so many good events this week, go out and explore!

Bucket List represents the intellectual privilege we enjoy as Columbia students. We do our very best to bring to your attention important guest lecturers and special events on campus. Our recommendations for this week are below, and the full list is after the jump. If you notice any events that have been left off the list, or if you have a correction, please let us know in the comments.

Recommended

• “Staging War: Theatrical Ventures, Quandaries, and Prospects.” 6:15 – 8 PM. Heyman Center Second Floor Common Room. Judith Thompson, George Brant, and Stephan Wolfert.
• “Gender and Math with President Beilock.” Tuesday, December 4, 4 – 5 PM. Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd floor of Barnard Hall.
• “Creative Writing Student Reading.” Wednesday, December 5, 7 – 8 PM. Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd Floor Barnard Hall.
• “Venezuelan Exodus SOS.” Wednesday, December 5, 6 – 8 PM. The Diana Event Oval. Diana López, Daniel Smolansky, Mónica Pachón, Patrick Cage.

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• Join PorColombia this Friday from 7 to 8 PM at the Sundial for an end of the year celebration of El Día de las Velitas! They will be serving buñuelos, natillas, and other traditional Colombian Christmas snacks.

Monday, December 3 

• “Film Screening and Discussion: ReGeneration.” 6 – 8:30 PM. International Affairs Building, Room 1201. Producer Zana Marjanovic and director Emir Kapetanovic.
• “The Census and the City: Why Threats to the Census Could Hurt Immigrants and Cause Millions of Dollars Lost to the City and Its Services.” 6 – 8 PM. International Affairs Building, Room 1512.
• “What were Latin Americans voting for or against in 2018?” 5 – 7 PM. International Affairs Building, Room 802. Gerardo de Icaza (OAS), Monica Pachon (Columbia) and Patricio Navia (NYU). 
• “Transparency Series Seminar with Surya Mattu, The Markup: Reporting on Devices.” 5 – 6:30 PM. Pulitzer Hall, The Brown Institute.

Tuesday, December 4

• “Steve Coll: “Directorate S: America’s Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan.” 12:10 – 2 PM. International Affairs Building, Room 1501.
• “The Global Compacts: A Game Changer in Humanitarian Response or More of the Same?” 12 – 1 PM. International Affairs Building, Room 1219. Prof. Sarah Miller. 
• “Political Developments in Russia: Prospects for the Next Six Years.” 6 – 7 PM. International Affairs Building, Room 1219. Nikolai Petrov. 
• “Ta’al Bachir (Come Tomorrow): The Politics of Waiting for Citizenship.” 6:10 – 7:30 PM. International Affairs Building, Room 1512. Dr. Noora Lori, moderated by Lisa Anderson
• “Religion as a Problem of Attention: Asceticism and Spectacle in Orthodox Ethiopia.” 4:10 – 6 PM. Knox Hall, Room 208. Dr. Tom Boylston. 

Wednesday, December 5

• “Shari’ah Scripts, by Brinkley Messick.” 4:15 – 6 PM. Heyman Center Second Floor Common Room. Brinkley M. Messick, Mashal Saif, Islam Dayeh, Guy Burak, Gil Anidjar, Intisar A. Rabb, Mahmood Mamdani. 
• “Gender and Transformation in Humanitarian Emergencies: Challenges and Opportunities.” 12 -1 PM. International Affairs Building, Room 409. Professor Susannah Friedman. Pizza will be served.
• “Common Meal: Shared Sacred Sites.” 7 – 8:30 PM. Earl Hall Auditorium. Open to students of all or no faiths; email Chaplain Ian at ir2379@columbia.edu  to register.

Thursday, December 6

• “Rafiki.” 6:30 – 9 PM. Lenfest Center for the Arts, Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room. RSVP here.
• “An Investigative Cinema: Politics and Modernization in Italian, French, and American Film.” 6 – 8 PM. Heyman Center Second Floor Common Room. Fabrizio Cilento.
• “An Evening with Avery: Karl Friedrich Schinkel.” 6 – 8 PM. Schermerhorn Hall, Stronach Center (8th Floor). Professors Kurt Forster and Barry Bergdoll. 

Friday, December 7

• “Emerging Technologies Consortium – Dance Magic Dance: AR/VR in Performing Arts.” 12 – 1 PM. The Milstein Center, LL002. Melanie Hibbert, Jennifer Brown.
• “Columbia University Senate Plenary: The monthly meeting of the Columbia University Senate.” 1:15 – 3:15 PM. International Affairs Building, Room 1501.
• “Making Art in the Age of Algorithms.” 1 – 4 PM. Pulitzer Hall, The Brown Institute. Nick Montfort, keynote address. David Watkins, Audrey Amsellem, Jeanne Devautor, Elizabeth Bailey, Katy Gero, and Eamonn Bell will report results and offer reflections. 

Saturday, December 8

• “Young Writers Present.” 12:30 – 2:30 PM. Lenfest Center for the Arts, Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room.