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.

Columbia Latenite

• December 8 to 10, 11 pm, Lerner Blackbox Theatre
• Columbia’s semesterly sketch comedy show returns! Stay tuned on their website for a ticket link. 

Fedra, Queen of Haiti

• December 8 to 10, Minor Latham Playhouse
• The Barnard Department of Theatre presents Fedra by J. Nicole Brooks, an adaptation of Jean Racine’s Phèdre. This modern retelling set in a reimagined Haiti is directed by Tatyana-Marie Carlo, and stars Barnard and Columbia students.

Directing Thesis: Asphyxia

• December 8 to 11, Lenfest Center for the Arts
• The School of the Arts presents a directing thesis production, a “poetic psychological thriller,” by current student Jorge Schultz.

Non-literary fiction: Art of the Americas Under Neoliberalism

• December 9, 12 pm, Casa Hispanica
• An open class taught by Professor Esther Gabara as part of the graduate seminar “The Visual Turn in Literary Studies.”

Late night sky via Wikimedia Commons