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New York City is packed with amazing culture and inspiring art, but sometimes it’s difficult to break the Morningside-bubble and experience it all first-hand. “Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined on campus.

Saturday, November 12th

• A Night of Sufi Music and Love, 7:30 PM, Lerner Party Space – “The night will be opened by Chris Janigian and Chris Atamian, performing Armenian Poetry with English translations. The evening will feature Amir Vahab, one of New York’s most distinguished composers and vocalists of Sufi and folk music. He will be joined by his ensemble for a performance of Rumi poetry and Sufi music, in Persian with English interpretations.” Tickets here.

Sunday, November 13th

• Middle Eastern Dance Conference (MEDC), 3 PM, Lerner Party Space – “The 9th Annual Middle Eastern Dance Conference will feature collegiate bellydance troupes from all over the East Coast and two world-renowned bellydancers, Maki Moves and Laura Propenko.” – Tickets here – $5 with CUID

Tuesday, November 15th

• Poetry Reading: Dawn Lundy Martin & Anne Waldman, 7:00 PM, Sulzberger Parlor – “Dawn Lundy Martin is the author of three books of poetry, including Life in a Box Is a Pretty Life. . . She is a founding member of the Black Took Collective, a group of experimental black poets, and teaches at the University of Pittsburgh. Anne Waldman is the author of more than 40 collections of poetry and poetics, including the recent Voice’s Daughter of a Heart Yet to Be Born. . . She is a co-founder, with Allen Ginsberg, of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University.”

Wednesday, November 16th

• Mid-Day Music with Yong Murray, Jordan Lee, and Chris Gao, 12:00 PM, Garden Room 2 in Faculty House – The piano trio of Murray, Lee, and Gao will be performing a program including Ravel and Shostakovich. This event is free.
• Concert | Magdalena Baczewska, 7:00 PM, Lerner Black Box – “Magdalena Baczewska, the current Director of the Music Performance Program and Lecturer in Music at Columbia, will be performing a program that includes Baldassarre Galuppi’s Sonata No. 7 in D major, Domenico Scarlatti’s Sonatas, Nino Rota’s Suite del Casanova di Federico Fellini, Arcangelo Corelli’s Pastorale (Angelus) from the Renaissance Book, Karol Szymanowski’s Preludes, and Fryderyk Chopin’s Mazurkas and Polonaise fantasie.
• Columbia Law Revue Presents: Fantastic Briefs and Where to File Them, 8:30 PM, Lerner Party Space – “Join Columbia Law Revue for another installment of their popular show! This time around, the gang will be scouring the streets of New York in search of wondrous briefs and fantastical jurisprudential figures. Will they find any? Stay tuned to find out!” – Doors open at 8 PM, tickets are $15.50 (includes 2 free drinks) – Additional performances at the same time on Thursday, November 17th and Friday, November 18th

Thursday, November 17th

• Meet the Pop-Art Rabbi, 7:00 PM, The Gallery at Chabad (625 W 113th Street) – ““What’s a Good Jewish Rabbi Doing Painting?” Yitchok Moully was a succesful Chabad Rabbi for years before he took up painting full time. He will discuss how he weaves Jewish motifs and teachings into his work and how he is following his passion.” 
• Composer Portrait: Lei Liang,  8:00 PM, Miller Theatre – “As a student, Lei Liang attended class mere blocks from the Tiananmen Square protests; ever since, he has viewed art as a way to counteract violence and find freedom. His compositions pay homage to his Chinese culture while drawing on Western counterpoints. This Portrait, performed by several of Liang’s West Coast colleagues, explores opposing forces, bringing together light and dark, paradise and inferno.” – Tickets $7 with CUID
• CU Players Presents: A Wrinkle in Time, 8:00 PM, Glicker-Milstein Theatre – “A Wrinkle in Time is a play based on the popular children’s book by Madeleine L’Engle. It chronicles the journey of Meg through space and time to save her father. It is a story of love, adventure, and communism.” Tickets $5.50 with CUID, additional performances at the same time on Friday, November 18th, and Saturday, November 19th.

Friday, November 19th

• Sabor Presents CUnivision: Siguiendo a Sabor, 8:00 PM, Roone Arledge Auditorium – “This year, “Sabor Presents CUnivisión: Siguiendo A Sabor,” will be exploring the current events that greatly affect and influence our community through dance. This theme alludes to one of the largest American Spanish language broadcast television networks—Univision—which not only promotes Latinx culture in America but it also unites them. . . It will be a night of fun, dancing, and as always, plenty of Sabor!”- Tickets $8.50 or $12.50 for VIP
• Dance Haven’s 8th Annual Fall Showcase, 8:00 PM, Columbia University Medical Center – Alumni Auditorium – “The showcase will feature student and faculty dancers and choreographers from the Columbia University Medical Campus (CUMC), who collectively represent the Medical, Nursing, Public Health, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Dentistry graduate programs. . . A percentage of the ticket sales will be donated to the Columbia Student Medical Outreach (CoSMO), a primary care center in the community that is devoted to serving the uninsured of Washington Heights.” – Tickets $8 in advance, $10 at the door – doors open at 7:30. Additional show at the same time on Saturday, November 19th

Saturday, November 19th

• Ooh Kill ‘Em: A Musical Parody, 8:00 PM, James Room at Barnard Hall – “Ooh Kill ‘Em is an original musical parody of Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 film Kill Bill. . . This show highlights hilarious moments based on Tarantino’s masterpiece, cracking jokes about everything from cultural appropriation, to Game of Thrones, while following a hilarious score and telling the story of “The Bride”, a woman who deserves her revenge.” – Tickets are free