Studio Chicago

(October 29, 2009) INTRODUCING STUDIO CHICAGO A Year-Long Collaboration Celebrating the Working Artist and Creative Spaces October 2009 – October 2010 Program kicks off at Artists at Work Forum on October 29 at Chicago Cultural Center The Chicago Department of... more...

Nami Mun Wins Whiting Writers' Award

[October 29, 2009] Nami Mun, assistant professor of Fiction Writing at Columbia College Chicago, has been awarded the prestigious Whiting Writers’ Award for her 2009 novel Miles from Nowhere. The award, which includes a $50,000 stipend, has been given annually... more...

Press Releases

Studio Chicago

INTRODUCING STUDIO CHICAGO A Year-Long Collaboration Celebrating the Working Artist and Creative Spaces October 2009 – October 2010 Program kicks off at Artists at Work Forum on October 29 at Chicago Cultural Center The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, in... more...

BIZ STONE -Co-Founder of Twitter to Speak at Conversations in the Arts

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September, 2009 Media Contact: Elizabeth Burke-Dain: 312-369-8695 or eburkedain@colum.edu 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... more...

Columbia College Chicago Hosts Printers' Ball

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact Columbia College: Micki Leventhal, 312.369.7383, mleventhal@colum.edu Celebration of print culture features free publications and entertainment CHICAGO (July 23, 2009)—The fifth annual Printers’ Ball is set for Friday, July 31, at Columbia College Chicago in t more...