Calendar

Sunday, March 16

Alumni Day
*special pre-events for Alumni only:

*2-4:30 PM (1:30 PM doors)
Story Workshop® Alumni classes
This is a mini-version of the typical Story Workshop class
taught in the Fiction Writing Department. 
Workshop leaders: Andrew Allegretti, Betty Shiflett, John Schultz
Sulzer Regional Library, 4455 N. Lincoln, Chicago

*5:00-6:30 PM
Alumni Reception
Open to Alumni and CCC Fiction Writing Students
All ages
Martyrs', 3855 N. Lincoln, Chicago
Co-sponsored by Office of Alumni Relations

PUBLIC EVENT:

7:00 PM (6:30 PM doors)
2nd Story, a performance series
incorporating storytelling, sound effects, and music.
Featuring storytellers Bobby Biedrzycki, Sheree Greer,
J. Adams Oaks, Megan Stielstra with music by DJ White Russian
and Seeking Wonderland.
Hosts: Amanda Delheimer and Sam Weller
Open to public, ages 18 and over
Martyrs', 3855 N. Lincoln, Chicago


Monday, March 17

11:00 AM
Part-Time Fiction Writing Dept. Faculty Reading & Open Mic
Featuring Gina Frangello, Lila Jokanovic, and Devon Polderman.
Host: Lila Jokanovic
Columbia College Chicago
Film Row Cinema, 8th Floor
1104 S. Wabash, Chicago

2:30 PM
Shorty Reading:
Full-Time Fiction Writing Department Faculty
Host: Betty Shiflett
Columbia College Chicago
Film Row Cinema, 8th Floor
1104 S. Wabash, Chicago

6:00 PM
Reading and Conversation:
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, The Palace of Illusions
with Booklist associate editor and Open Books
WLUW-FM radio host, Donna Seaman.
Book signing to follow. Presented in conjunction
with Columbia College Chicago’s Conversations
in the Arts: Up Close with...series.
Harold Washington Library
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
 

Tuesday, March 18

11:00 AM
Fiction Writing Department Undergrad Reading Open Mic
Host: Fiction Writing Department Student Board Members
Columbia College Chicago
Film Row Cinema, 8th Floor
1104 S. Wabash, Chicago
 
2:30 PM
Conversation: Aimee Bender, Girl in the Flammable Skirt and
Cristina Garcia, Dreaming in Cuban
Book signing to follow.
Host: Ann Hemenway
Harold Washington Library
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State St., Chicago

6:00 PM
Reading & Conversation:
Cristina Garcia, A Handbook to Luck
and Aimee Bender, Willful Creatures
Book signing to follow.
Host: Patricia Ann McNair
Harold Washington Library
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State St., Chicago

9:30 PM
Grad Reading Open Mic
Hosts: Chris DeGuire and Ann Hemenway
Sheffield's Beer Garden
3258 N. Sheffield, Chicago                                                          Ages 21 and over

Wednesday, March 19

9:00 AM
Publishing Bootcamp (8:30 AM Breakfast)
with publishing expert Marcela Landres

11:00 AM
Panel: Beyond the Bookstore Tour,
A Look at Guerrilla Marketing for Authors
wth Jonathan Messinger, books editor, TimeOut Chicago,
publisher, Featherproof Books, and author, Hiding Out; Hillary Carlip, publisher, FreshYarn.com, performance artist, and author, A la Cart: The Secret Lives of Grocery Shoppers; Eric Kirsammer, owner, Chicago Comics and Quimby's Bookstore; Shawn Shiflett, author, Hidden Place; Johnny Temple, publisher, Akashic Books
Host: Sam Weller, The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury
Columbia College Chicago
Film Row Cinema, 8th Floor
1104 S. Wabash, Chicago

2:30 PM
Panel: New American Voices, Poverty & Privilege
with Junot Diaz, Drown; ZZ Packer, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere;
Colin Channer, Waiting in Vain; Alexis Pride, Where the River Ends;
Don De Grazia, American Skin
Host: Ian Jack, columnist, The Guardian,
author, and former editor, Granta
Harold Washington Library
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
400 S. State St., Chicago

6:00 PM
Full-Time Faculty Reading
With Don De Grazia, American Skin; Alexis J. Pride, Where the River Ends; and Betty Shiflett, award-winning short story writer
Host: Eric May
Columbia College Chicago
Film Row Cinema, 8th Floor
1104 S. Wabash, Chicago


Thursday, March 20

11:00 AM
Panel: Publishing from Start to Finish
with Ian Jack, columnist, The Guardian, and former editor, Granta;  Donna Seaman, author, Writers on the Air: Conversations About Books, associate editor, Booklist, and host Open Books on WLUW-FM radio; Marcela Landres, publisher, Latinidad; Gina Frangello, author,
My Sister's Continent and publisher, OV Books; Robert Weil,
executive editor, W.W. Norton
Host: Sheryl Johnston
Columbia College Chicago
Film Row Cinema, 8th Floor
1104 S. Wabash, Chicago

2:30 PM
Staged Scenes from Playwriting Students
Hosts: Tom Mula and Lisa Schlesinger
Columbia College Chicago
Film Row Cinema, 8th Floor
1104 S. Wabash, Chicago

6:00 PM
Literary Rock & Roll
Readings by Junot Diaz, The Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao;
ZZ Packer, from her novel-in-progress, The Thousands;
Colin Channer, The Girl with the Golden Shoes; performance
artist Hillary Carlip, author, A la Cart: The Secret Lives of Grocery
Shoppers. Music by Mucca Pazza, a 30-piece "circus punk" marching band. Book signings to follow; all ages welcome.                            Metro, 3830 N. Clark, Chicago


Friday, March 21

7:00 PM
Hair Trigger Magazine 30th Anniversary Release Party
The Fiction Writing Department celebrates its award-winning   anthology, Hair Trigger
with readings and refreshments.
Host: Chris Maul Rice
Columbia College Chicago
Hokin Gallery, 623 S. Wabash, Chicago