0 Comments“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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- Tuesday, October 6, 6:30 to 9 pm, East Gallery (Buell Hall)
- As part of their History on Trial film series, the Maison Française is hosting a screening of Bamako, a 2006 film depicting a fictional trial in the capital of Mali. The trial, in which the World Bank and International Monetary Fund are publicly prosecuted, incapsulates the legacy of European colonization in African societies and ongoing inequality and economic dependency. The film will be in French and Bambara with English subtitles.
Screening of The Passion of Joan of Arc
- Thursday, October 8, 6:30 to 9 pm, East Gallery (Buell Hall)
- Another installment of the Maison Française’s History on Trial series, this film screening features The Passion of Joan of Arc (La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc), a 1928 silent film that portrays Joan of Arc’s trial in 1431. Drawing upon the real transcripts of Joan’s testimony, the film exposes late medieval European beliefs regarding religion, gender, and legal reasoning.
Music on the Brain: A Change in Mind
- Thursday, October 8, 7 to 8 pm, The National Jazz Museum in Harlem
- Kelly Green, a pianist, singer, and composer, is joining neuroscientist Dr. Julie Apostolou for an evening of live jazz performances and conversation. Exploring the topic of variation, Dr. Apostolou will discuss small genetic changes that transform neural wiring in schizophrenia, while Green’s jazz will demonstrate variation on a musical theme.
Goldberg Variations for String Trio
- Thursday, October 8, 7:30 pm, Miller Theatre.
- Don’t miss this string trio arrangement of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, as arranged by Dmitry Sitkovetsky. In the chamber setting, violinist Geneva Lewis, violist Brian Isaacs, and cellist Jay Campbell will deliver a virtuosic performance of Bach’s masterpiece.
MidDay Music Concert of the Rapaport Fellows
- Friday, October 9, 12 to 1 pm, Buell Hall (Maison Française)
- Come watch student musicians perform at the MidDay Music Concert of the Rapaport Fellows! The concert features the Summer 2026 winners of the Richard and Brooke Kamin Rapaport Music Performance Fellowship, which offers funding for students to study at summer music festivals.
Columbia Musical Theater Society 24-hr Musical: Something Rotten! A Very New Musical
- Saturday, October 10, 7 pm, Lerner Black Box
- Columbia Musical Theater Society is performing its annual 24-hour musical, rehearsed and staged (as you might guess) in the span of only 24 hours. The musical comedy Something Rotten!, set in 1595, tells the story of brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom, who attempt to write the world’s first musical while competing for success with William Shakespeare.
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