Acting Thesis: "Fucking A"
Columbia University School of Arts MFA Acting Cohort of 2024 presents Suzan-Lori Parks Fucking A, directed by Benton Greene.
December 14–17, 2023
Lenfest Kids: "The Princess Bride"
Free screening of The Princess Bride as a part of the Fall 2023 Lenfest Kids series.
"Two Stage Sisters"
Screening of Two Stage Sisters as part of the Richard Peña Selects festival.
Richard Peña in Conversation
Richard Peña will discuss his career as a film programmer and educator in conversation with MoMA curator Josh Siegel as a part of the Richard Peña Selects festival.
"The Day I Became a Woman (Roozi ke zan shodam)"
Screening of The Day I Became a Woman (Roozi ke zan shodam) as a part of the the Richard Peña Selects festival.
"My Sex Life … or How I Got into an Argument (Comment je me suis disputé … ma vie sexuelle)"
Screening of My Sex Life … or How I Got into an Argument (Comment je me suis disputé … ma vie sexuelle) as part of the Richard Peña Selects festival.
"Kiss Me Deadly"
Screening of Kiss Me Deadly as part of the Richard Peña Selects festival.
“Law of Desire (La ley del deseo)”
Screening of Law of Desire (La ley del deseo) as a part of the the Richard Peña Selects festival.
Double Feature: "Fantastic Mr. Fox" & "The BFG"
Free screening of Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox and Steven Spielberg’s The BFG as a part of the Fall 2023 Lenfest Kids series.
Acting Thesis: "Small Tragedy"
Columbia University School of Arts MFA Acting Cohort of 2024 presents Craig Lucas’ Small Tragedy, directed by Danny Sharron.
November 16–19, 2023
María Magdalena Campos-Pons
Celebrated visual artist María Magdelena Campos-Pons presents work on the occasion of her multimedia survey at the Brooklyn Museum. Introduced by artist and faculty member David Antonio Cruz.
Lights on the Plaza
Join us on “The Plaza” for Columbia University’s annual Manhattanville winter tree lighting ceremony.
Art + Life: Hernan Diaz
Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling author Hernan Diaz in conversation with adjunct assistant professor Hilary Leichter '12.
Carla Kuhn Speaker Series: "Radical"
A screening of Radical, a film written and directed by alum Christopher Zalla ’04 and produced by alum Ben Odell ’04, followed by a Q&A with Zalla and Odell.
On Horror: "The Shining" and "The Changeling"
Writing professors Dorothea Lasky and Victor LaValle discuss recent work — Lasky’s ekphrastic horror lyric, The Shining; and the Apple TV+ adaptation of The Changeling, LaValle’s death-defying odyssey through New York City — with Jack Halberstam, Professor of Gender Studies and English.
Manhattanville Community Day: Double Feature
Free screening of Mamoru Hosoda’s Belle and Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas as a part of the Fall 2023 Lenfest Kids series.
Directing Thesis: "Dancing at Lughnasa"
Columbia University School of the Arts presents Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa, a directing thesis production by current student Miguel Bregante.
October 19–22, 2023
Complex Issues: "Adama Delphine Fawundu: In the Spirit of Àṣẹ "
Artist and faculty member Adama Delphine Fawundu discusses her solo exhibition spanning video, sculpture, photography, and printmaking with art historian Kellie Jones. The exhibition is now at the Newark Museum of Art.
"My Name Is Andrea"
Screening of My Name Is Andrea — a provocative and experimental documentary about feminist icon Andrea Dworkin — followed by a conversation between Writer and Director Pratibha Parmar and filmmaker and faculty member Tom Kalin.
Directing Thesis: "When The Rain Stops Falling"
Columbia University School of the Arts presents Andrew Bovell’s When The Rain Stops Falling, a directing thesis production by current student Ares Harper.
October 5–8, 2023
From DMZ Colony to Phantom Pain Wings: An Evening with Kim Hyesoon and Don Mee Choi
For over a decade, poet Don Mee Choi has been translating the poetry of Kim Hyesoon, one of the foremost poets of South Korea. The two will read from their works and speak about their writing and collaboration with LTAC Director Susan Bernofsky.
Complex Issues: “Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping”
Writing professors Shane McCrae and Timothy Donnelly discuss McCrae’s new memoir, Pulling the Chariot of the Sun: A Memoir of a Kidnapping.
Lenfest Kids: “The Greatest Showman”
Free screening of The Greatest Showman starring Hugh Jackman and Zendaya as a part of the Fall 2023 Lenfest Kids series.
A “Toy Film” History of Shōwa: The Second Sino-Japanese War, 1931-1945
A Japanese history of found footage using small gauge (9.5mm) “toy film” (amocha eiga).
Uptown Triennial 2023
Visit the Wallach Art Gallery to view the third edition of the Uptown Triennial presents work by artists from Upper Manhattan and beyond that is representative of the history, culture, and contemporary issues of Harlem and spans the visual arts, media, and sound.