Haiku Contest Submissions 2009

Eyes fixed on the screen, / the forgotten page now blank; / the written word dies -Vanessa Pegramabout

Essence of a voice / It speaks in rhymes / Born between each breath - Joy Young

Call me Anarchist / Cuz I'd rather be burning / Starbucks and not books - Justin Dickman

Bradbury's intent / Fire no longer exists / Ink extinguishes - Brittain Williams

Burnt embers of books / Only give heat for so long. / But their words don't cool.- Vanessa Pegram

Calling of the crows / As the snow buries them deep / Leaving them frozen - Joy Young

Who is Guy Montag / What is he really burning / With his so-called life - Justin Dickman

Bruised fingers typing / Dissatisfied with T.V. / Bradbury's Future. - Brittain Williams

What would you accept / as true without resources? / Could you find the truth? - Kate Donalek

See the pile of books? / Why are you holding a match? / Educational. - Sarah Nichols

One triangle here. / More and more come from another. / Everlasting fractal. - Joyce Ogban

An honest day's work / Is not worth more in the bush / Until you've done none. - Mark Perkins

Knowledge is obtained / Through books, poems, and films, / Pictures. See. Illustrated man. Brandon Marshall

I found a new word / Guess it escaped from the flames / Imagination - Charlsey Miller

time, redirected / freeze your slang - your expressions / burnished beings be - Jaclyn Capozzoli

Words, unlike the flame / Will ignite your soul's knowledge, and can not burn out. - Vanessa Pegram

The black horned Beauty / With its poisonous embrace / Wings filled with soft bliss - Joy Young

Sirens pierced our ears / War is on the radio / Follow the river - Justin Dickman

Reasons to write / Four hundred and fifty one / ink and paper live - Brittain Williams

Could you think if you / hadn't been taught, hadn't learned? / What would you believe? - Kate Donalek

I eat my burger/ I like tomato on it/ Many Mayonnaise - Harlan Vaughn

words being essence / of thoughts blossoming between / our self and others - Kate Donalek

Ray Bradbury's Characters Brought to Life - Manifest Spectacle Fortuna 2009

Spectacle Fortuna Parade of Creativity

Join Library staff and friends as we participate in this year’s Spectacle Fortuna. The Library Book Carts will be out in full force (transformed into fire engines) while characters from Ray Bradbury’s books and stories will be brought to life.

Kick-off at Harrison Avenue and Wabash Avenue, 6:45 - 7:45 p.m.
Spectacle Fortuna is Columbia’s parade of creativity, wishing good fortune upon seniors and graduate students, and celebrating the college’s spirit and creative community. This free, public event includes: hundreds of giant puppets; spectacle items created by students, faculty, and staff; and the punk marching band Mucca Pazza.

Sneak Preview of Spectacle:

Spectacle Credits: Artistic Director, Jennifer Friedrich, lead Costume Designer Elsa Hiltner, lead Builder Joy Dennis Photo Credits: Alexis Ellers

More information on Manifest and Spectacle Fortuna


About The Big Read
The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment
for the Arts, designed to restore reading to the center
of American culture. The NEA presents The Big Read in
partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library
Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest. The Big
Read brings together partners across the country to
encourage reading for pleasure and enlightenment.

This program is partially supported by a grant from the
Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

The Art Institute of Chicago Modern Wing opens May 16th

The Art Institute of Chicago opens the new Modern Wing Saturday, May 16th, 2009.

Admission to the museum will be FREE the entire first week of the Modern Wing’s opening, May 16–22.
Museum Hours

Monday 10:30–5:00
Tuesday 10:30–5:00
Wednesday 10:30–5:00
Thursday 10:30–8:00 (Free General Admission 5:00–8:00)
Friday 10:30–5:00
Saturday 10:00–5:00
Sunday 10:00–5:00
Target Free Summer Evenings

The museum is free from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. Thursday and Friday evenings Memorial Day to Labor Day.

Intellectual Freedom in the Context of Fahrenheit 451

Intellectual Freedom in the Context of Fahrenheit 451
Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Deputy Director,
American Library Association
Office of Intellectual Freedom

Thursday, May 7, 2009, 6-8pm
(rescheduled from April 16)
Columbia College Chicago Library
624 S. Michigan Ave., 3rd Floor

Faculty are encouraged and welcome to bring classes to this program.

Deborah Caldwell Stone is Deputy Director of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, where she works on projects dealing with censorship and privacy in libraries. An attorney by training, she practiced appellate law before the state and federal courts in Chicago before joining ALA in 2000. She now works closely with librarians to address various intellectual freedom issues affecting libraries, including the removal of books and materials from library shelves, the use of Internet filtering, and the impact of new technologies and the USA PATRIOT Act on user privacy. She is an honors graduate of the Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology.

Big Read-A-Thon Tomorrow 4/28 Library 3rd Floor 9am-5pm

Burned any good books lately?

Join us for the Big Read Read-A-Thon Tomorrow - Tuesday, April 28 from 9am - 5pm as we read Fahrenheit 451 from start to finish!

Not familiar with the classic story of censorship, book burning, and the continued need for intellectual freedom and critical thought?

Come listen to readers from all over the college and the community read aloud from Ray Bradbury's 1953 classic.







Tuesday, April 28th
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Library 3rd Floor
624 S. Michigan Ave.

Earth Day in Chicago

Voted the #8 Greenest City in the USA, Chicago is hosting a number of Earth Day events on Wednesday, April 22nd.

• Columbia College Earth Day Eco Fair - 1104 S. Wabash, 1st Floor, Noon - 4pm


• Lincoln Park 5th Annual Science Celebration - 10am - Noon - Free!


• Nature Conservancy Walks - Lurie Gardens in Millenium Park - 7:30-8:30 am - Free!
  

More Earth Day events occurring around the city this week...

• Chicago Parks District - See the full list for details, dates and locations - All events are Free!


• North Lake Shore Earth Day - Saturday, April 25th 9am-4:30pm - Free!


• Garfield Park Conservatory - 17th Annual Green & Growing Fair - Saturday, April 25th - 10am - 3pm - Free!

Want to learn more about Earth Day?

• Earth Day Network


• Planet Green


• Nature Conservancy


• EarthDay.gov


• EPA - Earth Day


• EPA - Timeline for Environmental Progress


• EPA - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle


• National Science Foundation


• Library of Congress - Science Reference Services


• Department of Energy - Energy Tips

Book Sale

Columbia College Chicago Library Book Sale

Pre-Sale Wednesday, April 22nd - 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
{Friends of the Library* only}
Thursday, April 23rd - 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Friday, April 24th - 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
{grab bag $5 after 3:00 p.m.}

624 S. Michigan Ave.
3rd Floor



*are you a Friend of the Library?

Burned any good books lately?

Call for Writers! Typewriter Olympics

Students! Take up the challenge and create your Fahrenheit 451-themed short story on one of these mechanical relics. You too can write like Ray!

"I Wanna Write Like Ray!"
Friday, May 1st, 2009
623 S. Wabash
1st floor
12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

To sign-up to type your story contact Cole Robertson at 312-369-7427 or crobertson@colum.edu or fill out the online form before Friday, April 24th.

Please see the Big Read Website for more information about additional events at Columbia College Chicago Library.

Sam Weller on Ray Bradbury : The Bradbury Chronicles - Big Read

Sam Weller, Ray Bradbury's biographer and faculty at Columbia College Chicago, will provide insight into the author through the lens of their unique relationship.

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
7:00-9:00 p.m.
1104 S. Wabash Ave.,
Columbia College Chicago
Film Row Center, 8th Floor
FREE!

One of the many events in celebration of the Big Read at Columbia College Chicago.

Art in the Library Opening & Reception

Join us - Thursday April 16th, 2009 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. - for the Art in the Library Opening and Reception for the Spring 2009 Exhibition in our new 3rd floor space.

Columbia College Chicago Library, Third Floor (in the new Library wing)
624 S. Michigan Avenue.
Vision. Sound. Movement.

The Art in the Library program at Columbia College Chicago provides an open, supportive and inviting setting to showcase the talent and creativity of our own community of artists. Since its inception in 2002, Art in the Library has offered library visitors the opportunity to experience the rich cultural diversity and progressive attitudes which thrive in the Columbia environment.

Presenting the work of Columbia College Chicago students, faculty, staff and alumni, the Art in the Library program exhibits works in all forms of visual arts, including sculpture, painting, drawings, and paper and book arts. Exhibitions by different artists are shown quarterly on a rotating basis.

The Art in the Library Committee welcomes all Columbia College Chicago artists to submit work for consideration.

Please visit the Art in the Library website for more information including submission guidelines, artwork forms, and examples of current and former exhibits.

POSTPONED - Intellectual Freedom in the context of Fahrenheit 451

Intellectual Freedom in the Context of Fahrenheit 451 (originally scheduled for this Thursday April 16^th from 3-5pm in the Library), has been postponed due to unforeseen circumstances. We are working with our speaker Deborah Caldwell-Stone to reschedule this program for early May. An announcement will be made when a new date and time has been selected.

Please check The Big Read website at http://www.colum.edu/bigread for the latest information regarding this and other Big Read programs. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Critical Encounters & Topless America

Topless America Appalachian Art Show & Premiere of New Work by Doug Lofstrom

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Reception: 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Location: Library, 624 S. Michigan Ave., 2nd floor

Critical Encounters, in conjunction with Topless America, a group of students, artists, and activists who document the fight against mountaintop removal mining in the Appalachian Mountains, present an art show and follow-up discussion about last fall’s showing of Mountaintop Removal during a reception on Tuesday April 14, 2009 in the Library, 2nd floor from 5:00 – 7:00. Refreshments will be served.

The artwork includes a piece by artist Jeff Champman-Crane entitled The Agony of Gaia as well as other works by Appalachian artists. Jeff and Gaia have traveled throughout Kentucky to educate others about the horrors of mountaintop removal.
Doug Lofstrom, Music Department faculty, has composed an original musical work, Mountaintop Breakdown, that will premiere during the reception. This original work continues the celebration of Doug’s milestone birthday year. Learn more about him from the exhibit about his career featured on the first floor of the Library.

The Appalachian Art Show exhibit is on the second floor of the Columbia College Chicago Library, 624 S. Michigan Ave. It runs through May 10, 2009 and can be viewed during normal Library hours.

Please visit the Kentuckians for the Commonwealth website for more information.

Panel on Censorship: "Burning Bright: a dialogue on creative freedom in the age of new media"

Panel Discussion on Censorship - part of the month-long celebration of the Big Read

Monday, April 13th, 2009
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Library - 3rd Floor
Columbia College Chicago
FREE!

Local and national artists and theorists from across a range of creative disciplines discuss how governmental, corporate and self-censorship impact creative expression.

Panelists include:

• Steve Edwards, former host of WBEZ's 84.8 and current acting program director;
• Stacia Yeapanis, new media artist;
• Dr. Al Gini, professor of Business Ethics at Loyola University;
• Jason Salavon, media artist;
  
• Karen Fiorito, Los Angeles political artist (via conference call); and
  
• Dawn Larsen, Intellectual Property attorney and faculty member of Columbia College Chicago.
  

Big Read-A-Thon - Readers Needed!

Let your voice fuel the flames
at the
BIG READ-A-THON
for Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451

Tuesday, April 28
9am-5pm
3rd Floor of the Library
624 S. Michigan Ave.

To sign up:
CONTACT
Molly Beestrum
312-369-7966
mbeestrum@colum.edu
or
Shirley Bennett
312-369-7966
sbennett@colum.edu

Part of the Big Read program of events.

View and Listen to the Library exhibit highlighting Doug Lofstrom

Music Department faculty member Doug Lofstrom celebrates a milestone birthday!
View and listen to the Library exhibit highlighting his career from the 1960s to the present.

Drop in to the Columbia College Chicago Library and acquaint yourself with Music Department faculty member Doug Lofstrom – who celebrates a milestone birthday this year – and his musical compositions. On display are items and images from his career dating from the late 1960s to the present. Also enjoy the electronic exhibit and take time to hear Doug Lofstrom’s music at the listening station.

Formerly composer-in-residence for the Metropolis Symphony Orchestra and musical director of Chicago's Free Street Theater, Lofstrom plays bass and has composed and arranged orchestral, chamber and theatrical music. His works have been performed by the St. Louis, Indianapolis and Atlanta Symphony Orchestras, Present Music, Tales & Scales, and the Revolution Ensemble. In 2001, Lofstrom formed The New Quartet, a versatile chamber ensemble that performs modern classics, jazz and world music.

This display also celebrates his donation of manuscript materials to the Columbia College Chicago Archives. Now his music, notes, sketches, poetry, and original works will be housed at the College for research and classroom use in support of primary resource use and curriculum. The exhibit is being held in conjunction with the Doug Lofstrom and the New Quartet April 9th concert at noon in the Music Department Concert Hall, 1014 S. Michigan Ave.

The exhibit is on the first floor of the Columbia College Chicago Library, 624 S. Michigan Ave. It runs through April 17, 2009 and can be viewed during normal Library hours.

The Big Read & Fahreheit 451

Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" is a selection of The Big Read. A program of the National Endowment for the Arts, The Big Read provides the opportunity for communities across the nation to join together in reading a single book.

The Columbia College Chicago Library Presents
A month-long series of events, on and off campus, inspired by this year's Big Read Book:
Fahreheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

See the Big Read website for more information.

Esme Raji Codell, Featured Speaker at The Big Read Kick Off

Author, teacher, librarian and literacy advocate, Esme Raji Codell will be the featured speaker at The Big Read Kick Off which will be held on Thursday, April 2, 2009 from 6-8pm at Film Row Cinema, 1104 S. Wabash, 8th Floor.

First famous for her bestselling tell-all diary of her first year of teaching in a Chicago Public School, Educating Esme, and her landmark resource guide, How to Get Your Child to Love Reading, Esme turned her talents to writing multicultural books for intermediate readers. Her novel Sahara Special has received starred reviews from Kirkus and Publisher's Weekly, was a # 1 Booksense 76 pick and won the International Reading Association Children's Book Award for Intermediate Fiction.

She is the author of several other books for children that have earned praise and a strong and lively fan base: her childhood memoir Sing a Song of Tuna Fish is a perennial favorite for teaching children to journal, Diary of a Fairy Godmother is a fairy-tale tell-all that leads readers to make their own wishes come true, and Hanukkah Shmanukkah gives Dickens' classic a fresh twist. The anticipated companion novel to Sahara Special, titled Vive la Paris, was the first novel featuring an African-American protagonist to win a Sydney Taylor honor.

The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment of the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

The Big Read at Columbia College Chicago

Join Columbia College Chicago and the Library as we celebrate The Big Read on our campus. We will be featuring programming honoring Ray Bradbury and his classic work, Fahrenheit 451 from April 1 through May 15, 2009.

Fahrenheit 451, the seminal classic work by Illinois native Ray Bradbury, has been chosen to celebrate our first The Big Read effort. The themes of book burning, censorship and the threat to critical thought and inquiry are issues which resonate more than 50 years after its original publication. We honor Ray Bradbury for his contribution to literature and his unwavering support of reading and libraries all over the country.

The Columbia College Chicago Library is a proud recipient of funding from The Big Read, an initiative of the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA), in partnership with The Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest and is designed to restore reading to the center of American culture. The Big Read presents a unique opportunity for Columbia College Chicago to play a part in promoting literacy efforts in the state, particularly in the greater Chicagoland area.

Communities participating in our Big Read efforts include: Berwyn, Calumet City, Chicago, Chicago Heights, Cicero, East Chicago (Indiana), North Riverside and Waukegan. We join over 200 community partnerships across the country creating programming and distributing books of classic works, all towards the common goal of getting people to read.

Click here for more information about the The Big Read at Columbia College Chicago. Programs and events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

Manual Typewriters Needed!

The Library needs both working and non-working MANUAL (non-electric) typewriters for an interactive performance in conjunction the Big Read.

The Typewriter event will take place in the 623 S. Wabash building event on May 1.

Typewriter loans and donations are welcome.

The Library can pick up and return if needed. Please respond ASAP if interested.

Thanks for keeping the arts alive in Chicago!

Contact Cole Robertson @ 312-369-7427 or crobertson@colum.edu