Recent Events

Filmmaker Spike Lee was this year's S.H.O.U.T! keynote speaker. Lee delivered his address to an audience of over 600; a past-capacity Lorimer Chapel, as well as live feeds in LoPo, Pugh, and Lovejoy. Lee spoke about activism, art, and the changing--or unchanging--Hollywood landscape. Afterward, he signed autographs and met with students at a meet-and-greet reception in Pulver, accompanied by live music from one of Colby's student bands.

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The theme of S.H.O.U.T! 2012 was "Take Charge, Make Change." The week focused on vocality, innovative thinking, and the concept of protest. Other S.H.O.U.T! events included Native American hoop dancing by the award-winning dance troop Native Spirit Dancers; a film screening of the documentary Miss Representation; a month-long free film series of Lee's work at Railroad Square Cinema; and workshops on art & activism and identity and culture in cooking. 

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The Morning Sentinel reports:

http://www.onlinesentinel.com/news/filmmakers-words-begin-big-weekend-at-college_2012-02-24.html

Every Winter, PCB runs a campus-wide "Post Secret" campaign. Students can find boxes of blank postcards in pre-addressed, anonymous envelopes. They then take the cards home and illustrate their secrets any way they like. Students then drop the secrets off in campus mail and can find them posted in the Pugh Center in a large, collaborative Post Secret exhibit. The exhibit stays up for about one month and remains on the wall 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. 

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This year marked PCB's third annual Post Secret event. It was originally inspired by Frank Warren's community art project of the same name, best known for its books and website: http://www.postsecret.com/