Columbia College Chicago’s 2019 Manifest Urban Arts Festival Highlights
On Friday, May 10, Columbia will celebrate the work of its graduating students at the Manifest Urban Arts Festival, an unrivaled public and cultural event in its 19th year in Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood. Hip-hop star Kweku Collins will headline the event which features live music, dance, and art exhibitions—all created and curated by more than 2,000 student artists. For a complete schedule, visit the 2019 Manifest website.
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Highlights from this year’s festival are detailed, including rising hip-hop star and Evanston, Ill. native Kweku Collins, who will be headlining Columbia’s annual event.
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Television and Radio alum and sportscasting legend Chet Coppock ’71 is remembered. During his decades-long career, Coppock, known as the “Godfather of Sports,” worked in television, radio, and print in Chicago, Indianapolis, and New York. More coverage at Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, and CLTV.
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
Morels From the Ashes? More Like Joyfully and Aimlessly Wandering the Woods
Columbia is highlighted for hosting part of the Chicago Humanities Festival, which includes a presentation by notable mycologist Peter McCoy titled “Mushroom Power.”
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Norridge Park District Gets New Leader as Longtime Director Mark DeSalvo Retires
Journalism alum Annemarie Flaherty ’97 will take over as executive director of Norridge Park District on May 3.
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DAILY HERALD
Poet Jacob Saenz to Read at Oakton Community College May 7
Library Acquisitions Assistant and alum Jacob Saenz ’05 will read from his award-winning collection Throwing the Crown at Oakton Community College May 7.
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WILSON TIMES
Students Lend Vision to Eyes on Main Street Festival
Columbia’s involvement and sponsorship of the Wilson, N.C. “Eyes on Main Street” festival is highlighted.
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AUSTIN CHRONICLE
Smino Slays in Emo’s Sell-Out
Business and Entrepreneurship alum Christopher Smith, who performs under the name Smino, is featured for his energetic performance at Emo’s in Austin, Texas.
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Art Now! Lecture Series: Ebony G. Patterson
The Art and Art History Department Art Now! Lecture Series continues with a lecture from interdisciplinary artist Ebony G. Patterson. Patterson will discuss her career and work, which explores constructions of the masculine within popular culture and the concept of blackness as a hypervisible commodity that drives contemporary consumerism.
Wednesday, May 1
6-7 p.m.
Hokin Hall, Room 109
623 S. Wabash Ave.
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