Friends of the Library Signature Showcase presents: Laurence Minsky

 

 

Columbia College Chicago Library and the Friends of the Library welcome Laurence Minsky, Associate Professor in the Marketing Communication Department at Columbia College Chicago and editor of The Get a Job Workshop: How to Find your Way to a Creative Career in Advertising, Branding, Collateral, Digital, Experimental and More (2013) as our featured speaker for the Fall 2013 Friends of the Library Signature Showcase. 

 

This program is part of the Inauguration Week Events, and President and CEO, Kwang-Wu Kim, will be in attendance.

 

Columbia College Chicago Library

November 5, 2013 from 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Third Floor North

624 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago IL 60605      

Light refreshments will be served.
 

Recognized for his strategic and creative skills, Mr. Minsky’s experience as a Creative Director/Writer/Educator includes brand development, brand activation, brand & direct response advertising, promotions, interactive, local store marketing, and new product development. He is an award-winning creative and the author of numerous books including the popular How to Succeed in Advertising When All You Have is Talent (2007).

Copies of Mr. Minsky’s books will be available for sale and signing at the end of the program.  This presentation is FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.  

 



Friends of the Library Signature Showcase: Jay Wolke

From 2000 to 2007, Jay Wolke photographed in the south of Italy to  capture the complexity of a region that is colloquially known as   Il mezzogiorno. What he found in this historic and often troubled  landscape was an elaborate set of physical, social,and political forces  manifested in an extraordinary tapestry of visual information. Join us as he discusses the project and signs copies of his latest book,   Architecture of Resignation, Photographs from the Mezzogiorno published  by the Center for American Places (now Columbia College Chicago  Press).  This event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will  be served. Friday October 28, 2011 | 5:00-6:30pm Columbia College Chicago Library, 3rd Floor North 624 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605 Jay Wolke is Professor and Chair of the Art + Design Department at  Columbia College Chicago and has been an educator since 1980. He is   a celebrated photographer and the author of several books including    All Around the House: Photographs of American Jewish Communal Life,  published by the Art Institute of Chicago, and Along the Divide:  Photographs of the Dan Ryan Expressway, published by the Center for  American Places.

Patricia Ann McNair Book Signing: A Temple of Air

Join us as Patricia Ann McNair, Fiction Writing faculty member reads from and discusses her debut story collection, The Temple of Air on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 from 6:30-8:00pm in the Library, 3rd Floor North.

From the teenagers who witness a tragedy at a carnival to the twins who run the local ice cream parlor, each of the eleven linked stories in this collection gives readers a glimpse of life in the small town of New Hope.  Unapologetically in your face, her stories pull you close enough to dig their way into your subconscious and leave you haunted.

This program is free and open to the public, and copies of the book will be available for sale.