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Events Calendar

  • Library Café
    Part café... part community gathering... part study hall - with librarians around to assist. Come do your work around others in your major. Enjoy a buffet of teas to warm you up and keep you going while you work. We will have the grocery store standards and rotating highlights from some of our Chicago...Get the details
  • Library Sewing Circle
    Drop by the library for our bi-weekly sewing circle.  The meetups will be part socializing, part skill sharing, and part creative outlet.  Each session will have a material / technique highlight announced on Engage and the Library Instagram (@columbiachilibrary) the Monday before the event.  Library resources related to fabric arts techniques and artists will be pulled for browsing...Get the details
  • Sound Technology Workshop
    Are you interested in tinkering with computers, circuitry, music, or just fun little glitchy sounds? Well, this program is for you!   Peer-to-peer learning with NO EXPERIENCE necessary.   Come by, tinker, or just chill and chat with folks interested in sound, tech, and music. ...Get the details
  • Library Café
    Part café... part community gathering... part study hall - with librarians around to assist. Come do your work around others in your major. Enjoy a buffet of teas to warm you up and keep you going while you work. We will have the grocery store standards and rotating highlights from some of our Chicago...Get the details
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Interview with Jenna Elfers – Spring 2025 Library Artist-in-Residence

Tell us a bit about yourself, your art, and your background I’m currently a junior studying Film and Television with a Fine Arts minor. I have a lot of different interests, and I love finding ways to combine them into something new for myself. While I enjoy being on set and working with people, my […]

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Interview with Alivia King – Spring 2025 Library Artist-in-Residence

Tell us a bit about yourself, your art, and your background. My name is Alivia King, and I’m a junior here at Columbia, working toward my BFA in Fine Arts. I’m from a small town in southern Wisconsin, and my earliest art-making memory is from when I was four, coloring with my grandma after preschool. […]

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