Columbia and New York City are 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.

Your event wasn’t included in Where Art Thou? Send us an email at arts@bwog.com and we’ll be sure to include you! Throughout the year, we do our best to promote arts at Columbia and Barnard to the entire student community, and the best way to make sure your event gets promoted and covered is by reaching out to us.

Installations and Performances

From October 3 to October 7, check out Gender* in the Archives, a multimedia installation in the Barnard Movement Lab featuring accounts from alums and current students. The installation creates an immersive setting to highlight “identity, community, endurance, and joy.” Drop in from 12 pm to 5 pm! 

On October 7 at 9 pm in the Lerner Black Box, Third Wheel Improv is putting on a show.

Conversations

At the International Affairs Building on October 4 at 6 pm, join Russian writer Vladimir Sorokin for a conversation between Sorokin, his translator Max Lawton, and Slavic Languages professor Mark Lipovetsky. You can attend in person or via Zoom webinar.

On October 7 in Dodge Hall at 2 pm, attend a lecture on “Josephine Baker’s Cinematic Prison,” given by Terri Francis, a professor at the University of Miami, followed by a response from School of the Arts Professor Racquel Gates. At 7 pm, there will be a screening of a Baker film at the Lenfest Center. 

A library, full of books via Bwarchives