Events
Manifest at the Library 8:00am
Celebrating Our Past and Future – Visit the Columbia College Library during Manifest and discover the remarkable story of Columbia College and Chicago. Bill...
Columbia College Chicago Library
Fashion Industry Breakfast 8:30am
Juniors and Seniors that have graduated in December 2012, and graduating in May and August 2013 can participate. Students will be seated with their...
The Arcade
Manifest TicToc: Surveillance Art 1 9:00am
Surveillance Art1 questions the use of surveillance technologies in general and in art practice by exposing its original function under the guise of an...
Wabash Campus (916 S. Wabash)
2013 MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition 9:00am
The department of Photography and the Department of Exhibition and Performance Spaces are pleased to present the 2013 MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition...
Glass Curtain Gallery
BFA Fine Art Exhibition 2013 9:00am
Columbia College Chicago’s BFA Fine Art Exhibition has been a tradition since 2001, and represents Fine Art students’ completion of the Bachelor of Fine Arts...
C33 Gallery
Launch 2013, a Multi-media Fashion Experience 9:00am
Launch brings together the talents of fashion business, fashion design and fashion photography students to present their work through a multimedia exhibit...
The Arcade
2013 MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition 9:00am
The Department of Photography and the Department of Exhibition and Performance Spaces are pleased to present the 2013 MFA Photography Thesis Exhibition...
Glass Curtain Gallery
Parent Weekend at Manifest: Continental Breakfast 10:00am
If you are a parent or family member of a student who lives in our residence halls, join the Residence Life staff and students for breakfast before heading...
731 S. Plymouth Court
Hokin Project and Interactive Arts and Media... 10:00am
Free Lunch: A Showcase of Senior Work From Interactive Arts and Media Free Lunch presents work by graduating seniors of the Interactive Arts and Media...
Hokin Gallery
Manifest: Eonian: Activism is Everlasting 10:00am
"Eonian: Activism is Everlasting" is an outdoor exhibition curated by One Tribe, in which artists working in different fields come together to showcase how...
911 S. Wabash lot
Manifest: Journalism Exhibition 10:00am
Come join Columbia's top Journalism students, both graduate and undergraduate, as they share stories and experiences and show off excellent work from the...
Congress Center (33 E. Congress)
ShopColumbia 10:00am
ShopColumbia, Columbia's student art boutique, features original designs created and inspired by Columbia artists. Spanning all media and disciplines,...
Wabash Campus (623 S. Wabash)
Manifest: Cultural Studies Forum 10:00am
Through oral presentations of their Capstone Thesis Projects, Columbia's Cultural Studies students showcase the knowledge, skills, and expertise that they...
Sherwood Community Music School
Manifest Photography Exhibition 10:00am
Columbia's Photography Department celebrates the work of our graduating students. Our gallery space showcases the varied interests of our students, including...
Studio East (1006 S. Michigan)
Third Throat Poetry Exhibit 10:00am
Third Throat is a multi-sensory experience put together by six undergraduate poets providing a physical, visual, and sonic space for language. An interactive...
Congress Center (33 E. Congress)
Book Drive 10:00am
Sustain Columbia and EFollett, Columbia’s campus bookstore, are partnering on a book donation drive during Book Buy Back the week of May 13-18. All donations...
Library (624 S Michigan)
Interdisciplinary Arts MFA Thesis Exhibitions 10:00am
Interdisciplinary Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition and PerformancesFriday, April 26 - Saturday, May 18, 2013 View works by students graduating from the...
Center for Book & Paper Arts
Don't Worry Baby 10:00am
Don’t Worry Baby presents new and ongoing work of local performance and installation artist, Hope Esser as she explores the struggles and triumphs of the...
Fashion Studies Exhibition Windows
Manifest: ~12 Hour Game Jam 10:00am
Teams of game design students will compete as they develop a playable video game in just 12 hours. Come by throughout the day to watch their progress and at...
Wabash Campus (916 S. Wabash)
Manifest: Open House 10:30am
The Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs are honored to host a pre-Manifest reception for all faculty. Coffee and pastries will be served. At 11:45...
Studio East (1006 S. Michigan)
Comic cArt 11:00am
Comic cArt is a showcase of Columbia College Chicago graphic artists and illustrators. The cart will have printed graphic art for sale on a variety of media...
Wabash Campus (623 S. Wabash)
Manifest: Project Rm 11:00am
Visit the Interactive Arts and Media Department's gallery space, the Project Rm, to view interactive projects developed by IAM students.
Project Rm
Parent Weekend at Manifest: Champagne Toast and... 11:00am
Join the Vice President of Student Affairs, Mark Kelly, for a champagne toast, honoring parents and families of Columbia students with a special dedication...
Wabash Campus (623 S. Wabash)
Sprite Films Behind-The-Scenes 11:00am
Sprite Films Behind-The-Scenes. Celebrate CCC graduating cast & crew with a look at the "making of" their Heart of the Hood spot for Sprite Films.
1104 Center
C_LEns performance 11:00am
Columbia College Chicago Laptop Ensemble (C_LEns) is an electronic music ensemble that uses laptop computers with custom software designed for each...
Media Production Center (1600 S. State)
The Music Department at Buddy Guy's 11:00am
The Music Department presents a variety student performances at Buddy Guy's Legends including the Gospel and Jazz/Pop Choirs; the Men's and Women's Choruses;...
Buddy Guy's Legends
BFA Fine Art Thesis Exhibition at A+D Gallery 11:00am
Columbia College Chicago’s BFA Fine Art Exhibition has been a tradition since 2001, and represents Fine Art students’ completion of the Bachelor of Fine Arts...
Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D Gallery
BFA Fine Art Thesis Exhibition at C33 Gallery 11:00am
Columbia College Chicago’s BFA Fine Art Exhibition has been a tradition since 2001, and represents Fine Art students’ completion of the Bachelor of Fine Arts...
C33 Gallery
Manifest: Senior Capstone Game Projects 11:00am
Stop by the Interactive Arts & Media Department to play games developed in senior capstone courses.
Wabash Campus (916 S. Wabash)
Art + Design BA Showcase 11:00am
Columbia's Art + Design Departmentpresents the work of their graduating BA inArt + Design students.
Congress Center (33 E. Congress)
Manifest: Mischievous: Stories of Power and Prank 11:15am
Student Teaching Artists from the Theatre Department’s “Teaching Practicum” class present a series of mini-performances created with middle school students...
Classic Studio
When Words Meet Images: Art History and Visual... 11:30am
Presentation of original research and critical analysis of art and design from graduating capstone students in the Thesis Practicum in Art History.
Wabash Campus (623 S. Wabash)
The Big Read at Manifest: In the Time of the... 12:00pm
As part of The Big Read and Manifest Arts Festival, the Columbia College Chicago Library will be showcasing artwork dealing with broad themes addressed in...
South Michigan Campus (624 S. Michigan)
Manifest TicToc: Bake Challah with Columbia... 12:00pm
Visit the Hillel booth to braid your very own challah to take home and bake. The braided challah, which is made with eggs, is the Jewish Sabbath‑and‑holiday...
Wabash Campus (623 S. Wabash)
Art In Motion: A Pedal Powered Experience 12:00pm
Art In Motion (A Pedal Powered Experience) will engage and entertain college students, their visiting families and the entire Columbia College / South Loop...
Festival Lot
Donation Drive 12:00pm
6th Annual Move Out Donation Drive It’s that time of year again when students move off campus and with it comes Columbia’s 6th annual move out donation...
731 S. Plymouth Court
Manifest TicToc: Street Art to Take Home 12:00pm
Street artist Nino Rodriguez will make miniature spray painted art work for you to take with you.
Bike Lot
Manifest: Design Showcase 12:00pm
Columbia's Art + Design Department celebrates the efforts of its graduating seniors with an exhibition of student work. The exhibition will feature work from...
Congress Center (33 E. Congress)
Manifest: "The Fantasticks" 12:00pm
A boy. A girl. In love over a wall that their fathers built to keep them apart. Their love is forbidden. Their fathers hate one another…or do they? See...
New Studio Theatre
TicToc Performance Festival 12:00pm
TicToc is a showcase of time-based work in performance, spectacle and installation. Throughout Manifest, TicToc artists will be showing work in Columbia’s...
Columbia Campus
Anchor Graphics Manifest Silkscreening Booth 12:00pm
Six undergrad students have created an Alice-in-Wonderland Jabberwocky themed design, and will be making prints in the main tent at Manifest, free to all!
Manifest Main Tent
Manifest TicToc: Duck Duck Goose 12:00pm
A sculptural installation by Adam Rust featuring taxidermied water fowl.
Music Center (1014 S. Michigan)
Manifest; SPB Pop UP Lounge 12:00pm
Make sure you come chill relax and listen to some great music at the Student Programming Board Pop-Up Lounge located at 900 S Wabash. The Lounge will have...
SPB Pop Up Lounge
Manifest TicToc: Foreclosed Homes 12:00pm
A photography installation featuring recently foreclosed homes. These images by Rosetta Argento tell the forgotten stories of the people who once walked...
Congress Center (33 E. Congress)
Manifest; Main Stage 12:00pm
Come see the best of the best perform on the Main Stage. See live music from Electric Guest, Chance the Rapper, Now Now, Legit, Carbon Tigers, Sharpless,...
Wabash Campus (1000 S. Wabash)
Manifest TicToc: Collecting Ourselves: Bone... 12:00pm
From divergent body histories, a seven-member ensemble collects shared memories and performs them through a combination of spontaneous and established...
SPB Pop Up Lounge
The Great Convergence 12:00pm
Follow the Manifest Emissaries and Columbia’s 2013 honorary degree recipients as they lead you to Manifest’s culminating experience, The Great Convergence....
923 S. Wabash
Manifest TicToc: The Clothesline Project 12:00pm
A visual display of t-shirts decorated by survivors of violence. This project is designed to raise consciousness about the issues of domestic and sexual...
Sculpture Garden
Manifest TicToc: Animal Notes 12:00pm
A post-it note mosaic of animals that begs visitors to write on its facade, and take a piece or two with them when they go. By Greg Browe
1104 Center
Manifest TicToc: Jeroquis 12:00pm
Come join Gabriel Dib as he mixes and morphs different sounds into an immersive music experience.
1104 S. Wabash
Digital Music Composition Recital 1 12:00pm
Compositions from students of the Digital Music Composition course will be performed.
Music Center (1014 S. Michigan)
Manifest TicToc: Animal Notes 12:00pm
A post-it note mosaic of animals that begs visitors to write on its facade, and take a piece or two with them when they go. by Greg Browe
Alexandroff Campus Center (600 S. Michigan)
Manifest TicToc: Sometimes I Dream in Technicolor 12:00pm
Columbia College Chicago is pleased to announce the presence of Dream Collector and Analyst Dr. Ursula Hausingfraus, at Manifest this Spring 2013. Dr....
Wabash Campus (623 S. Wabash)
Manifest: Product Design Showcase 12:00pm
See the exceptional work of Columbia'sgraduating product design students on display. A reception follows at 2 p.m.
Congress Center (33 E. Congress)
Manifest TicToc: Writer's Round Robin 12:00pm
Participate in a round-robin story installation written by graduate fiction writers. Add a section to this ever-expanding and changing story!
1104 Center
Manifest: "VICTOR/VICTORIA" 1:00pm
On the verge of starvation and in need of work, erstwhile entertainer Victoria comes up with a gimmick that quickly makes her the toast of the Paris: posing...
Getz Theatre
Manifest: Framework Interviews 1:00pm
4 Years in 2 Minutes: Your Story, Your Work. Graduating Film & Video seniors reflect on where they started and how far they’ve come in these student produced...
1104 S. Wabash
Manifest: Curious Eye Experimental Screening 1:00pm
Film & Video's Experimental Film Society curates and screens a range of experimental work from graduating seniors across the college. Peculiar Found...
1104 S. Wabash
Manifest TicToc: Gallery Pixelated 1:00pm
Join the Gallery Pixelated Gang to participate in a large interactive art piece which will be eventually featured on Gallery Pixelated 's website:...
Bike Lot
Manifest: Curious Body Experimental Installations 1:00pm
Film & Video's Experimental Film Society curates a show that highlights media installations showcasing and extending the notion of cinema and television into...
1104 S. Wabash
Manifest: Viva Documentary Student Screenings 1:00pm
The Film & Video Department's Viva Documentary student group curates and screens a range of non-fiction work from graduating seniors across the college,...
1104 Center
Papermaker's Garden 1:00pm
Please join us in the Papermaker's Garden for papermaking demonstrations using garden fibers, art installations and performances by Interdisciplinary Arts...
730 S. Wabash Ave.
Manifest: COMEDY WORKSHOP 1:00pm
The Da Vinci Chode Come see Columbia’s famed comedy students in their own creation.
New Studio Theatre
The NEXUS Experience at Manifest 2013 1:00pm
The NEXUS Experience is a series of spontaneous opportunities for visitors to take creative risks and become the art. Check out the silent disco and...
691 S. Wabash Avenue
Manifest: Designers, Director, and Technicians... 1:00pm
Experience the creations of the Theater department's talented design, theatre technology, and directing students. Set models, renderings, costumes,...
Studio 404
Manifest: Audio Showcase 1:00pm
Visitors can experience artistic, technical, and research presentations by students in the various concentrations of the Department of Audio Arts +...
Congress Center (33 E. Congress)
Radio Department DJ Showcase 1:00pm
Five hours of live mixing by various Columbia College Club DJ's spinning hip-hop, dance, house and more!
Sculpture Garden
Manifest: Solo Performance 1:00pm
Always current, always honest, always unpredictable, shockingly personal. Come hear real stories from real people; original monologues written and performed...
Classic Studio
WCRX Radio presents "Taking it to the Street"... 1:00pm
WCRX presents “Job Outlook”, a live radio special focusing on employment opportunities for graduating college students. Radio majors will host and produce...
Congress Center (33 E. Congress)
Fitness, Athletics and Recreation at Manifest 1:00pm
FAR will sponsor a zipline and rock climbing wall in the main lot of Manifest from 1 pm-7 pm.
Manifest
Stationary Bike Races 1:00pm
Join Fitness, Athletics and Recreation in collaboration with Xsport Fitness Centers in stationary bike races during Manifest.
1001 S. Wabash Ave.
Manifest: MFA Film & Video Screening 1:15pm
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll give a thumbs up! Come join us for a curated screening of short films by MFA Film & Video students: “Black Ink on Rice...
1104 Center
Manifest: Music Video Premiere and Showcase 1:30pm
Come to the World Premiere of six new Music Videos, made by Columbia student filmmakers for Columbia student musicians, under the auspices of Columbia...
HAUS @ Quincy Wong Center
Manifest: A Show of Hands-ASL Performing Arts... 1:30pm
An ASL-English Interpretation Department Performing Arts Extravaganza. Presenting an impressive showcase of American Sign Language through vibrant poetry, ...
Film Row Cinema
Manifest TicToc: XC3ND: Columbia College Show... 1:30pm
Experience the acapella vocals and choreography of the fabulous Columbia College Show Choir.
618 S. Michigan Avenue
Manifest: Advanced Practicum Test Screening 1:30pm
Catch a sneak peek and provide feedback to students from the Film & Video Department’s Advanced Practicum courses as they present cuts of short films to an...
Media Production Center (1600 S. State)
Manifest TicToc: Trust in Creativity 2:00pm
This dance work by Molly Strom and Sara Maslanka explores the paths we choose in life to reach our goals.
SPB Pop Up Lounge
Manifest: Fiction Writing Undergrad and MFA... 2:00pm
Graduating Fiction Writing and Playwriting students read from final drafts of their work. In an open mic format, students select up to two pages to read to...
731 S. Plymouth Court
Manifest: Tapping 2:00pm
Tap Into It! Enjoy this explosion of synchronized sound and movement. Share in the exhilaration of Musical Theatre dance students tap dancing away on the big...
Getz Theatre
Manifest TicToc: Duet 2:00pm
This durational performance piece by Elena Katsulis and Erin Peisert explores humans as wild yet conditioned animals.
Sculpture Garden
Manifest: Launch 2013 2:00pm
Come see this multimedia fashion event featuring the work of graduating Fashion Studies seniors. The afternoon includes 3 runway shows, a fashion exhibition...
Manifest: Shockras! 2:00pm
Solo projects and an ensemble investigating this elusive unseen energy filled with emotions, senses and how we communicate with ourselves and others.
New Studio Theatre
Manifest: Musical Theatre Choreography Projects 2:30pm
Join us for some fantastic student choreography pieces from Musical Theatre students. Tap, Jazz, Contemporary dance pieces all created by our fantastic...
Getz Theatre
No Curtins - Just Microphones 2:30pm
Three audio drama pieces performed live by the Columbia College Chicago Audio Drama Club
Alexandroff Campus Center (600 S. Michigan)
Manifest TicToc: Suspended Between 2:30pm
Through spontaneous movement invention, this dance performance by Molly Hillson explores a sense of self as it relates to our surroundings and each other.
SPB Pop Up Lounge
B. A. Creative Writing-Poetry & -Nonfiction... 2:30pm
A showcase featuring readings by Columbia’s graduating B. A. Poetry and Nonfiction students.
1312 S. Michigan Ave.
Manifest: Stage Combat 3:00pm
Always a thrilling part of Manifest, watch Columbia Theater students thrust and parry in the high energy event of Stage Combat finals!
Getz Theatre
Shift Happens & Research Celebration 3:00pm
Shift Happens As dance/movement therapists, we are often surrounded by the sorrows we witness in our work. As believers in the healing power of dance and...
624 S Michigan Ave, 11th floor
Manifest TicToc: Watermark 3:00pm
A movement based experiential and improvisational performance, dancers Andy Slavin and Lydia Feuerhelm will take their choreographic cues from the patterns...
Wabash Campus (623 S. Wabash)
Manifest TicToc: See Alice 3:00pm
This group of four hilariously talented improvisers will rock your world with wacky characters, crazy situations, and insane obstacles... and all they need...
All Campus
Manifest: "CITY ON THE MAKE" 3:00pm
A play set with music. 1950s Chicago as seen through the eyes of Nelson Algren: thugs, scammers, sharks and dames. “You may well know lovelier lovelies,...
New Studio Theatre
Manifest: Playwright's Readings 3:00pm
Come hear Columbia's own playwrights reading from their new works.
Classic Theatre
Digital Music Composition Recital 2 3:00pm
Compositions from students of the Digital Music Composition course will be performed.
Music Center (1014 S. Michigan)
Manifest: Animation Production Studio Screening 3:30pm
Animation Production Studio is the senior experience of Film & Video’s Animation Program. Students create an animated short from conceptualization through...
Film Row Cinema
Creative Writing Student Showcase Reception 3:30pm
A reception celebrating the graduating students in the BA and MFA Creative Writing-Poetry and -Nonfiction Programs.
Sherwood Community Music School
Jazz Showcase with guest Dave Douglas 3:30pm
Jazz it up with Columbia's top student jazz ensembles. Featuring guest artist Dave Douglas with the Columbia College Fusion Ensemble, Columbia College Vocal...
Jazz Showcase
Alumni Performers 4:00pm
Come watch some Columbia alumni show what they've got!
HAUS @ Quincy Wong Center
Manifest: ASL-English Interpretation Reception 4:00pm
Graduating ASL-English Interpretation students get together with faculty, staff, alumni, family, friends and prospective students to share their experiences...
Congress Center (33 E. Congress)
MFA Creative Writing-Poetry & -Nonfiction... 4:00pm
A showcase featuring the work of Columbia’s MFA Poetry and Nonfiction students as they read from their final graduate theses.
1312 S. Michigan Ave.
Manifest TicToc: Ritual No. 1: COUNTING BIRDS 4:00pm
This piece by ROOMS Gallery features a group of performers simultaneously vocalizing a self referential mantra for three hours.
Bike Lot
Manifest: Fiction Writing Graduating Student... 4:00pm
Graduating Fiction Writing and Playwriting students, undergrads and grads, get together with faculty, family, and friends and share their stories and plans...
731 S. Plymouth Court
Opening reception and Manifest: BFA Fine Art... 4:00pm
Columbia College Chicago’s BFA Fine Art Exhibition has been a tradition since 2001, and represents Fine Art students’ completion of the Bachelor of Fine Arts...
A+D Gallery
MAT Programs – Art & Elementary Masters... 4:30pm
THE HEART OF LEARNING IS THE TEACHER’ Teacher Candidates, Cooperating Teachers, Supervisors of Teacher Candidates, Parents and Students of Teacher...
Congress Center (33 E. Congress)
Manifest Thesis Exhibition Reception 5:00pm
during the campus wide, neighborhood festival and celebration of students’ creative accomplishments, the MFA Thesis exhibition will be open for Manifest to...
Center for Book & Paper Arts
Early Childhood Education Program Showcase 5:00pm
A Teachers Journey A gallery exhibit showcasing the capstone projects of undergraduate students in the Education Department. Through interdisciplinary...
Congress Center (33 E. Congress)
MFA Photography Reception 5:00pm
Columbia's Photography Department celebrates the work of candidates for the degree of Master of Fine Arts in Photography. This exhibition includes an...
Glass Curtain Gallery
Manifest: Artwalk 5:00pm
The Galleries of Columbia College present an annual artwalk featuring over a dozen thesis exhibitions, pop-up installations, museum exhibitions and more....
College-wide
AEMM Parents Reception 5:00pm
Students and their parents are welcome to join the faculty and staff from the Arts Entertainment and Media Management department in their student run gallery...
Hokin Gallery
Marketing Communication Department Showcase 5:00pm
Marketing Communication students will present their final senior projects. Guests will be introduced to the Marketing Communication Department scholars...
Alexandroff Campus Center (600 S. Michigan)
Manifest: Radio Senior Awards & Showcase 5:00pm
Join the Radio Department as we honor the best work by our senior students. A showcase of student work will be presented in an audio exhibition featuring...
Alexandroff Campus Center (600 S. Michigan)
Manifest at The Elephant Room Gallery 5:00pm
Join us for the Closing Reception for "Alter Egos"an exhibition of colorful mixed media works by Joseph “Sentock” Perez.
Elephant Gallery
Manifest: Fiction Writing Graduate Student... 5:00pm
Graduating Fiction Writing and Playwriting graduate students will read excerpts from their final drafts and thesis material. In an open mic format, students...
731 S. Plymouth Court
Manifest Photography Exhibition Reception 5:00pm
Exhibition Reception for Photography Department graduating students. Our gallery space showcases the varied interests of our students, including...
Studio East (1006 S. Michigan)
Manifest TicToc: The Wanderer's Echo 5:30pm
A performance art piece by Colin Martinez and Joelle Matilsky illuminating people's nightmares and dreams of the future.
11th Street Campus (72 E 11th St)
Senior Showcase of Graphic Design,... 5:30pm
Students graduating from Columbia's Graphic Design, Illustration, and Advertising Art Direction programs between December 2012 and August 2013 are invited to...
C101 Gallery
Acoustic Kitchen 5:30pm
Acoustic Kitchen is an open stage for acoustic musicians and signers of the Columbia College community. Come to participate or just listen to great music in...
HAUS @ Quincy Wong Center
Manifest: Audio Arts + Acoustics Reception 5:30pm
Please join the Department of Audio Arts + Acoustics at a reception to honor our graduating seniors.
Congress Center (33 E. Congress)
Live Cooking Demo with Luke Palermo- TV Department 6:00pm
It’s the end of the school year! What a better way to celebrate than joining us at MANIFEST in collaboration with the Television Department to support one of...
600 S Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60605
Composition 4B Recital 7:00pm
Student compositions will be performed.
Sherwood Community Music School
Repertory Performance Workshop and Faculty Concert 8:00pm
Dance Center students of the Repertory Performance Workshop course present work of guest artists, including Ted Shawn. Faculty of the dance center present...
Dance Center (1306 S. Michigan)
