Lenfest Kids: H2O presents 'March of the Penguins’
Showtimes
Saturday, December 14 @ 11 am
Saturday, December 14 @ 3 pm
Dir. Luc Jacquet, 2005
35MM | France | ages 6+
$7 adv. - $9 door
Creativity, Addiction, and Mood Disorders
A conversation about the relationship between mental illness, psychic suffering, addiction, and creativity, focused particularly on the poets Robert Lowell and John Berryman.
Acting Thesis: Where Do We Live
Columbia University School of the Arts is proud to present the MFA Acting Class of 2020 in their thesis production of Where Do We Live that will premiere this fall at The Lenfest Center for the Arts at 615 W. 129th St.
Climate Change Theatre Action x The Year of Water
Featuring original short play readings by Columbia playwrights Kanika Vaish '22, Greg Nanni '21 and Zizi Majid '20, and by international artists Caridad Svich and Peterson Toscano.
Lenfest Kids: H2O presents 'Finding Dory'
Showtimes
Saturday, November 16 @ 11 am
Saturday, November 16 @ 3 pm
Dir. Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane, 2016
DCP | USA | ages 6+
$7 adv. - $9 door
Atlantics (Atlantique)
Screening of Atlantics (Atlantique) followed with responses by Mamadou Diouf, History and African Studies, and Souleymane Bachir Diagne, French and Philosophy.
Acting Thesis: In the Blood
Columbia University School of the Arts is proud to present the MFA Acting Class of 2020 in their thesis production of ‘In the Blood.’
Complex Issues: In Jerusalem: Three Generations of an Israeli Family and a Palestinian Family
Reading followed by a conversation between Lis Harris, Writing, and Ted Conover, NYU. Introduced by Margo Jefferson, Writing.
WATERLICHT NYC
Propelled by LED lights and lenses, WATERLICHT was installed in the Public Plaza of Columbia's Lenfest Center for the Arts on October 22, 23, and 24, 2019.
Lenfest Kids: H2O presents 'Song of the Sea'
still from Song of the Sea
Showtimes
Saturday, October 19 @ 11 am
Saturday, October 19 @ 3 pm
Dir. Tomm Moore, 2014
DCP | Ireland-Denmark-France | ages 7+
$7 adv. - $9 door
Directing Thesis: Cabaret
Columbia University School of the Arts is proud to present Jonathan Seinen’s production of ‘Cabaret.’
Directing Thesis: Big Love
Columbia University School of the Arts is proud to present Jen Pitt’s production of Big Love.
Water, Sound, and Indigenous Film: 'Ushui'
Screening of ‘Ushui’ followed by a conversation with Amalia Córdova, Smithsonian Institution, José Gregorio Mojica Gil, Researcher, and Rafael Mojica Gil, Photographer. Organized by Ron Gregg, Film and Media Studies, and Ana Ochoa, Music.
Dael Orlandersmith: Racial Profiling in Theatre
Pulitzer finalist (Yellowman) and Obie winner Dael Orlandersmith looks at how the boxes around gender, orientation, race, and ethnicity that were intended to foster inclusion, complicate theatre-making.
Paola Antonelli: Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival
Paola Antonelli claims that “our only chance at survival is to design our own beautiful extinction.” She will present the potentials of restorative design in the Anthropocene and her curation of over 100 projects for the 22nd edition of the Milan Triennial.
Lenfest Kids: H2O presents 'Inside Out'
still from Inside out
Showtimes
Saturday, September 28 @ 11 am
Saturday, September 28 @ 3 pm
Dir. Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen, 2015
DCP | USA | ages 7+
FREE SCREENING*
For a fun look into the brain, and together with the Zuckerman Institute's Saturday Science event Your Amazing Brain, this film is set in the mind of a young girl named Riley. This Oscar-winning animated film follows five personified emotions – Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust – as they help Riley adjust to her changing life. Inside Out was developed in consultation with neuroscientists and psychologists at UC Berkeley and San Francisco.
*Inside Out is Free as part of Manhattanville Family Day, a day full of free programs and events on the Manhattanville campus.
John Thornton Caldwell presents 'Land Hacks: Masculine Media Anxiety Disorder (or 55 Film Locations Near Bakersfield)'
A free screening of the documentary Land Hacks: Masculine Media Anxiety Disorder (or 55 Film Locations Near Bakersfield).
Lenfest Kids: H2O presents 'Ponyo'
still from Ponyo
Showtimes
Saturday, September 21 @ 11 am
Saturday, September 21 @ 3 pm
Dir. Hayao Miyazaki, 2008
DCP | Japan | ages 5+
$7 adv. - $9 door
This year’s “Year of Water” series of family films begins with Ponyo (2008), directed by the legendary Studio Ghibli animator Hayao Miyazaki. Inspired by the Hans Christian Anderson story The Little Mermaid, Miyazaki’s film tells the story of a young goldfish princess and the balance between the earth and the sea. We presented this film in its English dub, featuring voice acting by Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, and Tina Fey.
Liquid Futures: Envisioning a World with Water for All
As part of the Digital Storytelling Lab’s ongoing Story I/O (“Input/Output”) initiative, an interactive one-day exploration of new forms and functions of storytelling. Led by Lance Weiler, Film and Theatre. Application at arts.columbia.edu.
The Novel and its Discontents: A Conversation Between John Banville and Richard Ford
Banville and Ford, authors of many novels (The Book of Evidence, Independence Day), winners of many prizes (Booker, Pulitzer, Princess of Asturias, Prix Femina) and decades-long friends, engage in (it's hoped) a spirited, un-theoretical back 'n forth about the supposed pleasures of the text.
Screening and Q&A: John Carpenter’s cult classic 'They Live'
Free screening of John Carpenter’s cult classic ‘They Live’ on Thursday, September 5th, starting at 7pm at the Lenfest Center for the Arts.