Convocation: Welcome for New Students
August 28, 2008 Grant Park
Weisman Scholarship Exhibition:
Exhibition of the 2008 Weisman Scholarship Winners
September 2 – October 18, 2008
Fall ArtWalk
September 4, 2008
Profile Diversity/Family Reunion: Celebrate Columbia’s Commitment to
Diversity, September-October, 2009
FOCO Fest: Latino Heritage Celebration
September 15 – October 15, 2008
Talk the Walk Gallery Tour and Annual Lowrider Car Show
October 16, 2008
New Student / Parent Weekend
October 17 – 18, 2008
African Heritage Festival: Celebration, Performance, and Lectures
February, 2009
Blood Ball: Founders Day Ball
February 13, 2009
[C]Spaces Honors Exhibition: Annual Showcase of Honored Student Artwork
March 16 – May 1, 2009
Gender Fusions: LGBTQA Celebration, Performance, and Lectures
April, 2009
World Enigma: International Student Exhibition
April (dates TBD), 2009
Asian Awareness Week: Celebration, Performance, and Lectures
April (dates TBD), 2009
Manifest: Annual Festival and Celebration of the Work of Graduating Students
May 15, 2009
Senior Party / Cascarones Ritual: Party and ritual of confetti-filled eggs smashed on the heads of seniors for good luck
May 15, 2009
Commencement
May 16 and 17, 2009
... and look for these popular performance showcases throughout the year.
Big Mouth:
The monthly event series is an informal open mic where you can express your creativity without judgment. Big Mouth’s performance format includes spoken word, poetry, and performance with a rotating schedule of special guest artists, emcees, and musicians.
Silver Tongue:
This monthly reading series showcases Columbia’s fiction, poetry, and other language-based art. Each month, you can present your work alongside a featured local or national reader. Curated by students, for students, Silver Tongue addresses a different theme every month and gives an opportunity for writers throughout the school to hear each other’s work.
Wise Ass:
Wise Ass Comedy Night showcases stand-up, improvisation, and sketch comedy by Columbia College Chicago students and members of the Chicago community. There is an open mic for stand-up and sketch comedy preceding the feature act and audience participant improv games to round out the evening.