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Columbia Faculty:

Are you interested in planning an arts and culture field trip for your class? It's as easy as assigning a book. Plan yours today.

Suggeted Spring 2012 events include: An Iliad, Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, Richard III, Three Sisters, and The Met Opera.

We can also arrange tours at over 30 museums throughout the city.

Feel free to suggest your own events as well!
Arts Initiative News Carmina Burana Choral Project
Sun. Feb. 5 at 3:00 PM
Carnegie Hall 

Tickets ONLY $14.50 each 
A choir of New York City students joins conductor David Robertson and the Orchestra of St. Luke's for a definitive performance of Orff's Carmina Burana. In addition, three high school–aged composers have been selected to write new works for chorus and orchestra based on the musical themes of Carmina Burana. These new works will be premiered on the first half of the program.

Buy Tickets Now: $14.50
Arts Initiative News The Annual: 2012
Jan. 25 - Apr. 29

National Academy Museum
1083 Fifth Avenue (at 89th Street)
Featuring works by over 100 artists and architects, the Annual reveals the cross-generational dialogue occurring in the art world by juxtaposing contemporary masters with emerging and mid-career artists, showcasing Academicians and invited artists and architects. Featured artists include Ellen Altfest, Karl Benjamin, David Diao, Lesley Dill, Kate Gilmore, Joan Jonas, Roberto Juarez, Glenn Ligon, Malcolm Morley, Alison Saar, Arlene Shechet, Ursula von Rydingsvard, Carrie Mae Weems, Stephen Westfall, among many others. And on February 15, hear a panel discussion on The State of Contemporary Art, which brings together professionals from various aspects of the art world to critically assess the current state of contemporary art.

Museum admission: $12
Students museum admission: Free with valid student CUID through Passport to NY
The State of Contemporary Art: $7-$12
Arts Initiative News The Gatsby Charitable Foundation Student Arts Support Fund

Spring 2012 deadline:

Mon. Feb. 27
Want to produce a short film festival? Curate a photo exhibition from your journeys around the world? Showcase your culture through dance and music? Stage a musical? Create an arts-related marketing campaign for Columbia's green initiatives?

Apply to The Gatsby Charitable Foundation Student Arts Support Fund!

Please check out our website for application details!
Arts Initiative News Looking for arts internships for Spring 2012? The Center for Career Education offers you some opportunities. Simply use your Lionshare account and check out these three offerings.

   •  Armani Exchange is looking for summer interns, search LionSHARE job ID 73429
   •  Essence.com/Time Inc. has openings for summer interns, search LionSHARE job ID 73245
   •  Media internship with the New York State Golf Association available, search LionSHARE job ID 72913


CAMPUS
Arts Initiative News Athena Film Festival
Fri. Feb. 10 - Sun. Feb. 12
 
The festival features 30 films (features, documentaries and shorts) as well as several special events (including two panels for filmmakers, a sneak preview of Half the Sky and a Hollywood conversation with TV creators Winnie Holzman and Savannah Dooley) all focused on illuminating the stories of courageous women who have made a difference across the globe. Film highlights include The Whistleblower starring Rachel Weisz, Wish Me Away, the coming out journey of country singer Chely Wright, Black Butterflies starring Carice Van Houten, and HBO’s Gloria: In Her Own Wordsa documentary about Gloria Steinem. The Lady starring Michelle Yeoh as Burmese activist Aung San Suu Kyi will serve as the closing film of the Festival.  


For films and special events click here.  
For All Access passes Click here.

Single tickets
Adults $12; Students $7
Group rates are available.

Arts Initiative News TIC Semester Hours
Tues. - Sat.
1:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Mon. & Sun. CLOSED





First Friday:
Gay it Loud, Gay it Proud
Fri. Feb 3 11 pm
Buy Now at the TIC: $3

Asian American Alliance presents:
cultureSHOCK: Evolution

Sat. Feb. 4 at 7 PM
Buy Now at the TIC: $10

Jennifer Egan: Rewiring the Real
Organized by the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life. A conversation with Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize winning author of A Visit From The Goon Squad, Look at Me, and The Keep. Moderated by Willing Davidson, fiction editor of The New Yorker.
Tue. Feb. 7 at 6:30 PM
Free

Barnard College Department of Theatre
presents The Egg Layers

Thur. Mar. 1 8 PM; Fri. Mar. 2 8 PM;
Sun. Mar. 3 3 PM & 8 PM
$5 CUID and $10 Non CUID
Buy tickets now at the TIC

TIC Movie Vouchers are available at the TIC
AMC, Regal, Clearview and Angelika Vouchers
Vouchers are $6.75 to $8.75
Popcorn and Drink vouchers for $3.50 also available!
OFF CAMPUS
Arts Initiative News Visual Art/Museum Picks Synchronous Objects: Degrees of Unison
Feb. 2 - Feb. 26
Free

Voces Y Visiones: Gran Caribe and Testimonios: 100 Years of Popular Expression at El Museo del Barrio
Through May 6
Full price: $9
Students: Free with valid student CUID
Arts Initiative News Theatre Picks Gob Squad's Kitchen
Fri. Feb. 3 at 8:00 PM
Buy tickets Now at TIC: $21.00

Untitled Feminist Show
Fri. Feb 3 at 8:00 PM
Buy tickets Now at TIC: $34

Galileo at CSC
Fri. Feb 3 at 8:00 PM
Buy tickets Now at TIC: $28.50

Look Back in Anger
Tue. Feb 7 at 7:30 PM
Buy tickets Now at TIC: $31

Jesus Christ Superstar
Thur. Mar 8 at 8:00 PM
Buy Tickets Now at TIC: $43

Rent, Off Broadway
Thur. Mar. 8 at 8 PM
Buy Tickets now at the TIC: $ 50

An Iliad
Feb. 15 - Mar. 25
Full Price: $70
Faculty/Staff: $45-$55 with code ILIADCOL
Students: $25 with student code
Arts Initiative News Music Picks Carmina Burana Choral Project
at Carnegie Hall

Sun. Feb 5 at 3:00 PM
Buy Tickets Now at the TIC: $14.50

NY Philharmonic: Pictures at an Exhibition
Tue. Feb. 28 at 8:00 PM
Buy Tickets Now at the TIC: $28.50

Met Opera: Khovanshchina
Thur. Mar. 1 7:00 PM
Buy Tickets Now at TIC: $26

Tue. Mar. 6 7:00 PM
Buy Tickets Now at TIC: $26

Tue. Mar 13 7:00 PM 
Buy Tickets Now at TIC: $26

Colin McGrath, Johnny Cash 80th Birthday Bash, and more at The Bell House and Union Hall
Students, Faculty, Staff: Enter online for a chance to win a free pair of tickets
Arts Initiative News Lecture Picks Bill's Design Talks: A tribute to Eva Zeisel and Robert Wong, Google CreativeLab
Organized by Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Bill’s Design Talks is a vibrant conversation and presentation series moderated by museum director Bill Moggridge.
Thur. Feb. 9 & Thur. Feb. 23 at 6:30 PM
Full Price: $17
Students: Free with RSVP and valid student CUID
Arts Initiative News Film Picks Oscar's Docs, 1950-87: Creative Expression
Feb. 1 - Feb. 13
Full Price: $12
Students: Free with valid student CUID and MoMA admission day ticket
Arts Initiative News Family Picks

For Columbia faculty, staff, and students with children, check out these family-friendly events.
FIAF Family Saturdays Valentines en français
Sat. Feb 4 3:15 PM - 5:00 PM
Full Price: Free to $10

Families and Folk Art
Sat. Feb. 4 at 1:00 PM
Free

Bargemusic Neighborhood Family Concerts
Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25, doors at 2:30 PM
Free

FIAF's Valentine’s Day Workshop at the Jacadi Boutique
Fri. Feb. 10 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Free with RSVP
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