Columbia College’s eighth annual literary festival, hosted by its fiction writing department (and for the first time stretching its “week” to ten days, to overlap with the Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference being held in Chicago), features readings, book signings, and panels with local and national writers under the theme “Story and the Sister Arts.” Events run Thursday, March 18, through Saturday, March 27, at locations in the Loop (Harold Washington Library Center, Columbia College, Chicago Cultural Center, Palmer House Hilton) and at several neighborhood venues (Cafe Penelope, Chopin Theatre, Empty Bottle, Metro). All are free unless otherwise noted. For more information call 312-344-7611 or 312-344-8559 or see storyweek.colum.edu.
Friday, March 19
Panel on “artistic influences and the process of creation” with visual artists Philip Hartigan and Scott Nava, dancer Deb Siegel, and writers Ann Hemenway, Steve Kapelke, and Judy Veramendi. Columbia College, Ferguson Theater, 600 S. Michigan. 2 PM.
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Monday, March 22
The Brian Costello Show
