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

If you have an event or a group that you’d like to be featured, send us an email at arts@bwog.com. We try to include as many events as we can find and fit, but reaching out to us is the best way to make sure your event is promoted to the student community and is covered by a staffer.

New Plays Festival

  • Sunday, May 3, to Sunday, May 10, various times and locations
  • Come witness vivid and imaginative new plays written by MFA Playwright candidates at the School of the Arts. In the next couple of weeks, three new plays will be showing: Limitrophe by Flavie Philipon, Alala & The Scarman by Silma Sierra Berrada, and WINGS // WATERMELON by Mo Holmes.

In Conversation with José Parlá, Alan Kanzer Artist-in-Residence

  • Thursday, May 7, 4 pm, Kavil Auditorium (Jerome L. Greene Science Center)
  • The Alan Kanzer Artist-in-Residence program is a “collaboration between Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute and School of the Arts,” providing a space for exceptional artists to collaborate with scientists at Zuckerman as they explore the intersection between art and science. Join for a fascinating, interdisciplinary discussion.

Flow

  • Saturday, May 9, 12 pm, Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room (Lenfest Center for the Arts)
  • Come for a screening of Flow, a sweet animated film about a cat navigating a flooded world. This event is hosted by Columbia Artist/Teachers (CA/T), a collective of “accomplished writers and artists” who work locally to create free arts programs.

Experimental Russian-Language Poetry & Prose

  • Saturday, May 9, 5 pm, Harriman Institute Atrium (International Affairs Building)
  • The Harriman Institute, which covers Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European studies, welcomes you to a night of experimental Russian writing. An exciting list of rising poets will share their work: “Gleb Simonov, Maria Malinovskaya, Ivan Sokolov, Nadia Vikulina, Lev Oborin, Tatiana Krasilnikova, and Stanislav Snytko.”

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