Even during midterm SZN, Drake appreciates the arts

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.

Sunday, October 9th

• WKCR’s 75th Anniversary Concert, 6:00 PM, Miller Theatre – “In honor of its 75th anniversary, WKCR-FM, Columbia University’s non-commercial student-run radio station, presents a concert featuring two incredible performances by free jazz bassist Henry Grimes and the George Coleman quartet, including George Coleman on tenor sax, George Coleman, Jr. on drums, Rick Germanson on piano, and John Webber on bass. They will help celebrate WKCR’s history of broadcasting alternative, eclectic, and significant content over its 75 years on FM.” – Doors open at 5:30 PM

Monday, October 10th

• A Land Beyond the Stars: Paolo Galluzzi on Waldseemüller’s 1507 “Cosmographia”, 5:30 PM, Casa Italiana – “Waldseemüller’s Universalis Cosmographia is one of the most important cartographic productions of the modern age; the only known copy, long believed lost, was found in the library of the castle of Prince Johannes von Walburg-Wolfegg in 1901. Purchased by the Library of Congress of the United States in 2003, it is displayed in the Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C. To make public the map’s wealth of historical, technical, scientific and geographic data, the Museo Galileo with the Library of Congress developed an innovative website launching soon.”
• Curtis 20/21 Ensemble, 6:00 PM, Miller Theatre – “Discover the compositional voices of tomorrow, now. The Curtis Institute of Music trains composers and musicians of the highest caliber, who go on to make major contributions in the field. Their performances have been inspiring Miller audiences since the start of our annual collaboration, in 2012. Hear them in this evening’s Pop-Up Concert, at the beginning of their journey, as their fellow students perform their chamber works.”
• Lecture: Walter Hood Design, 6:30 PM, Wood Auditorium  – “Walter Hood is an Oakland, CA-based designer, artist and educator. He is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley’s landscape architecture and environmental design department, which he chaired from 1998 to 2002. His studio practice, Hood Design, has been engaged in architectural commissions, urban design, art installations, and research since 1992.”

Tuesday, October 11th

• The Big Draw, 12:00 PM, Low Plaza – Similar to “Combat Paper,” The Big Draw is bringing people together in the arts. From 12-2 PM, drawing exercises will be led by Professors Nicola López and Leeza Meksin, while from 2-4 PM, Professors Edward Minoff and Aliza Nisenbaum will lead, alongside collaborative drawing and free drawing stations. Exhibition to follow on October 13th at 4:00 PM in the LeRoy Neiman Gallery.

Wednesday, October 12th

• Mid-Day Music @ Columbia featuring Dean Deng on the piano, 12-1 PM, Garden Room 2 in the Faculty House – Yong Murray will be performing a program that includes Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata in A-flat major, op. 110, Felix Mendelssohn – Song Without Words, op. 19 no. 1, Frederic Chopin – Etude in A minor, op. 25 no. 11, Alban Berg – Sonata, op. 1, and Frederic Chopin – Ballade No. 4 in F minor. This event is free.
• Ge Fei in New York: On the Translation of His Novel ‘The Invisibility Cloak’, 4:00 PM, International Affairs Building, Room 918 – “Author Ge Fei will be joined by Translator Canaan Morse for an in-depth discussion of Ge Fei’s work and the publication of The Invisibility Cloak by NYRB Classics. This event will be moderated by Lydia Liu, Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University.” – Register here.
• Poetry Reading: Shane McCrae & Monica Youn, 7:00 PM, 501 Dodge Hall – “Shane McCrae’s most recent books are In the Language of My Captor (Wesleyan University Press, 2017) and The Animal Too Big to Kill (Persea Books, 2015), and his poems have appeared in Poetry, The American Poetry Review, Gulf Coast, Pinwheel, DREGINALD and elsewhere. Monica Youn is the author of Blackacre (Graywolf Press, 2016). Her previous book Ignatz was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Award, and she has received fellowships from the Stanford University, the Library of Congress, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation—Bellagio, Yaddo and MacDowell. Her poems have been published in Poetry, The New Yorker, The New Republic, The Paris Review and The Best American Poetry, among other publications.”

Thursday, October 13th

• The Big Draw, 4:00 PM, LeRoy Neiman Gallery – One evening exhibition to showcase the drawing from the October 11th event.
• Comics Unstuck: An Evening with Howard Cruse, 6:00 PM, Butler Library – “The extraordinary career of cartoonist and activist Howard Cruse spans more than five decades and nearly as many groundbreaking endeavors: from Kitchen Sink Press’s GAY COMIX comic book to the “Wendel” comic strip in THE ADVOCATE to his stunning semi-autobiographical graphic novel, STUCK RUBBER BABY. Cruse will join author and cartoonist Allan Neuwirth (“Chelsea Boys”) for a discussion of his work and career, in celebration of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library’s acquisition of the Cruse archives. Sponsored by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.” – Free with registration.
• Filming at the Borders: “Stopover (L’Escale)” by Kaveh Bakhtiari, 6:30 PM, Maison Francaise – “Opening night of “Filming at the Borders” film series. Film screening followed by panel discussion with director Kaveh Bakhtiari and Professor Seyla Benhabib.” – Free with registration.

Friday, October 14th

• Combat Papers, 6:30 PM, LeRoy Neiman Gallery– Exhibition of paper creations following the participatory event on October 5th.
• Filming at the Borders: The Messengers (Les Messagers), 6:30 PM, Maison Francaise – Film Screening followed by discussion with director Laetitia Tura, Professor Madeleine Dobie, and Professor Jérôme Game. As Charlotte Garson said of the film, “The focus is on how the unburied dead challenge European policy responses. The film shows that, in some ways, the notion of the frontier covers that of a common grave: a crack engulfing an unwanted humanity whose only relic seems to be the words of the ‘messengers’.” – Free with registration.
• Afropolitan 2016: Ileya, 7:00 PM, Roone Arledge Auditorium– “Afropolitan is the first annual cultural showcase of the school year. Our program celebrates the full and rich quality of Africa’s cultures and traditions through food, fashion, performances, and storytelling. Through Afropolitan, we seek to depict Africa in a rich light to a wide and diverse audience, offering a beautiful and holistic image of a continent that is often portrayed in negative and shallow perspectives. The showcase started seven years ago and has been an annual staple selling out every single year and attracting attendees from all over, including Columbia/Barnard students, students from Universities close and far, designers, and performers.” – Tickets are $10.50 with CUID

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