FACULTY AND STAFF ARTS BENEFITS
Brought to you by the Arts Initiative at Columbia University
The Arts Initiative offers many discounted and free tickets to events that are open to faculty and staff. We welcome your feedback about this program. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please email artsinitiative@columbia.edu.
| TICKET & INFORMATION CENTER | BROADWAY DISCOUNTS |
| COLUMBIA ALUMNI ARTS LEAGUE | DISCOUNTED MOVIE VOUCHERS |
| PASSPORT TO NY & OTHER STUDENT PROGRAMS |
THE TICKET & INFORMATION CENTER (TIC)
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| www.tic.columbia.edu |
The TIC, launched in Spring of 2008, connects Columbia students, faculty and staff to the arts on campus and around the city. The TIC distributes and sells tickets to campus productions and events on behalf of university organizations, as well as discounted tickets to cultural events throughout New York City. Click here to see a calendar of events or sign up for our weekly e-newsletter.
The Ticket and Information Center is located in the lobby of Alfred Lerner Hall at 115th and Broadway. Hours of Operation: Monday - Saturday: 12PM - 9PM from August 25, 2008 - May 16, 2009. TIC is also located on the web at www.tic.columbia.edu.
COLUMBIA ALUMNI ARTS LEAGUE (CAAL)
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| www.alumniarts.columbia.edu |
CAAL, now open to faculty and staff, provides its members discounts at over 60 premier New York City cultural institutions. Museums, galleries, publications and film, theater, music, comedy, opera and dance institutions provide Columbians with special benefits. Faculty and staff can save money and support the arts at Columbia by registering for the program with a tax-deductible contribution of $25 or more.
ARTSLINK
www.cuarts.com/artslink
The Arts Initiative is launching a new program to create easily accessible discounted group tickets to New York City cultural events and museum exhibitions so that instructors can use New York City as a classroom resource without having to deal with the hassle of ticketing. Your students will be able to purchase tickets for classes as easily as they buy books. Click HERE for more information about available shows and how to sign-up your class.
BROADWAY & OFFBROADWAY DISCOUNTS
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Most shows offer discounted tickets (unless they are a big hit and just opened); you just need to know where to look. Here are some websites that offer the best deals. (CUArts especially recommends Givenik.com!)
Givenik.com: Great ongoing discounts for individual tickets and groups. Plus for every purchase you make, the show contributes 5% of the ticket price to the Arts Initiative that goes back into Ticket and Information Center's operating expenses.
Broadwaybox.com: A listing of all public discount codes available for current shows. It's the insiders' website for discounts.
Theatremania.com: A solid listing of the hottest shows and discounts.
DISCOUNTED MOVIE VOUCHERS: $6.50 - $8.50 per voucher
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| www.cuarts.com/tickets/discountMovies.html |
The Ticket and Information Center sells discounted movie vouchers to all the major movie theatre chains in New York City: AMC, Regal, Clearview and City Cinemas. These discounts are available to all faculty and staff for purchase at the TIC window and prices range from $6.50 to $8.50. Click here to see details.
PASSPORT TO NEW YORK & COLLEGETIX
Passport to NY, the free museum program and Collegetix, the Broadway and Off-Broadway discount ticket program offered by Telecharge are only available to students – as indicated in each event description. As stated above there are many Broadway, Off-Broadway and cultural event tickets (Met Opera, Carnegie Hall, NYC Ballet) that are available to faculty and staff, but not through Collegetix. We have also made requests to individual organizations about including faculty and staff in the Passport to NY program, but at the moment, they can only include students. The Passport to New York program, however, is a great resource for students to take advantage of the exhibits and resources offered by 30+ museums. Click the link above to see the list.
