“Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined.

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From DMZ Colony to Phantom Pain Wings: An Evening with Kim Hyesoon and Don Mee Choi

  • October 4, 7:30 pm, The Lantern
  • Poet Kim Hyesoon and her translator and fellow poet Don Mee Choi will read from their works and speak about their writing and collaboration with Susan Bernofsky, director of Literary Translation at Columbia.

Directing Thesis: When The Rain Stops Falling

  • October 5-8, Lenfest Center for the Arts
  • This year’s directing thesis season kicks off with When The Rain Stops Falling, a directing thesis production by MFA student Ares Harper. The play, written by Andrew Bovell, is a multigenerational story of a deteriorating family dynamic set between London and Australia. 

Drawing for People Who Think They Can’t Draw

  • October 5, 7 pm, Barnard Zine Library
  • Artist and graphic designer Diane Zhou will lead a workshop on basic drawing skills aimed to reconnect attendees with the joy of making art. 

Renée Green | Double Bill: A Film Screening

  • October 5, 6 pm, 304 Barnard Hall
  • Renée Green, the 2023 Distinguished Artist-in-Residence, will screen two movies from her extensive catalog: Some Chance Operations (1999), and ED/HF (2017). 

Restless: A Conversation With Joseph Kai, A Queer Comic Book Artist

  • October 3, 12 pm, Buell Hall
  • Joseph Kai will read excerpts and show images from his debut graphic novel, L’intranquille. Kai is a queer artist from Beirut and is a graduate of the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts.

Film: Colette and Justin

  • October 5, 6:30 pm, Horace Mann Hall
  • Congolese director Alain Kassanda’s film Colette and Justin will be screened as part of the Columbia University Maison Francais 2023 Film Festival, “Across Generations: Unveiling The Past.” The film traces Kassanda’s family history alongside the history of the Belgian colonization of the Congo.

Rain via Bwarchives