Category Archives: Events

Please join us for Behind the Archives Door featuring, Alicia Bailey and the Abecedarian Gallery, in the Archives & Special Collections Alicia has a particular passion for works that include elements beyond surface printed images and text; that move beyond … Continue reading →

Please join us as Bill and Vicky provide the chance to see, read and touch dozens of exemplary books from the current Vamp and Tramp roadshow. Thursday,  October 8, 2015 Collins Library, Room 020 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Vamp & … Continue reading →

Please join us! Ben Johns and students from the Greek Life Council will be reading several books then visiting the DIRT? Exhibit. Painting afterwards in Room 020!

Please join us for Behind the Archives Door featuring Suzanne Moore – a letter artist, painter, and printmaker whose eclectic interests meld in the diversity of her artists’ books. Her books blend abstract and representational imagery, rich color and surface … Continue reading →

Join us for a look into the ongoing research of Tiffany MacBain, Associate Professor of English, as she draws on the Abby Williams Hill collection in the Archives & Special Collections. Many know 19th-century Tacoma local Abby Williams Hill as … Continue reading →

Each month, the Archives & Special Collections will hold a series of informal presentations on current research, unique resources, and rare books. Join us for informal discussion, refreshments, and the opportunity to handle documents and artifacts hundreds of years old! … Continue reading →

Nationally recognized paper and book artist, Helen Hiebert of Edwards, Colorado will share examples from her studio practice, including Interluceo, her newest artists’ book about paper, geometry and light, and The Wish, a community installation project that resides in a Denver … Continue reading →

Celebrate the last day of classes! Come enjoy cookies baked by Collins Library staff inspired by the recipes from Mrs. Gwen Phibbs Collegiate Cookies Cookbook. Back by popular demand is the Collins Library Cookie Bake-off.  Several years ago it was … Continue reading →

Flute Ensemble: Chamber Music from London & Vienna Friday, May 1, 2015 3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Collins Memorial Library, Reading Room Performance by: Whitney Reveyrand, Megan Reich, Bianca Lim, Colin Babcock Flutes, Nic Bailon, Cello

Please join us! “The French Connection” Harp Ensemble Friday, April 17, 2015 3-3:30 p.m. Performance by: Rosalie Boyle, Christian Sumprer, Frances Welsh, and Pat Wooster