SCHEDULE
11:00AM – 9:00PM
BFA in Fine Art Exhibition
A+D Gallery, Floor 1 – 619 South Wabash Avenue
The exhibition showcases the work of students from the A+D department, graduating with the BFA degree in Fine Art. The exhibition runs from May 15 - June 13. Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Thursday from 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
11:00AM – 9:00PM
Designing the Way
Floor 1 – 33 East Congress Parkway
Designing the Way is an exhibition and presentation from the BFA Interior Architecture senior project, "Design Drawings." In this culmination of a year long capstone experience, students select their topic, develop the program, and bring their design to fruition.
11:00AM – 7:00PM
Anchor Graphics Silkscreen Extravaganza!
Floor 1 – 623 South Wabash Avenue
Put on your printmaker hat! Stop by the Anchor Graphics booth and make an 11" x 17" poster from three predetermined images for free. Line up and sign up.
11:00AM – 7:00PM
Art & Design: Senior Showcase
Floor 8 – 1104 South Wabash Avenue
Graduating seniors from the Graphic Design, Advertising Art Direction, and Illustration concentrations celebrate and share their diverse bodies of work as they move into the creativity community.
11:00AM – 7:00PM
Art & Design, Interior Architecture: Live, Work, and Play
Floor 1 – 33 East Congress Parkway
The MFA Thesis II/Design Component-Design Drawing exhibition represents the graphic resolution for these students' theses.
11:00AM – 7:00PM
Product Design Senior Show
Floors 8 & 10 – 623 South Wabash Avenue
Work in this showcase includes models and presentations of thesis projects by seniors graduating from the Product Design program in the Art and Design department, as well as selections of their work from the past four years.
12:00PM – 6:00PM
The Audio Gallery
Basement – 33 East Congress Parkway
Visitors will see and hear audio, video, and research presentations, representing the Audio Design & Production, Audio for Visual Media, Live Reinforcement, and Acoustics programs.
3:00PM – 7:00PM
Dance Movement Therapy and Counseling: Self / Know Self
Rooms 1005 and 1107 – 624 South Michigan Avenue
Consciousness involves the unfolding of self as inner observer and the evolution of knowing. As sentient beings, we journey through life while memories create reality, and this noetic process illuminates our world. As therapists, we are invited and engaged in our clients' narratives and the work performed here focuses on this journey and the relationship between the client and therapist as well as between self and self.
3:00PM – 6:00PM
English: Creative Writing - Poetry MFA Showcase Reception
Great Room, Floor 3 – 525 South State Street
Come hear graduating MFA Poetry students read from their theses, alongside the winners from the English department's poetry contests. Afterward, palaver with the poets over hors d'oeuvres!
3:00PM – 5:00PM
Fiction Writing: Senior Showcase Reading
The Court – 731 South Plymouth Court
Join the Fiction Writing department for a celebration and reading of graduating BA and BFA student work. The event includes a reception, music, photography.
4:00PM – 7:00PM
INTERFACE Reception
Hokin Gallery – 623 South Wabash Avenue
INTERFACE is a showcase of cutting-edge, technology-based artwork presented by this year's Interactive Arts and Media Senior Practicum class. The exhibition runs from May 11 - June 12, 2009.
4:00PM – 7:00PM
Interdisciplinary Arts: 2009 Thesis Reception
Book and Paper Arts, Floor 2 – 1104 South Wabash Avenue
The event is an extension of the thesis exhibition for the three Interdisciplinary Arts degree programs (MA in Interdisciplinary Arts, MFA in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts, and MFA in Interdisciplinary Media Arts). The show consists of twenty large installation works, the culmination of at least seven years of education, exhibited in the Book and Paper Arts facilities. The exhibition runs from April 24 - May 21, 2009.
4:00PM – 7:00PM
Interdisciplinary Arts: 2009 Thesis Reception
New Media Gallery, Floor 2 – 618 South Michigan Avenue
The event is an extension of the thesis exhibition for the three Interdisciplinary Arts degree programs (MA in Interdisciplinary Arts, MFA in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts, and MFA in Interdisciplinary Media Arts). The show consists of twenty large installation works, the culmination of at least seven years of education, exhibited in the Book and Paper Arts facilities. The exhibition runs from April 24 - May 21, 2009.
3:00PM – 3:15PM
Hawkward in Concert
SPB & Transmission student stage – 50 East Balbo (Corner of Balbo and Wabash)
Ambient Post-Rock and Jazzy Math-Rock
4:00PM – 5:00PM
DJ Continental
DJ Stage – 9th Street and Wabash Avenue
Spins Hip-Hop and R&B
11:00AM – 2:00PM
TICTOC Performance Series: Mything "The One"
Lobby – 618 South Michigan Avenue
Caricatures of a bride and groom descend on issues of gay marriage, gender identity, excessive wedding ceremony, and the myth of finding "the one."
11:00AM – 4:00PM
TICTOC Performance Series: Processional by Zaine Magee (MFA)
Hokin Annex – 623 South Wabash Avenue
Paintings, videos, and live electronic sound create an immersive environment questioning the completeness of a body of work in relation to its process and sketches.
11:00AM – 2:30PM
TICTOC Performance Series: Supplant Me by Stacey Stormes (MFA)
Lobby – 623 South Wabash Avenue
Through the process of image-making, an interactive installation invites viewers to become part of the "frame" and "space" of art itself.
11:00AM – 7:00PM
TICTOC Performance Series: S'mores Coffin by Adam Rust (alumnus, MFA)
Garden Stage – 11th Street and Wabash Avenue
An old camping pleasure is humorously reconsidered in a public installation.
9:00AM – 3:00PM
Cultural Studies Forum
University Center, Floor 2, Loop/River Rooms – 525 South State Street
During the Cultural Studies Forum, students present excerpts from their theses on topics as wide-ranging as the study of capitalism and colonization in the DeBeers diamond empire and a study of Mexican-American tamale vendors in Chicago.
9:00AM – 5:00PM
Elevated Diction
Elevators – 1104 South Wabash Avenue
Throughout the day, writers from Silver Tongue student reading series serenade elevator passengers.
9:00AM – 7:00PM
Admissions Welcome Center
Tour Center – 600 South Michigan Avenue
Prospective students are invited to the Admissions Tour Center to meet with counselors and find out more about Columbia's unique programs.
10:00AM – 12:00PM
Journalism Showcase: Graduate Student Presentations
Floor 2 – 33 East Congress Parkway
Top Journalism students will share stories and experiences - from on the beat and in the streets - and show off their best work from the last year. Graduate students will talk about covering campaigns and debates, getting published, on-the-job learning at internships, chasing down tough sources, creating multi-media packages, traveling to exotic and not-so-exotic places, submitting Freedom of Information Act requests, and, of course, getting stories published, produced, and on the air.
10:00AM – 12:00PM
The Best of the Marketing Communication Awards Presentation
Hokin Hall, Floor 1 – 623 South Wabash Avenue
Witness our first annual exit interview video featuring our senior students and their experience in the Marketing Communications program at Columbia. And don't forget the presentation by the National Student Advertising Competition and our end-of-the-year ceremony for the following awards: - Mendelsohn PR awards - Patricia McCarthy Scholarship - Media Plan Award - Intern Awards - Airlift Awards - Columbia Ad Award - Great Strategic Partner Award
10:00AM – 5:00PM
The Edge of Intent
Floor 1 – 600 South Michigan Avenue
The Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago is proud to present The Edge of Intent, an exhibition looking at the utopian aspirations of urban planners, and how their idealistic visions sometimes become static and incapable of adapting to changing environments and systems.
11:00AM – 7:00PM
Early Childhood Education: Anything New ... 2009
Library – 624 South Michigan Avenue
This exhibition features interdisciplinary work that portrays the student journey to become teachers, and features Columbia course work, student teaching, and a study tour of the schools in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Gallery Hours: Monday - Thursday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
11:00AM – 9:00PM
Transmission Art Car Show Highlights: E Club
Transmission Lot – 840 South Wabash Avenue
The Entrepreneurship Club will be the "little blue business" of Transmission this year. They will be serving blue ice cream out of the trunk of a blue 1964 Ford Fairlane. They will also be doing caricatures and rad games. Your tongue may be blue, but you won't be.
11:00AM – 3:00PM
Flash Frame
Film Row Cinema – 1104 South Wabash Avenue
Flash Frame is a showcase of vignettes featuring graduating seniors. Each short involves an interview with the student telling his or her Columbia experience and is produced, directed, and edited by Film & Video students.
11:00AM – 7:00PM
Life Cycle
Conaway Center, Floor 1 – 1104 South Wabash Avenue
Life Cycle takes elements from the filmmaking process and puts them on display, drawing the audience member into the process behind the storytelling. Each station in Life Cycle represents stages in the filmmaking process where guests can create, participate in, or take away an element of cinema. Come join this path from one interactive process to the next, experiencing life behind the scenes.
11:00AM – 9:00PM
Frequency TV: All-day LIVE coverage of Manifest
Parking Lot – 625 South Wabash Avenue
Frequency Television will be covering Manifest LIVE! Check out the live coverage any number of ways: -- FTV monitors throughout campus -- Channel 32 in the dorms -- www.colum.edu/Manifest -- www.FrequencyTelevision.com And don't forget to stop by the student stage and check out the Frequency crew as well as Columbia's new HD production truck in action!
11:00AM – 9:00PM
INTERFACE
Hokin Gallery – 623 South Wabash Avenue
INTERFACE is a showcase of cutting-edge, technology-based artwork presented by this year's Interactive Arts and Media Senior Practicum class. The exhibition runs from May 11 - June 12, 2009.
11:00AM – 7:00PM
Dismantle.Repair
Project Room, Lobby – 916 South Wabash Avenue
Join graduating seniors from the Interactive Arts & Media Game Project class to play their debut game Dismantle.Repair. Elements from the game's creation will also be on display in the Project Room.
11:00AM – 9:00PM
Interdisciplinary Arts: 2009 Thesis Exhibition
Book and Paper Arts, Floor 2 – 1104 South Wabash Avenue
The event is an extension of the thesis exhibition for the three Interdisciplinary Arts degree programs (MA in Interdisciplinary Arts, MFA in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts, and MFA in Interdisciplinary Media Arts). The show consists of twenty large installation works, the culmination of at least seven years of education, exhibited in the Book and Paper Arts facilities. The exhibition runs from April 24 - May 21, 2009.
11:00AM – 9:00PM
Interdisciplinary Arts: 2009 Thesis Exhibition
New Media Gallery, Floor 2 – 618 South Michigan Avenue
The event is an extension of the thesis exhibition for the three Interdisciplinary Arts degree programs (MA in Interdisciplinary Arts, MFA in Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts, and MFA in Interdisciplinary Media Arts). The show consists of twenty large installation works, the culmination of at least seven years of education, exhibited in the Book and Paper Arts facilities. The exhibition runs from April 24 - May 21, 2009.
11:00AM – 10:00PM
Haiku Contest
Library Windows – 624 South Michigan Avenue
This year marks the second annual library haiku contest, which is open to all Columbia College Chicago students. This time, entries focus on all things Ray Bradbury, including the man himself, his works, and the themes within. The winning haiku (selected by a committee of faculty, staff, and students) will be affixed to the library's Michigan Avenue windows and may be seen at street level.
11:00AM – 12:00PM
Trance Armstrong
DJ Stage – 9th Street and Wabash Avenue
Spins Techno and House
11:00AM – 3:00PM
Music! Music! Music!
Buddy Guys's Legends – 754 South Wabash Avenue
The Music department presents top notch student performances including the Gospel and Jazz/Pop Choirs; the Women’s Chorus; the Pop Orchestra; and the Blues, Pop/Rock, R& B, and Jazz Fusion Ensembles, all adding up to a day filled with musical delights. This event is always a highlight at Manifest and should not be missed!
11:00AM – 9:00PM
BA / BFA Photography Exhibition
Gallery – 1006 South Michigan Avenue
Attend one of the most popular shows at Manifest - the Photography department presents the work of over 100 graduating BA / BFA students. The exhibition runs from May 1 - 23, 2009. The gallery will be open the following days and hours: May 1-14 / M-F: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. May 14 / Industry Night!: Gallery opens 10 a.m., Art Expo from 5 - 8 p.m. May 15 / Manifest!: Gallery opens at 10 a.m., Manifest Reception and Art Walk from 4 - 7 p.m. May 16-17 / Graduation Weekend!: Sa-Su: 12 - 5 p.m. May 18-22 / M-F: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
11:00AM – 9:00PM
MFA Photography Exhibition
Glass Curtain Gallery – 1104 South Wabash Avenue
An exhibition of work by graduates in the MFA program in Photography. The exhibition runs from May 14 - June 12, 2009. The gallery will be open: Monday - Wednesday, Friday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Thursday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m., and Saturday by appointment.
11:00AM – 7:00PM
TV TASTIC
Ferguson Theater – 600 South Michigan Avenue
Join us for a continuous screening of works by graduating seniors. With great docs, narratives, and magazine segments, these students are on their way to the big time!
11:00AM – 6:30PM
Poetry Parlor
Garden Stage – 11th Street and Wabash Avenue
Feel the power of the written word as Poetry majors and MFA students (temporarily) apply lines to your body from master poets and from the English department. Poetry students will also be poised at typewriters, ready to compose on-the-spot verses for you, your crush, or your mom.
11:00AM – 11:15AM
Amanda Kraft in Concert
SPB & Transmission student stage – 50 East Balbo (Corner of Balbo and Wabash)
Piano Singer Songwriter
11:00AM – 9:00PM
ShopColumbia, Columbia's Student Art Store
Floor 1 – 623 South Wabash Avenue
ShopColumbia offers photography, paintings, sculpture, 'zines, journals, stationary, tees, belts, totes, one-of-a-kind fashion garments, jewelery, and anything else a Columbia student can make or do. ShopColumbia is also the only place to purchase official Manifest apparel for adults and kids.
11:00AM – 11:45AM
Choycez in Concert
SPB & Transmission student stage – 50 East Balbo (Corner of Balbo and Wabash)
R&B
11:00AM – 9:00PM
Transmission
Parking Lot – 9th Street and Wabash Avenue
Manifest's Transmission transforms the cars of today into curiosities and art objects, and features art cars created by Columbia community and beyond - witness this open air exhibition of provocative auto and auto-inspired art.
11:00AM – 9:00PM
CarCam
Sidewalk – 640 South Wabash Avenue
Columbia knitters will be turning a 2000 Volvo Station Wagon into a knitted, live, working video camera called the CarCam. In front of the CarCam will be 3 full-sized, knitted likenesses of actual Columbia students, tattoos and all. Come pose with your woolen peers!
11:00AM – 9:00PM
Campus Crusade Confessional
Parking Lot – 9th Street and Wabash Avenue
Confession has always been a one-way thing. But we at Campus Crusade believe that no one is without sin, especially the Christian Church. We want to confess our sins, to you Columbia, on behalf of Christianity everywhere. Because that's what God would want. Come to our car and experience a type confession you perhaps have never had. The confessional was inspired by the book Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller.
11:00AM – 9:00PM
Transmission Art Car Show Highlights: Campus Crusade Confessional
Transmission Lot – 840 South Wabash Avenue
Confession has always been a one-way thing. But we at Campus Crusade believe that no one is without sin, especially the Christian Church. We want to confess our sins, to you Columbia, on behalf of Christianity everywhere. Because that's what God would want. Come to our car and experience a type confession you perhaps never have. Inspired by the book "Blue Like Jazz" by Donald Miller.
11:00AM – 9:00PM
Transmission Art Car Show Highlights: International Student Organization
Transmission Lot – 840 South Wabash Avenue
An International Cafe serving treats and fare from a myriad of continents and countries to help you explore cultures from across the world. Come for a taste and learn about the international community at Columbia College Chicago.
11:00AM – 9:00PM
Transmission Art Car Show Highlights: CarCam
Transmission Lot – 840 South Wabash Avenue
Columbia knitters will be turning a 2000 Volvo Station Wagon into a knitted, live, working video camera called the CarCam. In front of the CarCam will be 3 full-sized, knitted Columbia students complete with tattoos and hipster attire. Guests will be invited to pose with our students.
11:00AM – 9:00PM
Transmission Art Car Show Highlights: The Graduate Film Student Organization
Transmission Lot – 840 South Wabash Avenue
Creating a film live with a group of fellow student filmmakers as a part of Transmission: Live Production on the day of Manifest. The Graduate Film Student Organization will be producing a film in and around a parked automobile.
11:00AM – 9:00PM
Transmission Art Car Show Highlights: Pulp Ink and Thread
Transmission Lot – 840 South Wabash Avenue
The PIT will presenting The Paper Car - a station wagon made entirely out of paper. By beating worn out clothing and rags to pulp, they have created large sheets of handmade paper and used it to cast a real Subaru Station Wagon.
11:00AM – 7:00PM
TICTOC Performance Series: Bound and Determined by Tamale Sepp (MFA)
Lobby – 1104 South Wabash Avenue
Self-help books are bound and suspended - immobilized - using the consensual Japanese rope bondage technique Shibari.
11:00AM – 7:00PM
TICTOC Performance Series: American Hall of Pride by Casey Hart (BA)
Between Harrison and Roosevelt Streets – Wabash and Harrison
Overlooked or ignored aspects of America's culture and history are handily displayed as interactive amusement-park cutouts.
11:00AM – 5:00PM
TICTOC Performance Series: Inside the White Cube - The Ideology of the Gallery Space by Anni Holm (alumnus, BFA)
Museum of Contemporary Photography – 600 South Michigan Avenue
An artist finds herself in a small, useable space and conscientiously converts it into a mini-gallery in time for a mini-reception.
12:00PM – 2:00PM
English: Creative Writing - Poetry BA Showcase Reception
Great Room, Floor 3 – 525 South State Street
Come hear graduating BA Poetry students read from their theses, alongside the winners from the English department's poetry contests. Afterward, palaver with the poets over hors d'oeuvres!
12:00PM – 3:00PM
Transmission Art Car Show Highlights: Street Beats
Transmission Lot – 840 South Wabash Avenue
Come out to the Transmission lot from 12-3 p.m. to see Street Beats! Street Beats is a street performing tap dance crew of all Columbia students. It's not your atypical tap dance performance - this innovative form of dance is a must see!
12:00PM – 1:00PM
Journalism Showcase Reception
Floor 2 – 33 East Congress Parkway
Top Journalism students will share stories and experiences - from on the beat and in the streets - and show off their best work from the last year. Graduate and undergraduate students will talk about covering campaigns and debates, getting published, on-the-job learning at internships, chasing down tough sources, creating multi-media packages, traveling to exotic and not-so-exotic places, submitting Freedom of Information Act requests, and, of course, getting stories published, produced, and on the air.
12:00PM – 7:00PM
ManiTXT (Text and You will Receive)
Hokin Hall, Floor 1 – 623 South Wabash Avenue
A presentation by Marketing Communication seniors, at noon at the kiosk on 9th and Wabash, will introduce their Manifest related texting program.
12:00PM – 1:30PM
ManiTXT (Text and You will Receive) Reception
Hokin Hall, Floor 1 – 623 South Wabash Avenue
The Marketing Communication seniors present an exciting concept in social networking for Columbia.
12:00PM – 1:15PM
Small Champion
DJ Stage – 9th Street and Wabash Avenue
Spins Electro and Dance
12:00PM – 1:00PM
Pirates of Penzance
Garden Stage – 11th Street and Wabash Avenue
Pirates! Beautiful girls! Cowardly cops! Love! Swoon to excerpts from the Theater department’s exciting spring production of this beloved Gilbert and Sullivan operetta.
12:00PM – 1:00PM
Stage Combat
Getz Theater – 72 East 11th Street
Always a thrilling part of Manifest, watch Columbia Theater students thrust and parry in the high energy event of Stage Combat finals!
12:00PM – 5:00PM
Theater: Design Showcase
Room 111 – 72 East 11th Street
Sets. Props. Lights. Costumes! The Theater department proudly exhibits the stunning design portfolios from the graduating seniors. See how the talented design and technical students create the physical worlds of the productions throughout our exciting seasons at Columbia.
12:00PM – 1:00PM
Manifest Kick-Off
street – Balbo and Wabash Avenues
Join President Warrick Carter, student leaders, and the astounding circus punk marching band Mucca Pazza to officially kick off the Manifest party! Gather at noon for giveaways, spectacle, and special surprises.
12:00PM – 3:00PM
TICTOC Performance Series: Gentlemen Never Strike Without Provocation by Tannar Veatch (BFA)
Sidewalk – 1104 South Wabash Avenue
A gentleman will impose acts of destruction and dominance upon caricatures of weaker beings to elevate his own masculinity - a tableaux questioning gender roles.
12:30PM – 12:45PM
Mos Scocious in Concert
SPB & Transmission student stage – 50 East Balbo (Corner of Balbo and Wabash)
Jam Band
1:00PM – 2:30PM
LAUNCH Matinee Event (SOLD OUT!)
Stage Two Center, Floor 2 – 618 South Michigan Avenue
LAUNCH invites you to experience innovative work from Columbia College Chicago's fashion programs. This student-produced event showcases the talents and multiple perspectives of senior students in Fashion Design and Fashion / Retail Management. Doors open at 12:30 p.m.
1:00PM – 4:00PM
Journalism Showcase: Undergraduate Student Presentations
University Center, Lake Room – 525 South State Street
Top Journalism students will share stories and experiences - from on the beat and in the streets - and show off their best work from the last year. Undergraduate students will talk about covering campaigns and debates, getting published, on-the-job learning at internships, chasing down tough sources, creating multi-media packages, traveling to exotic and not-so-exotic places, submitting Freedom of Information Act requests, and, of course, getting stories published, produced, and on the air.
1:00PM – 3:00PM
WCRX Radio presents "Committing to our Community"
WCRX Studio – 33 East Congress Parkway
Graduating students at WCRX 88.1FM host a live program promoting volunteerism and community service. Broadcast highlights feature students who have donated time and resources to making a difference in their community. Visitors are invited to participate as members of our studio audience. Listen to live coverage at www.wcrx.net or 88.1FM.
1:00PM – 2:00PM
Comedy Studies
Garden Stage – 11th Street and Wabash Avenue
Make 'em laugh indeed. Students write and perform their own Second City - style revue. Always a hit, come see why Columbia College is one of the best schools for comedy and improv in the country.
1:00PM – 2:00PM
Tapping!!!!!
Getz Theater – 72 East 11th Street
Tap Into It! Enjoy this explosion of synchronized sound and movement. Share in the exhilaration of Dance students tap dancing away on the Getz Stage.
1:00PM – 1:15PM
Nikki Nikita in Concert
SPB & Transmission student stage – 50 East Balbo (Corner of Balbo and Wabash)
Pop-soul and R&B
1:00PM – 6:00PM
TICTOC Performance Series: The Surprising Remembrance of Weightlessness by Lisa Leszczewicz (BA)
Between Harrison and Roosevelt Streets – Wabash and Harrison
An exploration of the "weight" of emotional realization brings two people entwined in an intimate moment closer together with the physical surroundings of their city.
1:30PM – 1:45PM
Mr. Gray in Concert
SPB & Transmission student stage – 50 East Balbo (Corner of Balbo and Wabash)
Chicago New Rock
1:30PM – 2:30PM
DJ Film42 and Ratzilla
DJ Stage – 9th Street and Wabash Avenue
Spins Electro-Techno
2:00PM – 5:00PM
When Words Meet Images: Art History Symposium
Hokin Hall, Floor 1 – 623 South Wabash Avenue
Presentation of original research and critical analysis of art and design from students in the Advanced Seminar in Art History. Join the reception that follows in the Averil and Bernard Leviton A + D Gallery at 619 South Wabash Avenue.
2:00PM – 4:00PM
Dance: Senior Showcase
Dance Center – 1306 South Michigan Avenue
This concert of senior choreographers and performers celebrates the wide range of talent our students embody.
2:00PM – 3:00PM
25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee
Garden Stage – 11th Street and Wabash Avenue
Student Director Maria Hornby and her cast bring excerpts from this charming and quirky Tony-award winning musical to life.
2:00PM – 3:00PM
Communicating Without Words
Getz Theater – 72 East 11th Street
Join Ann Boyd’s Movement group on an exploration of the physical, emotional, and theatrical dimensions of space.
2:00PM – 3:30PM
Theater: Solo Performance
Classic Studio – 72 East 11th Street
An actor. A bare stage. Their words. Their story to tell. Intimate, personal, moving, and funny.
2:00PM – 2:15PM
Joseph Duemig in Concert
SPB & Transmission student stage – 50 East Balbo (Corner of Balbo and Wabash)
Indie-Pop Rockers
2:00PM – 7:00PM
Letterpress Print Your own Handmade Paper!
Conaway Center, Floor 1 – 1104 South Wabash Avenue
Join students from Book and Paper Arts as they demonstrate the fine art of papermaking and letterpress printing. Students will make handmade sheets of paper using a method that originated in 105 A.D and letterpress print the sheet in a clamshell printing press. Not quite the Guttenberg press, but equally beautiful! Cold and rainy? Come and make paper and print on the second floor of 1104 South Wabash Avenue!
2:00PM – 3:00PM
TICTOC Performance Series: Funeral Processional by Erin Cramer (MFA)
Between Harrison and Roosevelt Streets – Wabash and Harrison
Creatures sculpted with handmade paper are characters in a funeral parade with live music from New Orleanian, Appalachian, and Gypsy cultures.
2:00PM – 5:00PM
TICTOC Performance Series: Dogwomen of Columbia by Lessa Bouchard (MFA)
Garden Stage – 11th Street and Wabash Avenue
Dogwomen mix a Jewish circle dance with modern choreography, combining movement, Diane DiPrima's poetry, Native American folklore, and music to explore ideas of buoyancy and compression. You can also catch Dogwomen at a second location, the sidewalk in front of 618 South Michigan Avenue.
2:30PM – 2:45PM
Remedy in Concert
SPB & Transmission student stage – 50 East Balbo (Corner of Balbo and Wabash)
Soul, R&B, and Gospel
2:30PM – 5:00PM
A+D Derby
street – 640 South Wabash Avenue
Originally devised as a way to improve A+D Shop student worker tool skills, the A+D Derby has since evolved into a 32 car, 48 foot long, demolition derby meets pine wood derby meets parade float fiasco. Join us as student workers from throughout the Art and Design department battle A+D staff in head to head competition for bragging rights and a chance to hold the coveted Wideroe Cup.
2:30PM – 3:30PM
Transmission Art Car Show Highlights: A+D Derby
street – 640 South Wabash Avenue
Originally devised as a way to improve A+D Shop Student Worker tool skills, the A+D Derby has since evolved into a 32 car, 48 foot long, demolition derby meets pine wood derby meets parade float fiasco. Join us as student workers from throughout the Art and Design Department battle A+D staff in head to head competition for bragging rights and a chance to hold the coveted Wideroe Cup.
2:45PM – 3:45PM
DJ Destruction Project
DJ Stage – 9th Street and Wabash Avenue
Spins House, Electro, Hip-Hop, Trance, Hard Trance, Hardstyle, Downtempo, Pop, and Top 40
3:00PM – 5:00PM
Film & Video: MFA Screening
Film Row Cinema – 1104 South Wabash Avenue
Exhibiting completed film projects is the cornerstone of the Film & Video department and the industry as a whole. The MFA screening gives the community a look at some of the best this department has to offer.
3:00PM – 3:30PM
Christmas in May
Garden Stage – 11th Street and Wabash Avenue
Deck the Halls? In May? Why not? Enjoy the much-loved, time-honored story of redemption and renewal in a musical adaptation of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. Director and Choreographer Amy Uhl’s Freshman Performance Project will delight you selections from their fall 2008 show.
3:00PM – 6:00PM
Acoustic Kitchen Special Performance
Hokin Annex – 623 South Wabash Avenue
A special performance from singers/songwriters/musicians who have appeared throughout the school year at the monthly Acoustic Kitchen Open Stage series. The emphasis is placed on senior performers and original compositions. Each group performs a half-hour set in a comfortable, coffeehouse atmosphere. Hosted by Dave Dolak and George Bailey.
3:00PM – 5:00PM
TICTOC Performance Series: Playful Disguises by Elena Katsulis (alumnus, BA)
Sidewalk – 1104 South Wabash Avenue
Maximum effort and endurance are required in the ritualistic repetition of an everyday activity: the application of make-up.
3:00PM – 7:00PM
TICTOC Performance Series: The Sounds of Paper by Laurie LeBreton (MFA)
Lobby – 618 South Michigan Avenue
By bouncing, shaking, and tapping on instruments made from fiber, the artist creates an interactive installation that explores the sound properties of paper.
3:30PM – 4:30PM
Musical Theater Collective
Garden Stage – 11th Street and Wabash Avenue
Enjoy a performance from the Musical Theater Collective.
3:30PM – 4:30PM
Tableau Vivant! Warrington Colescott's "History of Printmaking"
Getz Theater – 72 East 11th Street
An original piece commissioned for Global Implications: Southern Graphic Council Conference 2009, is being hosted by Columbia this spring. A fascinating collaboration between Chicago's Silent Theatre (founded by Columbia alums) and current Columbia Theater students.
3:30PM – 4:00PM
VoiceScape
Classic Stage – 72 East 11th Street
The Theater department's Advanced Voice students devise an ensemble piece weaving different theatrical materials into a vocal collage.
3:30PM – 3:45PM
Down and Dirty Blues Band in Concert
SPB & Transmission student stage – 50 East Balbo (Corner of Balbo and Wabash)
Dirty Blues
3:30PM – 7:00PM
TICTOC Performance Series: A Patch of Blue Sky by Heather Hartley (alumnus, MFA) and Casey Murtaugh (alumnus, MFA)
Lobby – 623 South Wabash Avenue
Using thousands of puzzle pieces, feathers, twine and their own voices, two women de-construct a chaotic landscape to assemble a floating, emblematic release.
4:00PM – 7:00PM
LAUNCH Reception
Stage Two Center, Floor 2 – 618 South Michigan Avenue
LAUNCH invites you to experience innovative work from Columbia College Chicago's fashion programs. This student-produced event showcases the talents and multiple perspectives of senior students in Fashion Design and Fashion / Retail Management.
4:00PM – 7:00PM
BFA in Fine Art Exhibition Reception
A+D Gallery, Floor 1 – 619 South Wabash Avenue
The exhibition showcases the work of students from the A+D department, graduating with the BFA degree in Fine Art. The exhibition runs from May 15 - June 13. Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Thursday from 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
4:00PM – 7:00PM
Designing the Way Reception
Floor 1 – 33 East Congress Parkway
Designing the Way is an exhibition and presentation from the BFA Interior Architecture senior project, "Design Drawings." In this culmination of a year long capstone experience, students select their topic, develop the program, and bring their design to fruition.
4:00PM – 7:00PM
Art & Design: Senior Showcase Reception
Floor 8 – 1104 South Wabash Avenue
Graduating seniors from the Graphic Design, Advertising Art Direction, and Illustration concentrations celebrate and share their diverse bodies of work as they move into the creativity community.
4:00PM – 7:00PM
Art & Design, Interior Architecture: Live, Work, and Play Reception
Floor 1 – 33 East Congress Parkway
The MFA Thesis II/Design Component-Design Drawing exhibition represents the graphic resolution for these students' theses.
4:00PM – 7:00PM
Product Design Senior Reception
Floors 8 & 10 – 623 South Wabash Avenue
Work in this showcase includes models and presentations of thesis projects by seniors graduating from the Product Design program in the Art and Design department, as well as selections of their work from the past four years.
4:00PM – 6:00PM
Rocky Horror Sign Picture Show
Sherwood Conservatory, Concert Hall – 1312 South Michigan Avenue
Students from ASL-English Interpretation restage their fall production of Rocky Horror Sign Picture Show where the cast signs dialogues during the movie along with dance and movement numbers.
4:00PM – 6:00PM
Early Childhood Education: Anything New ... 2009 Critique
Library, Floor 3 – 624 South Michigan Avenue
This exhibition features interdisciplinary work that portrays the student journey to become teachers, and features Columbia course work, student teaching, and a study tour of the schools in Reggio Emilia, Italy. Gallery Hours: Monday - Thursday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
4:00PM – 7:00PM
Educational Studies: Those Who Desire to Teach, Those Who Desire to Learn Reception
C33 Gallery – 33 East Congress Parkway
Student teachers highlight special projects and work from students during their certification process and master’s degree coursework in their spring 2009 semester of student teaching. The exhibition runs from May 10 - June 12, 2009.
4:00PM – 7:00PM
Transmission Art Car Show Highlights: Breakdance Chicago
Transmission Lot – 840 South Wabash Avenue
The city's very own Breakdance Chicago will be at Manifest! These dancers have performed with some of hottest artists out there including T.I., Twista, and Lupe Fiasco. Come by the Transmission lot and learn some sweet moves and watch some of the best break dancers the city has to offer, perform!
4:00PM – 7:00PM
Art in the Library Reception
Library – 624 South Michigan Avenue
Presenting the work of 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.
4:00PM – 7:00PM
BA / BFA Photography Reception
Gallery – 1006 South Michigan Avenue
Attend one of the most popular shows at Manifest - the Photography department presents the work of over 100 graduating BA / BFA students. The exhibition runs from May 1 - 23, 2009. The gallery will be open the following days and hours: May 1-14 / M-F: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. May 14 / Industry Night!: Gallery opens 10 a.m., Art Expo from 5 - 8 p.m. May 15 / Manifest!: Gallery opens at 10 a.m., Manifest Reception and Art Walk from 4 - 7 p.m. May 16-17 / Graduation Weekend!: Sa-Su: 12 - 5 p.m. May 18-22 / M-F: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
4:00PM – 7:00PM
MFA Photography Reception
Glass Curtain Gallery – 1104 South Wabash Avenue
An exhibition of work by graduates in the MFA program in Photography. The exhibition runs from May 14 - June 12, 2009. The gallery will be open: Monday - Wednesday, Friday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Thursday: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m., and Saturday by appointment.
4:15PM – 4:30PM
Scattered Trees in Concert
SPB & Transmission student stage – 50 East Balbo (Corner of Balbo and Wabash)
Indie-Pop Rockers
4:30PM – 6:30PM
AEMM: Community Arts in a Climate of Change
Media Room, Floor 2 – 525 South State Street
Presented by graduating Master's of Arts Management students in the concentration of Arts in Youth and Community Development (AYCD), this panel will focus on growing a community arts organization through a challenged economy. The event includes a special presentation of artwork from AYCD Practicum Sites: Najwa Dance Corps, Free Street Theatre, Music Theatre Workshop, Little Black Pearl, and Redmoon Theater.
4:30PM – 6:00PM
Columbia College Jazz Ensemble and the Columbia College Vocal Jazz Ensemble featuring special guest Mark Murphy
Feinberg Theater, Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies – 610 South Michigan Avenue
Watch the performance by the Columbia College Jazz Ensemble and the Vocal Jazz Ensemble with special guest artist Mark Murphy.
4:45PM – 5:00PM
Sidewalk Chalk in Concert
SPB & Transmission student stage – 50 East Balbo (Corner of Balbo and Wabash)
Fusion of Jazz, Reggae, R&B, Hip-Hop, Soul, and Poetry
5:00PM – 6:00PM
Fiction Writing: Senior Showcase Reception
The Court – 731 South Plymouth Court
Join the Fiction Writing department for a celebration and reading of graduating BA and BFA. student work. The event includes a reception, music, photography.
5:00PM – 6:00PM
Film & Video: MFA and Animation Reception
Film Row Cinema – 1104 South Wabash Avenue
Exhibiting completed film projects is the cornerstone of the Film & Video department and the industry as a whole.
5:00PM – 7:00PM
Radio: Senior Awards
University Center, Floor 2, Loop/River Rooms – 525 South State Street
The Radio department presents an awards ceremony and showcase of senior radio work in production, news, sports, talent, public affairs, radio theater, and documentary.
5:00PM – 7:00PM
TV TASTIC Reception
Ferguson Theater – 600 South Michigan Avenue
Join us for a continuous screening of works by graduating seniors. With great docs, narratives, and magazine segments, these students are on their way to the big time!
5:15PM – 5:30PM
Soft Speaker in Concert
SPB & Transmission student stage – 50 East Balbo (Corner of Balbo and Wabash)
Psychedelic Rock
5:15PM – 6:15PM
Kid Color
DJ Stage – 9th Street and Wabash Avenue
Spins Electro and Dance
5:30PM – 7:00PM
LAUNCH Evening Event (SOLD OUT)
Stage Two Center, Floor 2 – 618 South Michigan Avenue
LAUNCH invites you to experience innovative work from Columbia College Chicago's fashion programs. This student-produced event showcases the talents and multiple perspectives of senior students in Fashion Design and Fashion / Retail Management. Doors open at 5 p.m.
5:45PM – 6:00PM
Worlds Fair in Concert
SPB & Transmission student stage – 50 East Balbo (Corner of Balbo and Wabash)
Alternative - Folk Rock
6:00PM – 8:00PM
Fiction Writing: MFA Showcase Reading
The Court – 731 South Plymouth Court
Join the Fiction Writing department for a celebration and reading of graduating MFA student work. The event includes a reception, music, photography, and story interpretation from the ASL department.
6:00PM – 8:00PM
Film & Video: Animation Screenings
Film Row Cinema – 1104 South Wabash Avenue
Exhibiting completed film projects is the cornerstone of the Film & Video department and the industry as a whole.
6:15PM – 6:30PM
Love in October in Concert
SPB & Transmission student stage – 50 East Balbo (Corner of Balbo and Wabash)
Swedish Indie Dance Rock
6:30PM – 7:30PM
Black Holes
DJ Stage – 9th Street and Wabash Avenue
Spins Electro, Dance, Hip-Hop, and Mash-Ups
6:45PM – 7:45PM
Library Book Cart Drill Team
Spectacle Fortuna Parade Route – Harrison Street and Michigan Avenue
The library is back for its second Book Cart Drill Team presence in Spectacle Fortuna. Watch as library staff and members of the Columbia community join in celebrating Ray Bradbury and bring some of his most memorable characters to life during the parade! Our red book trucks will be magically transformed into fire trucks as an homage to (Fahrenheit 451) and copies of the book will be distributed along the parade route.
6:45PM – 7:00PM
Shortstop From Tokyo in Concert
SPB & Transmission student stage – 50 East Balbo (Corner of Balbo and Wabash)
Super Ska
6:45PM – 7:45PM
Spectacle Fortuna
Spectacle Fortuna Parade Route – Harrison Street and Michigan Avenue
Kick-off at Harrison and Wabash Avenues, from 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.
7:45PM – 8:45PM
DJ Scenery
DJ Stage – 9th Street and Wabash Avenue
Spins Hip-Hop, Dance, Old School, and Electro
8:00PM – 10:00PM
Senior Dance Concert
Dance Center – 1306 South Michigan Avenue
BFA Dancemaking students, Amanda Timm and Ally James, present their culminating project on the Dance Center stage.
8:00PM – 8:15PM
Snakeosaurus Rex in Concert
SPB & Transmission student stage – 50 East Balbo (Corner of Balbo and Wabash)
Ambient - Indie Rock Band
8:30PM – 8:45PM
The Ivorys in Concert
SPB & Transmission student stage – 50 East Balbo (Corner of Balbo and Wabash)
Indie Rock
9:00PM – 9:15PM
Fluid Minds in Concert
SPB & Transmission student stage – 50 East Balbo (Corner of Balbo and Wabash)
Rock Hip-Hop with a little bit of Reggae
10:00PM – 5:00PM
The Columbia Bookstore
Columbia Bookstore – 624 South Michigan Avenue
The Columbia Bookstore will be offering a special 10% special Manifest discount on imprinted clothing and gifts (does not include computer supplies).
11:00PM – 9:00PM
Educational Studies: Those Who Desire to Teach, Those Who Desire to Learn
C33 Gallery – 33 East Congress Parkway
Student teachers highlight special projects and work from students during their certification process and master’s degree coursework in their spring 2009 semester of student teaching. The exhibition runs from May 10 - June 12, 2009.
11:00PM – 1:00PM
English: Creative Writing - Poetry BA Showcase Readings
Great Room, Floor 3 – 525 South State Street
Come hear graduating BA Poetry students read from their theses, alongside the winners from the English department's poetry contests. Afterward, palaver with the poets over hors d'oeuvres!
11:00PM – 5:00PM
The Clothesline Project
University Center, Terrace – 525 South State Street
The Clothesline Project is a visual display that raises awareness about the issue of violence against women. This provocative display of T-shirts, decorated by women survivors of violence, provides an opportunity for people to break the silence and tell their own story.
11:00PM – 7:00PM
Art in the Library
Library – 624 South Michigan Avenue
Presenting the work of 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.