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Celebrate your graduation with family and friends by taking advantage of New York City like never before.
Commencement Carnival 2009 brings you a festival of the city's best culinary arts and culture on the cheap.
11 days, 22 featured events, 44 restaurants.
In order to take advantage of Commencement Carnival events, graduating students and recent alumni must present their Columbia Alumni Arts League
membership cards at all venues to redeem their benefits. The Class of 2009 can sign up for a FREE one year membership online or in person at the
Ticket and Information Center located in the lobby of Lerner Hall on 115th and Broadway and open Monday 3-8PM, Tuesday - Friday 1-8PM, and Saturday 3-10PM.
| The Golden Legend |
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DATE:
May 14 2009 to May 16 2009
TIME:
Thursday - Saturday 7:30 PM
PRICE:
$10 for CAAL Members at the door (regularly $15)
LOCATION:
Dance Theater Workshop
WHAT:
"In Christopher Williams's world, the macabre and the beautiful wander hand in hand down byways of myth, legend, and history." - The Village Voice
An epic performance loosely following the fantastical tales in Jacobus de Voragine's 13th century work, Legenda Aurea Sanctorum (Golden Legend of the Saints), The Golden Legend presents portraits of 17 male saints performed by a highly acclaimed cast of New York City dancers, puppeteers, and musicians. Music for the work, ranging from sacred 12th...
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| New York City Ballet |
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DATE:
May 15 2009 to May 16 2009 and May 22 2009 to May 23 2009
TIME:
Friday 5/15 8:00 PM, Saturday 5/16 Matinee 2:00 PM, Saturday 5/16 8:00 PM, Friday 5/22 8:00 PM, Saturday 5/23 8:00 PM
LOCATION:
David H. Koch Theater
WHAT:
New York City Ballet is offering graduating students and their guests discounts on Friday and Saturday performances during Commencement Carnival!
May 15
Romeo and Juliet
May 16 Matinee
The Four Temperaments
Toccata (New Bubeniček Ballet)
Firebird
May 16 Evening
Romeo and Juliet
May 22
Scotch Symphony
Quasi Una Fantasia (New Millepied Ballet)
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| McCoy Tyner Trio with Special Guest Ravi Coltrane |
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DATE:
May 15 2009 to May 16 2009
TIME:
Friday and Saturday 9:30 PM
PRICE:
$20 for CAAL Members (regularly $60)
LOCATION:
Jazz at Lincoln Center
WHAT:
The unique connection that exists between them is on display when master pianist and four-time GRAMMY winner McCoy Tyner joins the groundbreaking and compelling saxophonist Ravi Coltrane for a special duet.
McCoy Tyner is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, best known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet. He appeared on the saxophonist's popular recording of "My Favorite Things" for Atlantic Records. The Coltrane Quartet, which consisted of Coltrane on tenor...
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| SonicVision |
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DATE:
May 15 2009, May 16 2009 and May 23 2009
TIME:
Friday and Saturday 7:30 and 8:30 PM
PRICE:
$15 for 2 tickets (regularly $15 each)
LOCATION:
American Museum of Natural History
WHAT:
The American Museum of Natural History, in collaboration with MTV2, has launched SonicVision, a groundbreaking digitally animated alternative music show. SonicVision takes audiences in the Hayden Planetarium Space Theater on a mind-warping musical roller-coaster ride through fantastical dreamspace. With a mix by Moby and featuring tracks from Radiohead, U2, David Bowie, Coldplay, Queens of the Stone Age, Prodigy, The Flaming Lips, Fischerspooner, Spiritualized, Audioslave, Stereolab, Boards of...
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| Jamie Kennedy |
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DATE:
May 15 2009 to May 16 2009
TIME:
Friday and Saturday 8:00 and 10:30 PM
PRICE:
$23 for CAAL Members (regularly $28)
LOCATION:
Comix
WHAT:
See Jamie Kennedy, Star of "Blowin' Up," "The Jamie Kennedy Experiment" "Malibu's Most Wanted," "Scream" and his documentary "Heckler"
Jamie Kennedy, a multitalented comedian-actor-writer-producer, is a true hyphenate. He may be seen acting in a film one minute and on stage doing stand up the next. Kennedy skyrocketed to fame with a groundbreaking performance and scene-stealing rants in Wes Craven's Scream and Scream 2. His portrayal of Randy Meeks, the...
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| Guided tour of Jenny Holzer's PROTECT PROTECT |
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DATE:
May 16 2009
TIME:
Saturday 1:00 PM
PRICE:
$12 for graduating students
$16 for guests
LOCATION:
Whitney Museum of American Art
WHAT:
Jenny Holzer's pioneering approach to language as a carrier of content and her use of nontraditional media and public settings as vehicles for that content make her one of the most interesting and significant artists working today. Alternating between fact and fiction, the public and the private, the universal and the particular, Holzer's work offers an incisive social and psychological portrait of our times. PROTECT PROTECT centers on Holzer's work since the 1990s and is the artist's most...
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| Dan Deacon |
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DATE:
May 16 2009
TIME:
Saturday 8:00 PM
PRICE:
$6 CAAL Member
LOCATION:
Bowery Ballroom
WHAT:
Dan Deacon has garnered a reputation in the underground as an intense performer and classic showman. The table top full of pedals, sine wave generator, vocoder and casio blasting through the PA, joined by a makeshift light board with various bulbs and green skull strobe light, make his all out dance-til-you-drop performance a complete experience. The shows he performs in his native Baltimore, namely those at Wham City, (the live-in artists collective and DIY venue/theater that he calls home),...
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| Discounted Broadway shows through Givenik |
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DATE:
May 14 2009 to May 24 2009
WHAT:
Access great entertainment at great value while benefiting a cause you care about, the arts at Columbia! Givenik is a unique program that provides special discounts and offers for a variety of Broadway and Off-Broadway shows. CAAL Members can purchase up to 8 discounted individual tickets or group tickets for 10 people or more. For every ticket you purchase through Givenik, the Arts Initiative will receive a 5% contribution of your total ticket purchase.
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