If my mom hadn’t cancelled my ballet classes when I was 5, I’d be in Moscow right now.

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.

On Campus

  • This weekend, the Columbia Musical Theater Society (CMTS) presents Into the Woods at the Glicker-Milstein Theater! The classic Sondheim musical, featuring a mixup of fairytale characters from Little Red Riding Hood to Rapunzel, centers around a baker and his wife who accept a strange quest from a witch. See it Thursday, Friday or Saturday at 8 PM or Saturday at 2 PM. $5.50 CUID tickets here.
  • This Friday, April 13, the Columbia Journalism School is hosting a screening and Q&A with the screenwriters of the Oscar-nominated movie The Post. Starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, The Post chronicles the Washington Post’s race with the New York Times to publish the Pentagon Papers in the 1970s. More info here.

Off Campus

  • This Saturday, April 14 at 8 PM, the CU Ballet Ensemble presents its spring production of Coppélia at the Manhattan Movement & Arts Center! This whimsical ballet tells the story of Coppélia, a life-sized doll brought to life by a mysterious doctor. Tickets start at $10.
  • Also on Saturday from 11:30 to 5 PM, celebrate the opening of Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985 at the Brooklyn Museum. With a curation tour, performance and conversation, this program honors pioneering Latin American and Latina artists. See the full schedule and purchase tickets here.

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