Lenfest Kids: Community Day Double Feature
Join our friends at the Columbia-Harlem Small Business Development Center, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, The Forum, Zuckerman Institute, Columbia’s Wellness and Employment Centers, and others for free and fun programming in Manhattanville. We’ll be showing The Phantom Tollbooth and The Karate Kid!
Vile Isle
A new play written by Columbia MFA Playwriting Student Justin Halle, featured in the 2023 New Plays Festival.
Cockroaches
A new play written by Columbia MFA Playwriting Student Emma Schillage, featured in the 2023 New Plays Festival.
Columbia University Film Festival
The 35th annual Columbia University Film Festival (CUFF) is a showcase of thesis-level work from students and recent alumni of the School of the Arts MFA Film Program. CUFF will offer its New York screenings May 11–15, 2023. With 43 films this is our largest CUFF yet.
The Arrangement
A new play written by Columbia MFA Playwriting Student Sam Kressner, featured in the 2023 New Plays Festival.
His is a Cage
A new play written by Columbia MFA Playwriting Student Blake Bonilla, featured in the 2023 New Plays Festival.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Acclaimed filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul presents a series of shorts made between 2005–2022, followed by a conversation with Richard Peña, Film and Media Studies. Introduced by Anocha Suwichakornpong, Film.
Breath of Life
A new play written by Columbia MFA Playwriting Student Goldie E. Patrick, featured in the 2023 New Plays Festival.
Lenfest Kids: Ghostbusters
In this classic comedy, three odd-ball scientists get kicked out of their cushy positions at New York City university, where they studied the paranormal. They set up shop in an old firehouse and become Ghostbusters, trapping pesky ghosts, spirits, and poltergeists for money.
White Bitches in Delhi
A new play written by Columbia MFA Playwriting Student Ellis Abigail Stump, featured in the 2023 New Plays Festival.
Class of 2023 Visual Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition
April 23–May 21, 2023
The Columbia University School of the Arts Visual Arts Program presents the 2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition in collaboration with the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at the Lenfest Center for the Arts. Curated by Jasmine Wahi.
A Soviet Film on Negro Life in America as Told by Langston Hughes and Others
A new play written by Columbia MFA Playwriting Student Alle Mims, featured in the 2023 New Plays Festival.
ROOT ROT
A new play written by Columbia MFA Playwriting Student Catt Filippov, featured in the 2023 New Plays Festival.
Susie Ibarra: Water Rhythms
A screening and performance of composer, percussionist, and sound artist Susie Ibarra’s ambitious Water Rhythms: Listening to Climate Change (2020).
Art + Life: Eileen Myles
Poet, novelist, and art journalist Eileen Myles in conversation with James Yeh '09. Myles's practice of vernacular first-person writing has made them one of the most recognized writers of their generation.
The Trouble with Paradise
A new play written by Columbia MFA Playwriting Student Luz Lorenzana Twigg, featured in the 2023 New Plays Festival.
The Group
A new play written by Columbia MFA Playwriting Student DeAndre Short, featured in the 2023 New Plays Festival.
Lenfest Kids: Patema Inverted
A perspective-twisting sci-fi adventure about two kids separated by opposite gravities.
Class of 2024 Visual Arts First Year MFA Exhibition
The Columbia University School of the Arts Visual Arts Program presents the 2024 First Year MFA Exhibition in collaboration with the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at the Lenfest Center for the Arts. Curated by Amy Sadao.
Directing Thesis: Botticelli in the Fire
Columbia University School of the Arts presents Botticelli in the Fire, a directing thesis production by current student Dmitri Barcomi.
Directing Thesis: Cuck, Cuck, Bull
Columbia University School of the Arts presents Cuck, Cuck, Bull, a directing thesis production by current student Spencer Whale.
‘Mother Country Radicals’
Zayd Ayers Dohrn ('06 GSAS), Jamal Joseph, and Carol Becker discuss the making of the podcast Mother Country Radicals, a “family history of the Weather Underground.”
‘Ride the Pink Horse’
Screening of Ride the Pink Horse as a part of the 2023 Kit Noir Film Festival. Introduced by James Schamus, Columbia University.
‘Gilda’
Screening of Gilda as a part of the 2023 Kit Noir Film Festival. Introduced by Ann Douglas, Columbia University.
‘Clash by Night’
Screening of Clash by Night as a part of the 2023 Kit Noir Film Festival. Introduced by Ron Gregg, Columbia University.
Megan Abbott & Sarah Weinman in Conversation, followed by ‘Strangers on a Train’
Crime novelists Megan Abbott and Sarah Weinman in conversation, followed by a screening of Strangers on a Train, introduced by Hilary Hallett, Columbia University, as a part of the 2023 Kit Noir Film Festival.
‘In a Lonely Place’
Screening of In a Lonely Place as a part of the 2023 Kit Noir Film Festival. Introduced by Dana Polan, New York University.
‘Bande à part’
Screening of Bande à part as a part of the 2023 Kit Noir Film Festival. Introduced by Rob King, Columbia University.
Double Bill: The Director
Double Bill: “The Director” featuring The Bigamist and The Hitch-Hiker as a part of the 2023 Kit Noir Film Festival. Introduced by Julie Grossman, Le Moyne College.
Double Bill: The Screenwriters
Double Bill: “The Screenwriters” featuring The File on Thelma Jordon and Sudden Fear as a part of the 2023 Kit Noir Film Festival. Introductions by Soheil Rezayazdi, Gotham Film & Media Institute, and Hilary Hallett, Columbia University.