On behalf of President Lee C. Bollinger and Jean Magnano Bollinger, the Arts Initiative and the Columbia Alumni Association are pleased to offer every Class of 2008 graduate a free one-year Columbia Alumni Arts League membership. CAAL Members have access to discounts and special benefits at more than fifty of New York City’s finest cultural institutions and take part in exclusive arts events with fellow alumni and artists.

Fool for Love
By Sam Shepard
Directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh

"The proper response to love is to accept it. There is nothing to do."

Friday, April 4th @ 8pm
Saturday, April 5th @ 3pm & 8pm
Sunday, April 6th @ 2pm
The Schapiro Studio: 605 W. 115th Street between Broadway & Riverside

Directions to the Schapiro: Schapiro is on 115th, on the north side of the street, just past the UPS Store as you walk west towards Riverside. Sign in at the security desk, and go down the stairs just behind it to the lower level. There will also be signs guiding you along the way!

All tickets are absolutely free! Simply e-mail FoolForLoveTickets@gmail.com, and specify the date and time of the performance you would like to attend, as well as the number of tickets you’ll need. You’ll then receive an e-mail confirming your request.

The show runs approximately 80 minutes with no intermission.
Featuring: Mike Harkins, Dana Jacks, Tim Roselle, and Ben Sinclair

Scenic Design: Laura Jellinek
Lighting Design: Mike Inwood
Costume Design: Amy J. Pedigo  
Sound Design: Chris Rummel

Fight Director: Adam Rihacek
Dramaturg: Sarah Slight  (Columbia Dramaturgy ‘09)
Stage Manager: Kris Carr
 

This is a Classroom Presentation.
—
Pirronne Yousefzadeh
M.F.A. Candidate in Directing
Columbia University
(314) 704-1710
Pirronne@gmail.com

There are many great shows with hot young writers, directors and actors happening Off-Broadway in the coming weeks, so the TIC chose some of the best shows with the best deals and is making them available to all Columbia students.  Here’s your chance to see something fresh and to help discover the next Laura Linney, Al Pacino or Aaron Sorkin!

FIND ALL EVENTS & RESOURCES AT: http://cuarts.columbia.edu

"Untenured Faculty Life and Work at Academic Institutions"
Thursday, April 3rd 2008, 4-6PM, 301 Philosophy

 This last session in our spring series will offer diverse perspectives on the life of an untenured faculty member at various kinds of institutions. (more…)

Nicholas Lemann, Dean of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, cordially invites you to the annual Hearst Foundation New Media Lecture

Brian Storm
Thursday, April 3, 2008 (6:30-9 pm)
Columbia Journalism School
116th St & Broadway (#1 train to 116th St)

Join us to hear Brian Storm, president of MediaStorm.org and former director of multimedia for MSNBC.com – one of most exciting and influential minds in journalism today (bio below). See the work of his company at http://mediastorm.org

6:30-7:00 pm -  reception – drinks and light food
7-9 pm – lecture + Q&A (dessert will be available after the Q&A)

No charge; no RSVP required; all are welcome.

Read/hear previous Hearst New Media Lectures: (more…)

MARK YOUR CALENDARS for the Annual CCE MEDIA NETWORKING NIGHT (now with a pre-night workshop!)

Networking (Practice: Role Play) Workshop
March 26th, 1pm, 413 Dodge Hall
Get some hot tips for leaving a lasting impression when networking.

followed by:

MEDIA NETWORKING NIGHT
Wednesday, March 26th, 7pm, Low Memorial Library
It’s your chance to shine, come to this event and get to know the media industry’s movers and shakers.

This is a HUGE event, attended by some of the largest names in many industries. DO NOT MISS THIS!

For a rundown on the success of last year’s event, click here.
(more…)

From a New York Times article published Sunday, March 23, 2008:

Phenom Director Goes to War
By KATRINA ONSTAD

TORONTO

KIMBERLY PEIRCE talked at double speed and walked faster, cutting through a hotel lobby during an interview, huge strides belying her tiny stature. And yet, while she appeared to be trailed by those little horizontal stripes that indicate a cartoon character’s speediness, Ms. Peirce is slow at something: making movies. It has taken her nine years to follow up her much lauded feature debut, “Boys Don’t Cry.” (more…)

The Museum of the City of New York presents:
Spotlight on Design: The Legacy of Donald Oenslager
Thursday, March 27 at 6:30 PM

Reservations required. $5 for Columbia Students and Faculty

For reservations or program information, please call  (212) 534-1672, ext. 3395.

George and Ira Gershwin’s Girl Crazy (1930), Red, Hot, and Blue! (1936) (with music and lyrics by Cole Porter), and Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning You Can’t Take It with You (1936) are just a few of the landmark productions that featured pioneering sets by Donald Oenslager, one of the most influential scenic designers in American theater. Creator of designs for more than 250 plays, musicals, and operas, he also established the scenic design program at the Yale Drama School. Arnold Aronson, Professor of Theater at Columbia University’s School of the Arts, will (more…)

Life After the MFA Panel featuring Editors from Major Publishing Houses
Tuesday, March 25th (the Tuesday after Spring Break): 8 pm

Come gaze on the face of the editor who will publish your best-selling
memoir/novel/masterpiece; editors from Random House, Harcourt,
Ecco/HarperCollins, and FSG will be participating, among others.

WATER Set in 1938 Colonial India, against Mahatma Gandhi’s rise to power, the story begins when eight-year-old Chuyia is widowed and sent to a home where Hindu widows must live in penitence. Chuyias feisty presence affects the lives of the other residents, including a young widow, who falls for a Gandhian idealist.

Date: Tuesday, March 11 Time: 7-9pm Location: Dodge Room, Earl Hall

Directed by Deepa Mehta Drama/Romance; Rated PG-13; 114 minutes;2006
Films are free. Group discussion follows screening. Refreshments will be served.
Please RSVP to http://oucfilmseries@columbia.edu  

For additional information, please contact 212.854.4194 or http://oucfilmseries@columbia.edu

Raquel J. Whittaker Office of the University Chaplain Earl Hall Center, Columbia University

212.854.4194 – phone
212.854.7798 – fax
rjw2110@columbia.edu

Life After the MFA
Independent Publishers’ Panel
Tuesday, March 4th
413 Dodge Hall, 8PM

featuring

Rob Spillman
TIN HOUSE BOOKS

Matvei Yankelevich
UGLY DUCKLING PRESS

Martha Rhodes
FOUR WAY BOOKS

Jill Schoolman
ARCHIPELAGO PRESS

Richard Nash
SOFTSKULL PRESS

Also see the attached flyer.

And mark your calendars for our next Life After the MFA event:
Tuesday, March 25th
Dodge 413, 8PM
Panel featuring Editors from Major Publishing Houses
Come gaze on the face of the editor who will publish your best-selling memoir/novel/masterpiece;
editors from Random House, Harcourt, Ecco/HarperCollins, and FSG will be participating, among others.
Independent Press Panel pdf

School of the Arts Students:

Please remember to check out the ARC Web site: www.arc.columbia.edu

To find out about Grants, Scholarships, Fiscal Sponsorships and other artists’ resources for your current art projects!

Check the calendar for upcoming workshops and events. 

B-Sides
Four Short Plays
Written by Columbia M.F.A. Class of 2010 Playwrights

Friday March 7th @ 8pm
Saturday March 8th @ 8pm
Columbia University School of the Arts
@ Schapiro Studio (in the basement of Schapiro Hall)
605 W. 115th Street (Between Broadway and Riverside Dr.)
*nearest subway stop—116th on the 1/9

Totally Free!

Featuring plays by
Steven Gaultney, Jeffrey James Keyes,
Libby Leonard, and Jason Platt  
 
Stage Managed by Melissa Denizard (Stage Management ‘10)

Space is limited! RSVP to columbiabsides@gmail.com.

Dear SoA student, Research Artist, or Alum,

You’re an artist. You need people to know about your art. The Arts Initiative knows these people.

• 35,000 monthly visitors to http://cuarts.columbia.edu
• 16,000 subscribers to the CUArts weekly newsletters
• 10,000 tickets sold or distributed since January at the TIC in Lerner and tic.columbia.edu
• 8,500 members of CAAL, The Columbia Alumni Arts League
• 100s of student and alumni arts events posted to TIC and the Alumni Arts Calendar
• 700 Facebook friends
• 300 online profiles of alumni in the arts.
  

The Arts Initiative wants to know you too. Please keep in touch at Columbia and beyond. We’ll help spread the word about your events and achievements to the entire CU community.

Best wishes,

The Arts Initiative

http://www.cuarts.columbia.edu

It’s a pleasure to announce our next screening for the On Set with French Cinema Series.  We’ll have the privilege of welcoming Academy Award, Little Golden Lion (Venice), and Palme d’Or-winning filmmaker Claude Lelouch. 

Claude is one of France’s most celebrated filmmakers, and—along with Truffaut, Goddard, and Chabrol—was key in redefining French cinema in the 1960s.  He will be presenting his latest film – an Official Selection at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, "Crossed Tracks" in Dodge Hall 511 on Thursday February 28th at 6pm.  There will be a Q&A with Mr. Lelouch immediately following the screening. (more…)