“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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Screendance: Screening of Student Work

  • Monday, December 9, 7:30 to 9 pm, Movement Lab (Milstein Center LL020)
  • Students from Barnard Dance’s Screendance course will present their films at this showcase. The course, taught by Professor Gabri Christa, teaches its students how to perform, choreograph, and direct screendances. 

Columbia Pops Fall Concert

  • Monday, December 9, 9:15 pm*, Roone Auditorium (Lerner Hall)
  • Columbia Pops is a student orchestra that presents student arrangements of popular music. This showcase features musical excerpts from Wicked, Encanto, and more.
  • *Doors open at 9 pm.

Ratrock Gallery Show

  • Tuesday, Dec 10, 6 to 9 pm, ADP (526 West 114th Street)
  • Ratrock, a Columbia student art publication, will host their Featured Artist gallery show to celebrate student artworks. This year’s artists are Amber Li, Andre Adonnino, Ariana Eftimiu, Charlotte Lawrence, Em Chmiel, Iman Taha, Julia Kirby, Kathleen Halley-Segal, Maya Shkolnik, and Viela Hu.

Passion Play—MFA Acting Thesis

  • Thursday, December 12 to Sunday, December 15, 1:30 pm on Saturday and Sunday and 7:30 pm all days, Flexible Performance Space, Lenfest Center for the Arts
  • The School of the Arts’ MFA Acting Cohort of 2025 will perform Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play. The production is directed by Rory McGregor ‘17 and is “a triptych offering intimate views into communities attempting to stage the death and resurrection of Christ.”
  • This event is sold out, but standby is available.

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