Columbia and New York City are packed with amazing culture and inspiring art, and 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.

Blacklisted in Russia: A Conversation with Rapper Noize MC

  • November 28, 4:15 to 5:45 pm, 614 Schermerhorn Hall
  • Join the Harriman Institute for a conversation with the popular Russian rapper about rap as a method of social and political commentary through transgressive art. RSVP required.

Creative Writing Lecture: Hari Kunzru

  • November 30, 7:30 to 9 pm, 501 Dodge Hall
  • Novelist, columnist, and NYU professor Hari Kunzru hosts an original talk about the craft of writing as part of the School of the Arts’ Creative Writing Lecture Series.

CMTS Presents: Sunday In The Park With George

  • December 1-3, 7 to 9 pm, Glicker Milstein Theatre
  • Columbia Musical Theatre Society showcases this classic Sondheim in the intimate Glicker Milstein Theatre. Tickets required.

CUP Presents: Dr. Ride’s American Beach House

  • December 1-3; 7 pm (December 1 and 2), 2 pm and 8 pm (December 3); Lerner Black Box.
  • This 2019 play by Liza Birkenmeier explores feminity and queerness in the 1980s, set against the backdrop of Dr. Sally Ride’s historic space flight in which she became the first American woman to enter orbit. Tickets required (free admission).

Orchesis Presents: DiscOrchesis

  • December 2, 9:30 to 11 pm, Roone Arledge Auditorium
  • Columbia’s largest student-run dance organization puts on its Fall 2022 showcase. Tickets required.

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