The Dance Center and Red Clay Dance Company Win 2019 NEA Grants
The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago and alum Vershawn Sanders-Ward’s ’02 Red Clay Dance Company receive 2019 Art Works grants, the NEA’s principal grantmaking program.
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Ida B. Wells Drive Becomes First Downtown Street Named After a Woman or Person of Color
Wells’ great-granddaughter and Columbia College Chicago faculty member Michelle Duster preserves and shapes history.
Darryl Jones Residency Concert
Music Department Artist-in-Residence Darryl Jones will conclude his week of residency with a performance at the Music Center.