COMMENCEMENT CARNIVAL 2008 - THURSDAY MAY 15th THRU WEDNESDAY MAY 21st
Celebrate your graduation with family and friends by taking advantage of New York City like never before. Commencement Carnival 2008 brings you a week long festival of the city’s best culinary arts and culture on the cheap. 7 days, 14 featured events, 28 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 2008 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 - Saturday 12PM - 8PM, Sunday 2PM - 8PM.
LOCATION:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
New York, New York 10028
HOURS: Call 212.851.1879 Monday - Friday 10 – 5PM
Visit the Ticket and Information Center in Lerner Hall Monday - Saturday from 12 – 9PM, Sunday 3 – 9PM
DIRECTIONS: Take the No. 1 train to 86th Street, then the M86 crosstown bus across Central Park to Fifth Avenue. Or take the M4 bus from Broadway and 116th all the way down to Fifth and 82nd Street.
DATE: Tuesday, May 20
TIME: Tuesday at 1PM and 2PM
PRICE: $10 for CAAL members (normally $26) HOW: Purchase tickets online or by calling 212.851.1879 or visiting the Ticket and Information Center in Lerner Hall. Members must present their CAAL membership card at the Box Office when picking up tickets.
WHAT: Explore the Museum's newly renovated galleries for 19th- and Early 20th-Century European Paintings and Sculpture. The renovated galleries feature all of the Museum's most loved nineteenth-century paintings, which have been on permanent display in the past, as well as works by Bonnard, Vuillard, Soutine, Matisse, Picasso, and other early modern artists. Among the many additions are a full-room assembly of "The Wisteria Dining Room," a French art nouveau interior designed by Lucien Lévy Dhurmer shortly before World War I that is the only complete example of its kind in the United States; Henry Lerolle's enormous The Organ Rehearsal (a church interior of 1885); a group of newly accessioned nineteenth-century landscape oil sketches; and a selection of rarely exhibited paintings by an international group of artists.
WHO: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City, is one of the world's largest and most well-known art museums. The Met's permanent collection contains more than two million works of art, divided into nineteen curatorial departments.
LOCATION:
Nederlander Theatre
208 West 41st Street at 7th Avenue
HOURS: Call 212.851.1879 Monday - Friday 10 – 5PM
Visit the Ticket and Information Center in Lerner Hall Monday - Saturday from 12 – 8PM, Sunday 2 – 8PM
DIRECTIONS: Take the 1, 2, 3, B, D, F, V, N, M, Q, R or 7 to 42nd Street.
DATE: Tuesday, May 20
TIME: 8PM
PRICE: $35 for CAAL members (regularly $110, you save $75!) HOW: We are currently SOLD OUT of tickets. To see our additional Broadway offers please visit our
Broadway Discounts web page.
WHAT: Rent, the generation-defining rock musical is about to close! Grab this amazing chance to experience one of Broadway's longest-running, must vibrant shows during one of its final months, for only $35! Jonathan Larson's rock musical is the joyous, breathtaking and inspiring story of a group of East Village artists struggling to find their voices and love in today's tough times. Based on Giacomo Puccini's opera, La Boheme, Rent boasts a talented and hot young cast singing some of Broadway's most powerful songs, broaching controversial themes like homelessness, AIDS and drug addiction with compassion, and thrilling audiences of all ages with its moving tale of hopes and dreams. Following the performance, CAAL members and guest will have an opportunity to take part in a talkback with the cast.
WHO: Jonathan Larson, the writer, composer, and lyricist, received the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Rent. Rent received four 1996 Tony Awards (including Best Musical and two to Mr. Larson-Best Book of a Musical and Best Score of a Musical); six drama Desk Awards (including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Music and Best Lyrics); Best Musical Awards from the New York Drama Critics Circle and the Outer Critics Circle (Off-B’way); and three Obie Awards (including Outstanding Book, Music and Lyrics). The Director Michael Grief received 1996 Tony and Drama Desk nominations as well as the Obie Award for Rent.
LOCATION:
New York State Theater
20 Lincoln Center
Between W. 62nd and 65th Streets and Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues.
HOURS: New York State Theater Box Office:
Sundays 11:30am - 7:30pm
Mondays 10am - 7:30pm
Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 8:30pm CenterCharge: 212.721.6500
DIRECTIONS: Take the 1 local train to 66th St./Lincoln Center Station. The M5, M7, M10, M11, M66 and M104 bus lines all stop within one block of Lincoln Center.
DATE: French Cuisine: Thursday, May 15
Double Feature: Tuesday, May 20 and
Thursday, May 22 TIME: Tuesday at 7:30PM
Thursdays at 8:00PM PRICE: $15 Fourth Ring seats (normally $32) $68 Orchestra seats (normally $86) HOW: CAAL members can purchase discounted tickets by using the discount code at the NYC Ballet Box Office or over the phone via Center Charge. Members must present their CAAL membership card when picking up tickets. Discount codes are provided to members along with the membership card when signing up for CAAL.
WHAT: In French Cuisine, Robbins calls upon all the chic and romance of France with the aid of two supreme composers, Ravel and Debussy. Mother Goose resonates for children of all ages with its nostalgic score and fairytale friends. Afternoon of a Faun depicts a chance encounter between two young dancers. Subtle, sensual, and narcissistic, it reveals the very heart of human attraction. Enveloped by Debussy’s prismatic score, Antique Epigraphs’ all-female ensemble moves to the echoes of centuries past. The program concludes with In G Major, a saucy Riviera romp. At the ballet’s heart is one of the most touching and luminous pas de deux in the Robbins repertory.
Double Feature is a whirligig of a ballet. Broadway’s Susan Stroman, of the smash hits The Producers and Young Frankenstein, has created a masterful tribute to America’s silver screen era. Like its namesake, the ballet features two stories under one bill of fare. The first, “The Blue Necklace,” is a 1920’s Cinderella story complete with an abandoned daughter, matinee idol, and endless line of Louis Brooks look-a-like chorines. “Makin’ Whoopee” follows the story of Jimmie Shannon, who has only hours to find a wife or forfeit his uncle’s fortune. Complete with songs by Irving Berlin and Walter Donaldson, Double Feature is double the fun.
WHO: The New York City Ballet, one of the foremost dance companies in the world, is unique in US artistic history. Solely responsible for training its own artists and creating its own works, the New York City Ballet was the first ballet institution in the world with two permanent homes, the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center and the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York.
LOCATION:
Carolines on Broadway
1626 Broadway, between 50th and 49th
New York, NY 10019
HOURS: Call 212.757.4100 10AM-10PM
DIRECTIONS: Take the C or E to 50th. Take the N, R or W to 49th. Take the 1 or 9 to 50th. Take the B, D, F or V, to 47th-50th Street, Rockefeller Center.
DATE: Tuesday, May 20 TIME: 7PM PRICE: $15 for 2 tickets and VIP seats (regularly $15 each) HOW: CAAL Members can receive 2 for 1 tickets and VIP seating by mentioning "Columbia" when purchasing tickets by phone.
WHAT: Carolines Stand Up Comedy Showcase features the industry's best and brightest. Since its opening in 1981, Carolines has hosted many legendary performers including Jerry Seinfeld, Tim Allen, Rosie O'Donnell and Jay Leno. The club continues to present the biggest and brightest stars in comedy, reaffirming its position as the home of "The Funniest Show on Broadway."
WHO: Carolines on Broadway is widely regarded as "America's Premier Comedy Nightclub," presenting the best live comedy entertainment seven nights a week, 365 days a year.
LOCATION:
10 Lincoln Center Plaza
Avery Fisher Hall
Between West 62nd and 65th Streets and Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues
HOURS: Call Monday - Friday 12PM – 4PM.
DIRECTIONS: Take the No. 1 train to 66th Street (Lincoln Center) Station.
DATE: Tuesday, May 20 TIME: 7:30PM PRICE: $22-$74 for CAAL members (normally $29-$99) HOW: Purchase discounted tickets by calling Arlene Jacobs at 212.875.5672 or sending her an e-mail with the ticket request to jacobsa@nyphil.org. Members must present their CAAL membership card at the Box Office when picking up tickets. The Class of 2008 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 - Saturday 12PM - 9PM, Sunday 3PM - 9PM.
WHAT: Multi-award-winning composer/conductor Marvin Hamlisch (A Chorus Line, The Sting) has combed through the annals of Broadway history, combining the very best of these show-stopping moments into one very enchanted evening with the likes of Les Miserables, Carousel, My Fair Lady, A Chorus Line and much more. Joining Marvin are Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked, You're A Good Man Charlie Brown, The West Wing), Raúl Esparza (The Homecoming, Company), and - of course - the New York Philharmonic.
WHO: The New York Philharmonic, the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States and the third oldest in the world, has been a pioneer in the commissioning of new music. Founded in 1842 by a group of local musicians led by American-born Ureli Corelli Hill, the Orchestra currently plays some 180 concerts a year.
LOCATION:
The Public Theater
425 Lafayette Street
Just below Astor Place
HOURS: The Public Theater Box Office
425 Lafayette Street
Box Office Hours: Sunday - Monday 1PM -6PM, Tuesday - Saturday 1-7:30PM
DIRECTIONS: Take the R or W train to the 8th Street Station or the No. 6 train to Astor Place Station.
DATE: Tuesday, May 20 thru Saturday, May 31
TIME: Tuesday - Friday at 8PM
Saturday at 2PM and 8PM
Sunday at 2PM and 7PM PRICE: $10 for CAAL members HOW: Tickets can be ordered online, by phone 212.967.7555 (Monday - Sunday 10AM - 9PM), or in person at The Public Theater Box Office
WHAT: In a constantly shifting landscape, a trio of emerging black leaders tries to conquer their individual demons. The local KKK fights for its old way of life and everyday black men and women must overcome their fears, all under the ever-watchful eye of the FBI. Tracey Scott Wilson recently won the prestigious 2007 Weissberger award for this play.
WHO: Founded by Joseph Papp as the Shakespeare Workshop and now one of the nation's preeminent cultural institutions, The Public Theater produces new plays, musicals, productions of Shakespeare, and other classics.
DIRECTIONS: Take the No. 4, 5, 6, N, R or L trains to 14th Street/Union Square, walk south one block to 13th Street, and turn left. Classic Stage Company is located on the south side of the street, ground floor, just before you reach 3rd Avenue.
DATE: Tuesday, May 13 thru Saturday, May 31 TIME: Tuesday thru Friday at 8PM
Saturday at 3PM and 8PM
Sunday at 3PM PRICE: $33.75 - $37.50 for CAAL members (normally $45 - $50) HOW: CAAL members can purchase discounted tickets by using the discount code during online, phone, and in person purchases. Members must present their CAAL membership card when picking up tickets. Discount codes are provided to members along with the membership card when signing up for CAAL. The Class of 2008 can sign up for a FREE one year membership online or in person at the Ticket and Info. Center located in the lobby of Lerner Hall on 115th and Broadway and open Mon. - Sat. 12 - 9PM, Sun. 3 - 9PM.
WHAT: Classic Stage Company presents Target Margin Theater's production of Old Comedy from Aristophanes' Frogs by David Greenspan and directed by David Herskovits. Target Margin’s recent collaboration with CSC on their critically acclaimed production of Goethe’s Faust Parts I & II garnered gifted artist David Greenspan an Obie Award. Don’t miss this latest installment of theatrical wondermaking as this much-celebrated downtown troupe turns their irreverent style to Aristophanes’ classic comedy, bringing the story of Dionysus’ trip to the underworld kicking and screaming into our own modern age. Chock full of music, dance and, of course, that famous chorus of frogs.
WHO: Classic Stage Company is the award-winning off-Broadway theatre committed to re-imagining the classical repertory for a contemporary American audience. Target Margin Theater is founded on the principle that works of art return us to real truths more powerfully by their divergence from a strict illustration of reality.
LOCATION:
Fordham Road and the Bronx River Parkway
Bronx, New York 10460
HOURS: Call 212.851.1879 Monday - Friday 10 – 5PM
Visit the Ticket and Information Center in Lerner Hall Monday - Saturday from 12 – 8PM, Sunday 2 – 8PM
DIRECTIONS: Take the no. 2 or 5 train to East Tremont Ave/West Farms Square. At street level, walk straight ahead (follow train uptown) on Boston Road 2½ blocks to the Zoo’s Asia gate entrance (Gate A).
DATE: Friday, May 16 - Thursday, May 22 TIME: 10AM-5PM PRICE: $15 for CAAL Members (regularly $25, you save $10!) HOW: Purchase tickets online or by calling 212.851.1879 or visiting the Ticket and Information Center in Lerner Hall. Members must present their CAAL membership card at the Box Office when picking up tickets.
WHAT: Welcome to the world's greatest zoo - the Bronx Zoo! As the flagship of the largest network of metropolitan zoos in the country, the Bronx Zoo is the heart of the Wildlife Conservation Society and its work to save wildlife and wild places around the globe.
The special Pay One Price Passes provide seven admissions to any of the special attractions at one low price.
WHO: With award-winning, cutting-edge exhibits featuring over 4,000 animals, there is no other zoo in the world that offers the diversity, superb viewing, and world-renowned expertise that assures a rewarding experience and the knowledge that visitors can make a difference in the world around them. Whether you're nose-to-nose with Western lowland gorillas in the famous Congo Gorilla Forest , spotting snow leopards in the naturalistic Himalayan Highlands Habitat, or experiencing almost an acre of an indoor Asian rain forest, you're always within roaring distance of the world's most amazing wildlife.
Commencement Carnival Terms and Conditions
1.) Commencement Carnival 2008 is open to students who expect to graduate this May, recent alumni who had degrees conferred in October 2007 and February 2008, and their guests.
2.) All ticket purchasers must provide the name of the graduating student(s). The Columbia Alumni Arts League reserves the right to confirm the student’s graduation term.
3.) Students participating in Commencement Carnival 2008 will be registered in the Columbia Alumni Arts League (CAAL). Membership is free for one year from the date of purchase.
4.) The CAAL membership card must be presented at all box offices, venues, and restaurants in order to obtain tickets, benefits and discounts.
