New York City is packed with amazing culture and inspiring art, and now that so much of it is online for free, there’s never been a better time to experience it first-hand. “Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined.

Performances:

• On April 21 at 7 pm CityStep founder Sabrina Peck will be directing a campus-community Columbia-Harlem dance performance at the Forum at Columbia with pieces celebrating Duke Ellington’s “Such Sweet Thunder.”
• Columbia Raw Elementz will be presenting their showcase RAWCUS on April 16 at 7 pm in Roone featuring guest performances by Ijoya and CU Generation.
• The Movement Lab will be hosting the first student artist in residence installation on April 21 from 5:30 to 7 pm with Eli Duncan’s Abyssopelagic kiss, “a VR sound and video installation.”
• On April 22 from 5 to 7 pm, the Movement Lab will be hosting three student artists in residence, Campbell Ives, Rae Su, and Gioia Von Staden, for their installation performance.

Readings, Discussions, and Concerts:

• The Asia Society of New York will be celebrating India’s 75th anniversary with Vande Mataram: A Musical Journey Through India on April 18 at 7 pm.
• On April 23 at 7 pm, the Columbia School for the Arts will be hosting a virtual reading featuring Argentinian author Cecilia Pavón.

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