1972 The CIE was created and named by Dr. Patrick D. Hazard, the person who says his revenge on America was bringing Monty Python to the USA while he was a consultant at Time-Life Films
1973 Walt's Vault fund established to fix up Walt Whitman's tomb in Camden, New Jersey
1974 Incorporation as a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)3 corporation to make and distribute all kinds of media about poets, writers and artists from around the world
1975 A Sampler of Minnesota Poets broadcast in Minnesota
1976 First Annual I.F. Stone Competition for undergraduate investigative journalism, The IZZIES
1977 Second Annual Walt Whitman International Media Competition for poetry and sound performance on audiotape
1978 Coproduction with University Community Video of A Man Writes to a Part of Himself: Robert Bly
1979 Muserooma public radio series on the arts and media, based in Santa Rosa, California
1980 House organ changes from i.e. to The Whole Shebangan odd publication which changes shape with each issue
1981 The Movie at the End of the World: Thomas McGrath nationally telecast on PBS on Flag Day
1982 The First Annual CIE Athletic Arts Eventan Olympic video event in which 104 people planned and recorded their own performances in various sports
1983 American Grizzly: Frederick Manfred nationally telecast on The Learning Channel, supported by MacArthur Foundation
1984 Minnesota Musesa series of public TV broadcasts in Minnesota featuring Meridel
Le Sueur and others
1985 The Antenna Projecta set of four videos by ten artists
1986 Foreign Filma PSA for the Year of Reconciliation, in Lakota (Sioux) with English subtitles, played in five state region of upper midwest
1987 Impressive Saint Paulprints of Saint Paul by six artists
1988 Nothing much seemed to happen; survived
1989 A Short History of Memoryan anecdotal, multimedia history of communications which demonstrates The CIE's first principle: Depend on no one medium.
1990 Peace Worksa half-hour TV show with poems and art about peace, played nationally on The Peacemakers Network
1991 Poeting for Etheridge Knighta memorial tribute video for the late African American poet from Indianapolis
1992 Ogichidag/Warriors telecast on ALIVE TV on PBS
1993 The Twins TV Newsbuggy, a mobile communications vehicle in an old-fashioned baby carriage
1994 Juneteenth Youth Works Videosa minifest for TV of African American videos
1995 Tamamushi-Iro: Issaa swarm of bug haiku by the Japanese poet Issa
1996 Jim Northrup: With Reservationsa documentary with the Anishinaabe/Chippewa/Ojibwe writer from Fond Du Lac, Minnesota
1997 The Painted Eye: Jerry Rudquista video portrait about seeing things
1998 Mr. Respect: Tiger Jack Rosenblooma community lesson for the whole world featuring the philosophy of a legendary nonagenarian shopkeeper
1999 Media Mike Hazard became the first employee of The CIE
2000 Birds of Paradisea multimedia exhibition exploring the art and science of birds
2001 Eugene McCarthy: Im Sorry I was Righta documentary portrait of the poet and politician from Watkins, Minnesota
2002 100th artist residency in the schools, teaching people of all ages how to tell their own stories with television
2003 We worked to make peace, with two new videos: Peace Works and Four Sisters for Peace
2004 Artist in residence Mike Hazard created a pan-media collection of pictures, poems and profound objects with light as a theme called
Solar Power & Moonshine
2005 THE MAGIC GREEN SCHOOL BUS is a portrait of the late teacher and senator
from Minnesota, Paul Wellstone
2006 C. BECK is a video snapshot of the old master, Charles Beck, speaking of the
mystery of art
2007 MR. POSITIVE shows how one person can inspire everyone to clean up the world and be a good neighbor
2008 Mike Hazard is awarded a Bush Artist Fellowship
2009 Cold Mountain portrays the Tang Dynasty Chinese poet Han Shan
2010 Media Mike plays with Facebook
2011 A POET POETS profiles Roy McBride, the people's poet
2012 Cornucopia was presented by Media Mike at the Saint Paul Farmers Market, a harvest feast of pictures and poems
2013 This World Is Not Altogether Bad - poetry by Mike Hazard, published by Red Dragonfly Press
2014 INCONTEXT - a video portrait of Monica Rudquist