Miller Theatre honors New York native Leon Kircher (b. 1919), who at 90 remains a composer of vigorous and poetic music. He is a performer’s composer, championed by some of the world’s finest musicians many of whom are personally joining in the celebration. This Portrait features... | Learn More

Victim of a man's world. Child Butcher. Refugee. Lover. Monster. Or was she?

"Women are ruthless when the bed becomes the battleground." Behind the 2000 year-old myth of jealousy and revenge, there was once a real person. Discover Medea.

My Beijing Birthday takes a heart-felt and humorous look at the rapidly changing lives of a group of young Beijingers through the eyes of a New Yorker, Howie Snyder.

The story shows the group as 8 year-olds in 1996 studying Chinese stand-up comedy with Howie and their teacher, Mrs. Ma. We... | Learn More

Columbia University Dance Marathon is a student-run, philanthropic event that seeks to unite the campus around a common cause: to eradicate pediatric HIV/AIDS and finally see a generation free from HIV.

In response to the overwhelming desire of students to participate actively in... | Learn More

The Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) and the APEC Study Center present a Brown Bag Lecture with Dr. David M. Finkelstein, Director of China Studies Center & Project Asia at the CNA Corporation entitled, "Chinese Military Modernization: Strategic Contexts and... | Learn More

The Middle East Institute (MEI) invites you to a lecture entitled, "Barriers to Democracy: the Other Side of Social Capital in Palestine and the Arab World?," with Amaney Jamal, Assistant Professor, Department of Politics Princeton University.

Democracy-building... | Learn More

IMPORTANT NOTICE : THIS EVENT IS ORGANIZED BY THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT. PLEASE CONTACT THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FOR MORE INFORMATION. THANK YOU.

“The Literary Greenwich Meridian : some thoughts on world-literary time”, a talk by Pascale... | Learn More

Le Père Noël est une ordure (Santa Claus is a Louse)

Jean-Marie Poiré, 1982, 88min

A dark comedy, full of odd characters and bizarre situations. Themes like... | Learn More

Rouge Bresil, by Jean-Christophe Rufin Moderator: Prof. Toby Wikstrom, who has done research on the representation of territorial conquest. The Book Club is open to Members of the Société des Amis de La Maison Française and Columbia University students with a valid and... | Learn More

Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas (b. 1953) is an experimenter with sound. His extraordinary approach to sonority creates beautiful and opalescent soundscapes as he explores micro-intervals and pure overtones in his music. In Vain, his 75-minute tour-de-force for 24 players, has never been... | Learn More

The Los Angeles Times called him “the Jimi Hendrix of the saxophone,” and JazzTimes described him as “one of the most exciting young virtuosos in contemporary music.” With such accolades, numerous recordings, and stellar collaborations, James Carter has made a name for... | Learn More

At the age of 34, Jefferson Friedman (b. 1974) has already established himself with an impressive array of compositional styles, creating music of intense emotion, frenetic energy, and funky rhythms. This Portrait explores his varying range, from wild arrangements of songs by the rock band Crom... | Learn More

Included in the event is a pre-show talk at 6:45 pm and a post-show backstage tour at 10:30 pm.

Tickets must be picked up at the New York City... | Learn More

Written in 1741, Bach himself titled this work “Keyboard Practice”—little did he know that his Goldberg Variations would become one of the most played and beloved pieces in the entire history of Western music. Christopher Taylor, who The Boston Globe described as “so... | Learn More

La Joueuse de go, by Shan Sa Moderator: Genevieve Lafrance, a post-Doctoral researcher at Columbia who has lived in China. The Book Club is open to Members of the Société des Amis de La Maison Française and Columbia University students with a valid and current CUID.

Showcasing music for double choir, this exceptional program by The Tallis Scholars includes both antiphonal selections as well as works written for eight unique voice-parts. Showpieces including Gibbons’s O clap your hands and Palestrina’s Surge illuminare crown the program.

In December of 2002, Christopher O’Riley performed his groundbreaking transcriptions of Radiohead on the Miller stage to a overflowing capacity audience. O’Riley makes a return appearance in a three-concert series with original transcriptions of the music of Radiohead, Nick Drake, and... | Learn More

In December of 2002, Christopher O’Riley performed his groundbreaking transcriptions of Radiohead on the Miller stage to a overflowing capacity audience. O’Riley makes a return appearance in a three-concert series with original transcriptions of the music of Radiohead, Nick Drake, and... | Learn More

Helen Pond McIntyre ’48 Lecture
ABOLITION DEMOCRACY & GLOBAL POLITICS
A lecture with Angela Y. Davis

In her most recent work, Angela Davis develops the term “Abolition Democracy” from W.E.B. DuBois’ influential text, Black... | Learn More