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CONNECT AT CAAL NIGHTS
Experience the best of New York City culture through CAAL Nights! These evenings provide members the opportunity to meet fellow alumni over drinks, converse with artists about their work, and navigate the city's arts scene. Previous special guests include Academy Award winners Michael Douglas and Milos Forman, Grammy Award winners Paquito D'Rivera and Wynton Marsalis, Tony Award-winning actor Brian Dennehy (CC '60), Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright, and the cast of Cirque du Soleil's Wintuk! You can view photos from previous CAAL Nights at our online gallery or see what other members have to say here.
CAAL Night tickets are available for purchase only to CAAL Members and on a first reply, first serve basis. Ticket limits per CAAL Night vary based on ticket availability and the purchasing Member's membership category. To request more than two tickets please email AlumniArts@columbia.edu or call 212.851.1879 during office hours, Monday thru Friday 10AM-5PM.
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AFTER HOURS AT THE MET |
| TUESDAY, AUGUST 26 |
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Welcome the undergraduate Class of 2012 to Columbia University and to New York's great art institutions with a private party and museum viewing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Incoming students will be introduced to the arts and culture of New York with a private viewing of the Greek and Roman Art, Egyptian Art, and Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas galleries. Columbia alumni can be a part of this special orientation event by joining the Columbia Alumni Arts League at the CAAL Contributor ($100) or higher membership level. Click here to see photos from last year’s event. |
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th Avenue at 82nd Street
New York, NY 10028 |
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This event is open to CAAL Contributors ($100) and higher membership levels. For additional information please call 212.851.1879. |
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MOMA SCREENING OF NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN |
| THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 |
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Acclaimed filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen deliver their most gripping and ambitious film yet in this supercharged action-thriller. When a man stumbles on a bloody crime scene, a pickup truck loaded with heroin, and two million dollars in cash, his decision to take the money sets off an unstoppable chain reaction of violence. No Country for Old Men is based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy, features an acclaimed cast led by Tommy Lee Jones, and is the winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture. This screening is part of MoMA's Collaborations in the Collection, which showcases collaborative efforts in film where the reciprocity in the creative process produces singular works. This summer, Collaborations in the Collection spotlights Joel and Ethan Coen whose partnership is one of the most prominent filmmaking collaborations in contemporary cinema. |
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Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, known together professionally as the Coen brothers, are four-time Academy Award winning American filmmakers. For more than twenty years, the pair have written and directed numerous successful films, ranging from screwball comedies (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Raising Arizona, The Hudsucker Proxy) to film noir (Miller's Crossing, The Man Who Wasn't There), to movies where genres blur together (Fargo, The Big Lebowski, and Barton Fink). The brothers write, direct and produce their films jointly and are known in the film business as "the two-headed director", as they share such a similar vision of what their films are to be that actors say that they can approach either brother with a question and get the same answer. Going beyond writing and directing, the Coen brothers also share producing and editing responsibilities, and repeatedly collaborate with many of the same actors, sound editor, and cinematographers. |
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6:30PM Pre-screening drinks with fellow CAAL Members
8:30PM No Country for Old Men screening |
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Flûte
205 West 54th Street
(btw 7th Ave. and Bway)
New York, NY 10019
Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street
(btw Fifth and Sixth Aves.)
New York, NY 10019 |
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$10 for CAAL Members (regularly no advance sales) |
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By calling 212.851.1879 Monday thru Friday 10AM – 5PM, or
Purchase Tickets Online
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LIFE IN A MARITAL INSTITUTION |
| THURSDAY, AUGUST 14 |
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First comes love. Then comes marriage counseling. Life in a Marital Institution is a hilarious, heartbreaking monologue on sex, love, betrayal, death...and dinner parties. "Never less than excellent" (The New York Times), this "hysterically funny, often profoundly affecting one-man show" (The Guardian) was a hit in the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, sold out 59E59 Theaters, and now moves Off Broadway. Join CAAL Members for a performance of Life in a Marital Institution followed by an exclusive discussion with the writer and performer of the show, James Braly (GS '86). |
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James Braly (General Studies '86) spent over twenty years researching life in a marital institution. He wrote speeches for pharmaceutical executives and lived in a fancy Upper West Side apartment until he decided to downsize to his storage unit and dedicate himself to writing autobiographical stories. He's performed on Marketplace, NPR, and at The Whitney Museum, Long Wharf Theatre, and The Moth, where he is the only two-time winner of the GrandSLAM and a featured performer on The Moth/TNT National Story Tour. |
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8:00PM Performance of Life in a Marital Institution
9:15PM Post-show discussion with James Braly |
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The SoHo Playhouse
15 Vandam Street
(between 6th Avenue and Varick)
New York, NY 10013 |
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$35 for CAAL Members (regularly $55)
$50 for Non-CAAL Members |
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THE NEW YORK CITY WATERFALLS YACHT PARTY |
| THURSDAY, JULY 31 |
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Experience Olafur Eliasson's The New York City Waterfalls, "one of the largest works of art, public or otherwise, of our modern era," while onboard a luxurious yacht enjoying drinks and hors d'oeuvres with friends and fellow alumni. CAAL and Circle line bring you an official boat tour of the four man-made waterfalls, each 90 to 120 feet tall (roughly as high as the Statue of Liberty), with an audio introduction by the internationally acclaimed artist followed by a Happy Hour party exclusively for Columbia Alumni.
"A triumph of human imagination and mechanical engineering," –Mayor Michael Bloomberg
"The most ambitious project the Public Art Fund has ever undertaken that will open up new ways for the public to experience art and public space, and in turn the city itself." – Susan K. Freedman, president of the Public Art Fund
"They are the remnants of a primordial Eden, beautiful, uncanny signs of a natural nonurban past that the city never had." – The New York Times
Read the New York Times review.
Download The New York Waterfalls brochure. |
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Born in Copenhagen in 1967, Olafur Eliasson is considered one of his generation's most influential artists. Throughout his career, he has taken inspiration from natural elements and phenomena, such as light, wind, fog and water to create sculpture and installations that evoke sensory experiences. The installation will bring nature into the urban cityscape and will add a striking element to New York City's iconic skyline.
Olafur Eliasson: www.olafureliasson.net
The Public Art Fund is New York's leading presenter of artists' projects, new commissions, and exhibitions in public spaces. For over 30 years the Public Art Fund has been committed to working with emerging and established artists to produce innovative exhibitions of contemporary art throughout New York City. Public Art Fund is proud to present "The New York City Waterfalls" in collaboration with the City of New York. Public Art Fund: www.publicartfund.org |
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5:15PM Dock open for ticket pick up
6:00PM Zephyr yacht doors open and the party begins
6:30PM Zephyr sets sail and The New York Waterfalls tour begins
8:00PM Zephyr returns to South Street Seaport |
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Departing from Pier 16
South Street Seaport
Downtown Manhattan |
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$31.00 for CAAL Members (includes unlimited hors d'oeuvres, soft drinks, and one complimentary alcoholic beverage)
$46.00 for Non-CAAL Members |
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JAZZ, FILM, GALLERY TALKS, AND MARTINIS AT THE RUBIN MUSEUM |
FRIDAY,
JULY 18 |
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6-10pm – K2 Lounge
The Rubin Museum of Art, the first museum in the Western world dedicated to the art of the Himalayas and surrounding regions, is pleased to extend CAAL members special access to its K2 Lounge and related events. Open after hours, the K2 Lounge serves as the center of cultural events offered throughout the night including gallery tours, live music performances, and film screenings. Mingle with friends before, during, and after shows at our reserved tables and enjoy 2 for 1 cocktail specials from 6 to 7PM.
Read the New York Times Review, "Friday Cocktails, With a Splash of Art."
7pm - The Jimmy Cobb Quartet featuring Theo Croker
Enjoy a performance by the Jimmy Cobb Quartet, led by celebrated jazz drummer Jimmy Cobb, the last surviving player of Miles Davis's Kind of Blue session.
$16.20 (normally $20.00) – RSVP Required
7pm - PeaceTalks: Peace Corps Volunteer Adam Swart
Peace Corps volunteers reminisce about their experiences while stationed in Nepal from 1962 to the present. Adam Swart taught English as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural western Nepal from 2001 to 2004. He is currently a Guide at RMA and is pursuing his MA in Art Education at Teachers College at Columbia University.
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8pm - Gallery Talk: Sacred Visions in Himalayan Art
Discover the significance of dreams and sacred visions on a whimsical journey through the gallery floors with RMA Guide, Errol Gooden.
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9:30pm – CabaretCinema: Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo
Mix movies and martinis at CabaretCinema's screening of The Purple Rose of Cairo. A film buff goes to the movies to escape her bleak Depression-era life, but when an onscreen character breaks free from the screen for adventures in the real world, the lines between fiction and reality blur. Jeff Daniels, Mia Farrow, Danny Aiello, and Dianne Wiest star in the ultimate tale of escapism that was recognized as one of the "All-Time 100 Best Films" by Time Magazine.
FREE ($7 drink minimum) – RSVP Required |
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6-10pm - Meet CAAL Members in K2 Lounge
6-7pm - K2 Lounge Happy Hour (2 for 1 cocktails)
7pm - Jimmy Cobb Quartet
7pm – PeaceTalks with Columbia TC student, Adam Swart
8pm - Gallery Talk Sacred Visions in Himalayan Art
9:30pm - Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo |
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150 West 17th Street
(near 7th Avenue)
New York, NY 10011 |
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$16.20 for Jimmy Cobb Jazz concert (regularly $20)
All other events are FREE
($7 drink min. for the film screening) |
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LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES |
TUESDAY, JUNE 24 |
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Join Roundabout Theatre Company's HIPTIX and the Columbia Alumni Arts League for an exclusive event at Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Tony Award and Academy Award nominee Laura Linney returns to Broadway alongside Olivier Award winner Ben Daniels in the seductive and decadent classic Les Liaisons Dangereuses, written by Tony Award and Academy Award winner Christopher Hampton and directed by Olivier Award winner Rufus Norris. See the production critics are calling "seductive, lascivious and dangerously good" (USA Today), and then join us for a special post-show reception in the Penthouse Lobby of the American Airlines Theatre with Palm Amber Ale, snacks, and special guests. |
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Christopher Hampton is an Academy Award winning British playwright, screen writer and film director. He is best known for his play based on the novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses and the film Dangerous Liaisons. He became involved in theatre at Oxford University and moved on to become the youngest writer ever to have a play performed in the West End in 1966. Hampton won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1988 for the screen adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons and was nominated again in 2007 for adapting Ian McEwan's novel Atonement. Laura Linney graduated from Brown University in 1986 and studied acting at Julliard and the Arts Theatre School in Moscow. She then embarked on a career on the Broadway stage receiving favorable notices for her work in such plays as "Hedda Gabler" and "Six Degrees of Separation". Linney has starred in Primal Fear, The Truman Show, received an Academy Award for You Can Count on Me and a nomination for her role in Kinsey. Join fellow CAAL Members for a special post-show reception in the Penthouse Lobby with Palm Amber Ale, snacks, and special guests! |
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8:00PM performance of Les Liaisons Dangereuses
10:45PM Reception with CAAL members and special guests |
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American Airlines Theatre
227 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036 |
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$21.25 for CAAL Members (regularly $81.25, you save $60!!)
$36.25 for Non-CAAL Members |
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MACBETH |
FRIDAY,
JUNE 27 |
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TR Warszawa, Poland's most exciting theater company, arrives in New York with a spectacular production of Macbeth that boldly reinvents the classic for the twenty-first century. With a huge cinematic sweep, the production takes multi-media theater to the limit, directed by the gifted Grzegorz Jarzyna. A dramatic two-story set, video walls, special effects, an extraordinary, layered soundscape, and a deep well of acting tradition transform Shakespeare's web of intimacy, politics and the supernatural into a contemporary living film. Before the performance, enjoy a reception with fellow CAAL members and a discussion with Grzegorz Jarzyna, Susan Feldman, Artistic Director of St. Ann's Warehouse, and Anna Frajlich-Zajac, Senior Lecturer in Polish at Columbia University's Slavic Languages department. |
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Grzegorz Jarzyna (b. 1968, Poland) is the Artistic Director of TR Warszawa. His first production for TR Warszawa, Tropical Madness based on S.I. Witkiewicz's work was declared by the critics as the most important production of the work in several years. Numerous productions followed that gathered critical and popular praise. Jarzyna has also worked successfully for Polish TV by directing History by Gombrowicz and The Prince Myshkin based on Dostoevsky's The Idiot, which toured to the Festival d'Avignon where it received standing ovations and accolades from the critics.
Susan Feldman is the founder and Artistic Director of St. Ann's Warehouse. As Artistic Director she has commissioned, presented and produced twenty-eight seasons of groundbreaking music and music theater performances. Feldman conceived and co-directed Band in Berlin, about a popular German singing group from the 1930's, which won four prestigious 1998 Barrymore Awards including Best Musical and Best Direction and had a Broadway run in 1999. Other highlights of her tenure include the historic reunion of Lou Reed and John Cale in Songs for ‘Drella; America's first puppet opera, The Barber of Seville; Roy Nathanson's Fire at Keaton's Bar and Grill with Elvis Costello and Deborah Harry;and an ongoing presenting relationship with The Wooster Group.
Anna Frajlich-Zajac is the Senior Lecturer in Polish at Columbia University's Slavic Languages department. She received an M.A. from the University of Warsaw (Poland), and a Ph.D. from New York University in 1991. Anna Frajlich is also a poet and an author, has written 8 books of poetry and has been included in numerous anthologies. She is a member of the International PEN-Club Writers in Exile, the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.), and the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS). |
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7:00PM Reception and discussion with Grzegorz Jarzyna, Susan Feldman and Anna Frajlich-Zajac
9:00PM Performance of Macbeth |
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Tobacco Warehouse
Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park
DUMBO
Brooklyn, NY 11201 |
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$30 for CAAL members (regularly $35) |
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R.E.M. WITH MODEST MOUSE AND THE NATIONAL |
| THURSDAY, JUNE 19 |
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R.E.M. is back and playing from their latest album, Accelerate, at Madison Square Garden this summer! On June 19th, join fellow CAAL members to see R.E.M., Modest Mouse, and The National. Before the show, join fellow CAAL members for drinks at Stitch Bar & Lounge. |
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R.E.M., Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, and Mike Mills, play their new album, Accelerate, showcasing everything that the band, recent inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has built over the course of its 25-year plus career, from the first spitfire note of "Living Well Is The Best Revenge," to the soaring glory of the lead-off single "Supernatural Superserious, to the final apocalyptic crunch of "I'm Gonna DJ."
The Issaquah, WA, indie rock trio Modest Mouse was formed in 1993 by vocalist/guitarist Isaac Brock, bassist Eric Judy, and drummer Jeremiah Green. The album, The Lonesome Crowded West, was the band's breakthrough. Good News for People Who Love Bad News in 2004 was their best-received record and a Top 40 hit. They continue to release popular and critically acclaimed albums, including their last album in 2007, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.
The Brooklyn-based quintet, The National, led by baritone Matt Berninger, features two sets of brothers, Columbia alumnus Aaron Dessner (CC '98) (guitar/bass/piano) and Bryce Dessner (guitar) and Scott (drums) and Bryan Devendorf (guitar). Their 2005 full-length Alligator was a mild underground success, but it was not until the Spring 2007 ambitious rock album Boxer that The National jumped into the musical spotlight. Boxer is full of moody, surprisingly heartfelt ballads, and many critics deemed the album one of the best of 2007. |
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6:00PM Pre-show drinks at Stitch Bar & Lounge
7:00PM Concert at Madison Square Garden |
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Stitch Bar & Lounge
(balcony bar is reserved for CAAL Members)
247 West 37th Street (between 7th & 8th Avenue)
New York, New York 10018
Madison Square Garden
4 Pennsylvania Plaza
(7th Avenue at 32nd Street)
New York, NY 10001 |
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CAAL Member price
$69.75 for Section 302
$39.75 for Section 404
Non-CAAL Member price
$84.75 for Section 302
$54.75 for Section 404 |
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SUNDANCE SHORTS AT BAM |
SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 2008 |
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For the third straight year, Sundance Institute has packed up its bags and is moving into BAM for eleven days to present 22 features and 36 short films from the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, lively music concerts, Q&As with the artists, art installations, and special events that bring the creative energy of the Institute's artists and programs to New York audiences. On June 1st, join fellow CAAL members in seeing eight short films, followed by a Q&A with a selection of the shorts' filmmakers. |
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The program include films by eight international directors including Man by Columbia alumna Myna Joseph (SoA '07). Click here to read an interview with Myna Joseph about the film and the impact of Columbia's graduate film program. |
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2:30PM Shorts screenings
4:30PM Q&A with filmmakers |
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BAM Rose Cinemas
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217 |
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$11 |
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PRIVATE TOUR OF THE NEUE GALERIE |
| MONDAY, MAY 19, 2008 |
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Enjoy a private tour, outside of museum hours, of the Neue Galerie's current "Gustav Klimt" and "Wiener Werkstätte Jewelry" exhibits. "Gustav Klimt: Five Paintings from the Collection of Ferdinand and Adele Bloch-Bauer" consists of masterworks by Klimt that had been restituted to Maria Altmann and the heirs of the Bloch-Bauer family by the Austrian government. The best-known of the five works in the exhibition is Adele Bloch-Bauer I, a "once-in-a-lifetime acquisition" recently made by the Galerie. The second exhibition highlights pieces created by the Wiener Werkstätte between the firm's inception in 1903 and 1920; work whose beauty lies in the way it blurs the line between precious ornament and miniature sculpture. |
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Neue Galerie New York is one of the city's most elegant museums devoted to early twentieth-century German and Austrian art and design, displayed on two exhibition floors. |
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6:00PM |
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Neue Galerie New York
1048 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028 |
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$23 for CAAL members |
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BERNSTEIN COLLABORATIONS |
| THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2008 |
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American entertainment was never the same after Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins took it to brilliant new heights. The New York of popular imagination would not exist without the comic genius of Fancy Free. Boisterous and beloved, it captures the essence and optimism of shore leave in the Big City. Carrying ancient Russian-Jewish culture in their bones, Bernstein and Robbins' Dybbuk explores a mystical world of dreadful consequences and enduring passion. A Robbins retrospective would not be complete without the heart-rending poignancy of West Side Story Suite. No other theater piece is as well known and loved as this American classic. |
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Leonard Bernstein was perhaps the most influential figure in classical music in the last half of the twentieth century. Composer, conductor, author, lecturer and often controversial media personality, the American-born Bernstein had a dramatic impact on the popular audience's acceptance and appreciation of classical music. His own work as a composer, particularly his scores for such Broadway musicals as West Side Story and On the Town, helped forge a new relationship between classical and popular music.
Jerome Robbins was one of the foremost dance choreographers of the 20th century, whose work has included everything from ballet, to film, to musical theater, including On the Town, The King and I, West Side Story, and Fiddler on the Roof. Enjoy a pre-performance reception and discussion with fellow CAAL Members and New York City Ballet company dancers. |
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6:30PM Pre-performance reception
7:15PM Discussion with NYCB speaker
8:00PM Performance of Bernstein Collaborations |
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New York State Theater
20 Lincoln Center
New York, NY 10023 |
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Orchestra seats for $68 dollars (normally $86, you save $18!)
Fourth Ring seats for $15 (normally $32) |
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TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL: BAGHDAD HIGH |
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2008 |
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Four Iraqi teen boys, all friends, come of age in the most dangerous city on earth - Baghdad. Filmed by the students themselves, Baghdad High offers insight into ordinary Iraqi lives rarely seen. One boy is Kurdish, one Christian, one Shia and one mixed Sunni and Shia. As they enter their last year in school, can their friendship survive the sectarian violence tearing their city apart? School is a safe haven in some ways for the boys but the strain of daily life does little to promote an atmosphere of academic study. Rather they want to do the usual that adolescent boys are interested in--text a girlfriend, play computer games or learn the words to a rap song. At the same time, with their families, they face an important decision--whether to stay in Baghdad with all the attendant risks or flee to safer areas as so many other Iraqis have done. The boys must also look to the future and to the world beyond their school. The British Press Association called Baghdad High "the most memorable film of recent times." |
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Director Ivan O'Mahoney (JN '00) worked as an attorney and a United Nations MP in Bosnia for UNPROFOR. Since that time, he has produced and directed many documentaries for BBC1, BBC2, PBS, Channel4 and Discovery Times. He holds a LLM in International Law from Leyden University in the Netherlands and a MSC in Journalism from Columbia University. Director Laura Winter (JN '96) has worked as a freelance producer for CNN, for CBS 60 Minutes and CBS Evening News in the U.S., Iraq and Afghanistan. In Kabul she was the radio correspondent for CBS News. Winter has filed stories and shot photos in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan for the Christian Science Monitor, the New York Daily News and other newspapers and magazines. In Iraq, she covered the fall of Baghdad, the rise of the insurgency in the capital and Faluja, the abuse of Iraqi prisoners in Tikrit, and mass graves in al Hilla and abu Ghraib. Winter has also worked as a newspaper reporter in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Hong Kong. |
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10:30PM Screening of Baghdad High |
| WHERE: |
Village East Cinema 2
189 2nd Avenue
New York, NY 10003 |
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$13 for CAAL Members (regularly $15) |
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TAP MEETS FLAMENCO |
FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008 |
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Escape half a world away with music of the Andalusian, the Moor, the Sephardic, and the Gypsy. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Chano Dominguez, a "rapid-finger ninja [who transfers] the energy of flamenco guitar to the keyboard" (NY Times), and percussive demons Herlin Riley and Israel Suarez bring these traditions together with the best hoofers south of Harlem and west of Sevilla: Jared Grimes and Dewitt Fleming, Jr. and Tomasito and Auxiliadora Fernandez. Join fellow CAAL Members for a pre-performance lecture, and after the show meet the performers in the Green Room! |
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Wynton Marsalis is the most acclaimed jazz musician and composer of his generation and a distinguished classical performer. Mr. Marsalis made his recording debut in 1982, and since he has recorded more than 30 jazz and classical recordings, which have won him nine Grammy Awards. In 1983, he became the first and only artist to win both classical and jazz Grammys in the same year and repeated this feat in 1984. Mr. Marsalis also has produced a rich body of compositions including his oratorio Blood on the Fields, which was awarded the prestigious Pulitzer Prize in music. He is currently the Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center which he co-founded in 1987.
Sebastián Domínguez Lozano, better known as Chano Domínguez, was born in Cadiz on March 29, 1960. His father was a keen flamenco enthusiast and Chano grew up listening to his LPs. Chano was able to teach himself to play guitar and practiced everything that he had heard on his father's flamenco records. Chano started playing keyboards with Cai, a group from Cadiz that fused traditional Andalusian roots with progressive rock. In 1992, he decided to form his own trio, which he led with his own personal musical style, fusing flamenco rhythm with the musical forms of jazz. That same year, he was awarded First Prize in the National Jazz Competition for Young Interpreters and he released his first two records: Chano and Diez de Paco. In 1995, he produced Coplas de Madrugá (Morning Song) which covers some of the most important themes in traditional Spanish song and treats them with a genuine jazz esthetic. |
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7:00PM Pre-performance lecture in the Recording Studio
8:00PM Performance in the Rose Theater
CAAL Members get to meet the performers after the show in the Green Room! |
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Rose Theater
Broadway at 60th Street
New York, NY 10023 |
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$31.50 includes FREE pre-show lecture (regularly $5) |
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TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL: MAN ON WIRE |
SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2008 |
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Man On Wire, directed by James Marsh, is in its New York Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. On August 7, 1974, New York gasped as French daredevil Philippe Petit walked a tightrope between the Twin Towers—without a safety net. Peppered with humor and awe, this stunning portrait of an artist of reckless daring and impish charm is sure to leave viewers spellbound. In candid interviews, Petit and all the key participants relish this chance to tell their story. Buoyed with eye-catching archival footage, clever dramatizations, and delightful visual effects, filmmaker James Marsh, like his daring subject, pulls off an astonishing coup. At Sundance Film Festival, Man On Wire, won the Grand Jury Prize in World Documentary Competition as well as the World Cinema Audience Award. |
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Maureen Ryan, Producer (SoA '92 & SoA Faculty) is a freelance producer based in New York concentrating on feature films and documentaries. Ryan is the producer of the feature documentary titled The Gates which chronicles the artists Christo and Jean-Claude as they create their latest installation piece - over 7500 gates of saffron cloth that were placed in New York City's Central Park in February 2005. Other production credits include Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway, The Team, The King, the award-winning feature documentary Wisconsin Death Trip, and the award-winning shorts Torte Bluma and Last Hand Standing. Currently, Ryan teaches Film Production and the Craft of Documentary Filmmaking at Columbia University's Graduate Film Division and supervises student production at the school. |
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3:15PM Screening of Man on Wire |
| WHERE: |
Village East Cinema 1
189 2nd Avenue
New York, NY 10003 |
| PRICE: |
$13 for CAAL Members (regularly $15) |
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RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S SOUTH PACIFIC |
| SATURDAY, MARCH 15 AND FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008 |
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Be among the first to see Columbia alumni Richard Rodgers (CC '23) & Oscar Hammerstein's (CC '16) 1949 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical South Pacific come back to New York for its first Broadway revival since it closed in 1954! 30 orchestra musicians and a cast of 40 directed by two-time Tony Award nominated director Bart Sher bring to life this story which through the conventions of musical theater addresses the themes of racism and the lost innocence of a nation gone to war. On a small South Pacific island, US Navy nurse Nellie Forbush falls for a mysterious French planter whose life-style could not be more different from the conservatism of her own Arkansas background. Meanwhile, Lt. Joe Cable arrives to carry out a top-secret spying mission against the Japanese fleet from behind enemy lines. He is befriended by a Tonkinese trader, Bloody Mary, and soon becomes involved with her beautiful young daughter. South Pacific is considered to be one of the greatest musicals of all time, and includes many songs praised worldwide including "Bali Ha'i," "Some Enchanted Evening," "Younger than Springtime," "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" and "A Wonderful Guy."
Read related articles in the New York Times: The Stages of Bart Sher and Ben Brantley's Come Back, Little '50s, Even With the Clouds. |
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Enjoy a pre-performance discussion on March 15th with Bert Fink, Senior Vice President of Communications for The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, and on April 4th with Mary Rodgers Guettel, acclaimed author, screenwriter and composer, and the daughter of Richard Rodgers. Bert Fink is Senior Vice President of Communications for The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, where he serves in a variety of historical, archival, publicity and production capacities for the organization and its concerns in theatrical licensing, concert work and music publishing. He compiled The Rodgers & Hammerstein Birthday Book (Harry N. Abrams, 1993) and has written liner notes for over a dozen recordings and DVD's. On behalf of R&H, he has produced DVD documentary "extras" for nearly a dozen movie musical titles, working with such studios as 20th Century Fox, Universal, and Warner Bros. For five seasons he moderated educational seminars for New York City Center's Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert series. He has also spoken at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New-York Historical Society, the Smithsonian Institution, Columbia University, New York University, Arizona State University, George Washington University, Oklahoma City University, and Marymount College, among others.
An accomplished author, screenwriter and composer, Mary Rodgers Guettel's Broadway career began as the composer of the 1959 musical, Once Upon a Mattress starring Carol Burnett, later broadcast to great success on network television and revived repeatedly; to this day, more than 400 productions of Once Upon a Mattress are presented each year in the U.S. and Canada alone and a 1997 Broadway production starring Sarah Jessica Parker earned a Tony Award nomination for Best Musical Revival. Additional theatre credits include Hot Spot starring Judy Holliday, The Mad Show, Working and several scores for the Bil Baird Marionettes and Theatreworks/USA. She has been a popular author of fiction for young people ever since her first book was released in 1972: Freaky Friday received the first prize at the Book World Spring Book Festival Awards, The Christopher Award, and was cited on the ALA Notable Book List. In 1977 Disney Studios adapted Freaky Friday into a movie, with screenplay by Mary Rodgers, and starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster. Mary Rodgers Guettel is the Rodgers family representative in its privately-held partnership with the Hammerstein family, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization. |
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Saturday, March 15, 2008
12:30-1:30PM Pre-performance reception with fellow alumni
12:50PM Conversation with Bert Fink
2:00PM Performance of South Pacific
Friday, April 4
6:30-7:30PM Pre-performance reception with fellow alumni
6:50PM Conversation with Mary Rodgers
8:00PM Performance of South Pacific |
| WHERE: |
Vivian Beaumont Theater
150 West 65th Street
New York, NY 10023 |
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March 15
$90 for performance ticket (regularly $100)
April 4
$99 for performance ticket (regularly $110) |
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VOLTA NY |
| SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2008 |
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| WHAT: |
Enjoy private access to the cutting-edge art show, VOLTA NY, the top satellite fair during The Armory Show week. VOLTA NY showcases the best in emerging art from 52 galleries from around the world. Representatives from Cottelston Advisors will provide an introduction to the fair and will be available to answer questions as CAAL Members navigate the fair for an hour before it opens to the public. Participants also will receive a catalog of art exhibited in VOLTA NY. |
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Experience art from 53 emerging artists and 52 international galleries. Some of the highlights from VOLTA NY 2008 will include a solo exhibition of the photographs of 2008 Whitney Biennial artist Melanie Schiff; a debut installation by kinetic sculptor David Ellis; the first U.S. exhibition of the highly political work of Venice Biennale veteran and Kwangju Biennial Prize Winner Jota Castro; the inaugural U.S. exhibitions of the works of Czech sculptor Kristof Kintera, Mexican artist Jose Dávila and Japanese sculptor Takaaki Izumi; the New York debut of Romanian painter Serban Savu; a solo exhibition of new photographs by American artist Tracey Baran; an exhibition of the post-Katrina images of New Orleans by American Clay Ketter; a solo exhibition of large-scale drawings by British artist Adam Dant; as well as a lobby mural and limited edition works by German painter Florian Merkel.
Cottelston Advisors is a full service art advisory and lifestyle marketing company, which provides access and guidance. For corporate clients, Cottelston ensures proper brand positioning in the visual arts. For collectors, Cottelston assures that quality work is chosen, which will captivate and inspire. Cottelston's approach to the art world is born out of a passion for the fine arts and a deep knowledge of the business world. |
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12:00 – 1:00PM |
| WHERE: |
VOLTA NY
7 West 34th Street
New York, NY |
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$10 for CAAL Members |
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FUERZABRUTA |
| THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2008 |
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A non-stop collision of dynamic music, visceral emotion, and kinetic aerial imagery, Fuerzabruta is one of the most exciting events of the season. Having already taken South America and Europe by storm, this all-new work from the creators of the revolutionary theatre spectacle De La Guarda defies easy categorization. Featuring mind-blowing visual effects that must be seen to be believed - a man running full throttle through a series of moving walls, women frolicking in a watery world suspended just inches above the audience - Fuerzabruta is a theatrical experience that floods the senses. |
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Diqui James (De La Guarda Co-founder/Co-creator) and Gaby Kerpel (De La Guarda Composer/Musical Director) have embarked on a project forming a new company that continues to push the boundaries of theatrical creativity, motivation and innovation. Together with Alejandro Garcia and Fabio Daquila, they have created a new form in Fuerzabruta that is devoted to reinventing, transforming, and creating an experience that is unique and unrepeatable. Meet fellow CAAL Members over drinks after the performance. |
| TIME: |
8:00PM Performance of Fuerzabruta
9:15PM Post-performance drinks |
| WHERE: |
Daryl Roth Theatre
101 East 15th Street
New York, NY 10003 |
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$35 (regularly $70, you save 50%!) |
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NAVIGATING THE ARMORY SHOW AND COLLECTING AT ART FAIRS |
| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2008 |
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The Armory Show, The International Fair of New Art, is the world's leading art fair devoted exclusively to contemporary art. In its tenth annual exhibition, The Armory Show will celebrate the spirit of contemporary art from March 27th – 30th. The exhibition includes many of the most important contemporary dealers showcasing new art from around the world. Exclusively for CAAL members, Boyd Level will not only offer an introduction to the Show and to the numerous events and satellite fairs taking place at the same time but will also provide guidance on how to go about collecting at the fairs—e.g. what to expect when negotiating with dealers and why it's never the case that all of the "best" art is sold in the first fifteen minutes. This forum is available to a maximum of 26 guests. The evening includes wine and light hors d'oeuvres and usually runs 2 to 2.5 hours. |
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Boyd Level offers private collectors and corporate clients interested in collecting today's art a level of access and service previously available only to major collectors of established artists. Boyd Level provides a focused, fully integrated combination of art historical education, private studio visits, art market consultation, dealer liaisons and collection management services to assure the creation and maintenance of an outstanding collection of advanced contemporary and emerging art.
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M. Franklin Boyd, Esq., the founder of Boyd Level, brings financial and legal experience to the world of emerging art collecting and advising. Formerly an attorney with the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, Franklin is a long-time advocate for contemporary art and, in her separate legal practice, specializes in intellectual and cultural property issues. Franklin received her JD with honors from NYU Law School, and a BSFS in Culture and Politics from Georgetown University. Prior to attending law school, Franklin participated in the Christie's Art Market and Connoisseurship Program and worked in the General Counsel's office at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Franklin is a member of the Art Law Committee of the NY State Bar Association and is a member of the City Bar of NY. |
| Jonathan T. D. Neil, is a contributing editor at Art Review, a London-based magazine of international arts and culture, and serves on the editorial board or artworldsalon.com. He studied for his Ph.D. in modern and contemporary art history at Columbia University, where he also received his M. Phil and Masters degrees. Prior to Columbia, Jonathan received a Bachelors of Architecture from Cornell University's School of Architecture, Art, and Planning. He has taught courses in modern and contemporary art and architectural history, critical writing, and the history of photography at Columbia University and at Parsons The New School of Design in New York. |
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7:00 – 9:00PM |
| WHERE: |
18 Harrison Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10013 |
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$85 per CAAL Member (regularly $115, you save $30!) |
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WHITNEY BIENNIAL EXHIBITION TOUR AND BRUNCH |
| SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2008 |
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Join fellow CAAL Members for a guided tour of the 2008 Whitney Biennial Exhibition followed by brunch at Sarabeth's at the Whitney. Since its founding in 1932, the Biennial has evolved into the Whitney Museum of American Art's signature exhibition as well as the most important survey of the state of contemporary art in the United States today. The 2008 Biennial seeks to reveal the links among the seemingly disparate artists working in more genres, using more varieties of material, and moving among more geographic locations than ever before. Almost completely comprised of new works, many of which are site-specific, the exhibition will fill nearly every floor of the Museum, including the sculpture court. |
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81 artists have been selected for this year's Whitney Biennial including seven
Columbia University alumni and faculty:
Matthew Brannon, School of the Arts '99 graduate
Coco Fusco, Columbia University Faculty
Olivier Mosset, General Studies '83 graduate
Mika Rottenberg, School of the Arts '04 graduate
Heather Rowe, School of the Arts '01 graduate
Gretchen Skogerson, Columbia College '92 graduate
Mika Tajima, School of the Arts '03 graduate
The gallery tour will be given by Whitney Teaching Fellows, upper level graduate students in art history or docents. After the tour, enjoy a prix-fixe brunch at Sarabeth's at the Whitney with fellow CAAL Members. |
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12:30-1:45PM Gallery tour given by Whitney Teaching Fellows
2:00PM Brunch at Sarabeth's at the Whitney |
| WHERE: |
Whitney Museum
945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street
New York, NY 10021 |
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$17.50 for Museum admission and exhibition tour
$47.50 for Museum admission, exhibition tour, and prix-fixe brunch |
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DOG DAY AFTERNOON |
| SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2008 |
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Join the Columbia Alumni Arts League for a screening and discussion of Sidney Lumet's film, Dog Day Afternoon. Al Pacino is at his prime in this gritty crime drama based on a real event. When first-time crooks Sonny (Al Pacino) and Sal (John Cazale) rob a bank on a sweltering summer's day in Brooklyn, the robbery escalates into a hostage crisis and media circus. Influential and critically acclaimed, Dog Day Afternoon was nominated for five Oscars in 1976 (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor- Pacino, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor- Sarandon), and remains a landmark in realistic filmmaking. Before the screening, take part in a discussion with School of the Arts Professor, Bette Gordon, and Director of the Arts Initiative, Gregory Mosher. |
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Bette Gordon is an Associate Professor and Vice Chair of the film division at Columbia's School of the Arts. Her early short films have been shown at the MoMA and the Whitney Biennial and have won prizes at The Chicago International Film Festival and the Atlanta Festival of Film and Video. She directed Variety, which was shown at the Cannes Film Festival, Director's Fortnight, and at other major international film festivals. Her directing for television includes Laurel Entertainment's episodic series Monsters, and short films for HBO and Showtime. She also directed Luminous Motion, based on the book History of Luminous Motion, released theatrically in the U.S. in June 2000, and called one of the best films of the year by New York Times writer A.O. Scott.
Gregory Mosher was appointed Director of the Arts Initiative at Columbia University in 2004 by President Lee C. Bollinger and brings 30 years of production and directorial experience to Columbia. He is credited with the resurgence of the Lincoln Center Theater, which he took over as director in 1985 at the request of former Mayor John V. Lindsay and led for seven years. He has directed and produced nearly 200 stage productions at Lincoln Center, on and off Broadway, and at the Royal National Theater and in London's West End. Many of his productions were premieres of work by emerging and established writers, among them Samuel Beckett, Leonard Bernstein, Spalding Gray, David Mamet, Arthur Miller, Richard Nelson, Wole Soyinka, Julie Taymor and Tennessee Williams. Mr. Mosher has received every major American theater award, including two Tony Awards. |
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1:00-1:45 Pre-screening discussion with Bette Gordon and Gregory Mosher
2:00PM Screening of Dog Day Afternoon |
| WHERE: |
Film Forum
209 West Houston Street
(Between 6th Avenue and Varick)
New York, NY 10014 |
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$5.50 for CAAL Members (regularly $10.50) |
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CONVERSATIONS IN TUSCULUM |
| FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2008 |
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Join the Columbia Alumni Arts League for the world premiere of Conversations in Tusculum, written and directed by Richard Nelson. Set outside of Rome in the villas and hillsides of Tusculum, Nelson continues his revelatory exploration of history with a new play that chronicles those entangled in Julius Caesar's world of manipulation and power. Citizens can continue to live in relative comfort by not involving themselves, or take action to save democracy. Conversations in Tusculum features Tony nominated actors Brian Dennehy (CC '60) and Maria Tucci, Oscar nominated David Strathairn, Emmy nominated actors Aidan Quinn and Gloria Reuben, and Joe Grifasi. After the performance, enjoy an exclusive discussion with Tony Award winner Richard Nelson. |
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Richard Nelson is an award-winning American playwright and librettist. In addition to adapting the work of writers like Bertolt Brecht, Anton Chekhov and James Joyce, Richard Nelson has penned many original plays, frequently exploring his fascination with the difference between American and English notions of society and class. Nelson originally began his career as a journalist in the early 1970s. Not long after, though, he applied reportorial techniques to drama and began writing plays like The Killing of Yablonski: Scenes of Involvement (1975) and Conjuring the Event (1976). In 1978, The Vienna Notes earned him an OBIE award and firmed his reputation as an emerging voice in the theatrical scene. Since then he has written dozens of plays, as well as scripts for television and the screenplay Ethan Frome, and garnered many awards and nominations including a Tony award for adapting the book and co-writing the lyrics of James Joyce's The Dead (1999). Nelson is the current chair of the playwriting department at the Yale School of Drama. |
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8:00PM Performance
10:00PM Post-performance discussion with Richard Nelson |
| WHERE: |
The Public Theater
425 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10003 |
| PRICE: |
$45 for CAAL Members (regularly $50) |
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ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST |
| FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 |
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Join the Columbia Alumni Arts League for a screening of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, with an introduction by its director Milos Forman and producer Michael Douglas. One of Forman's most acclaimed films, this adaptation of Kesey's widely read antiestablishment novel stars Nicholson as a convict in a psychiatric hospital who leads his fellow inmates in defying the icy Nurse Ratched, one of the greatest villains in film history. This rallying cry against authority and conformity struck a nerve with viewers and became the second movie ever to win all five major Academy Awards. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest stars Jack Nicholson and Louise Fletcher, with the screenplay by Bo Goldman and Lawrence Hauben. |
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Milos Forman is an actor, screenwriter, professor and two-time Academy Award-winning film director. Born in Čáslav, Czechoslovakia, Forman moved in 1968 to New York, where he became a professor of film at Columbia University and co-chair of Columbia's film division. Forman's work is characterized by a sharp antiauthoritarian spirit and a lucid, heartfelt humanism. His films maintain an intoxicating relevance to contemporary living by identifying iconic trends and events—evident both in his early features (Loves of a Blonde, The Firemen's Ball), which helped jump-start the fabled Czech New Wave in the mid-1960s, and in his renegade Hollywood films from the 1970s to today (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The People vs. Larry Flynt). The international commercial and critical success of Milos Forman's films is a testament to the uniqueness of his blend of passionate, personal interpretation, a remarkable ability to capture the zeitgeist, and a healthy dose of black humor. Michael Kirk Douglas, the son of movie icon Kirk Douglas and British actress Diana Dill, is an American actor and producer, primarily in movies and television. He is a two-time Academy Award winner, first as producer of 1975's Best Picture, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Best Actor in 1987 for his role in Wall Street. |
| TIME: |
8:00PM Introduction and film screening |
| WHERE: |
Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street
(between Fifth and Sixth Avenues)
New York, NY 10019 |
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$10 |
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NEXT TO NORMAL– SEE IT BEFORE IT GOES TO BROADWAY! |
| WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2008 |
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In this over-stimulated and pharmaceutically-obsessed world, one seemingly normal suburban family comes to grips with a long buried secret in this haunting and darkly funny new musical. With provocative lyrics and an electrifying score, Next to Normal explores the lengths to which we'll go to keep ourselves sane and our families in place. Authors Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, who won the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Award for Next to Normal, are joined by director Michael Grief (Rent, Grey Gardens) for this new cutting-edge musical. Following the performance, members will have an opportunity to take part in an exclusive Q&A with Columbia alumni Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey. Don't miss your chance to see the performance before it goes to Broadway! |
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Next to Normal features music by Tom Kitt (CC '96), book and lyrics by Brian Yorkey (CC '93), and is directed by Michael Greif. Composer Tom Kitt wrote the score for High Fidelity and his work has also been heard in the film The Two Ninas, on the television show Dawson's Creek, and on the original recordings, Julia Murney, The Tom Kitt Band, among others. He has worked as a musical director, orchestrator, and conductor on many shows including Laugh Whore, Urban Cowboy, and Debbie Does Dallas. Brian Yorkey's theatre credits include Making Tracks, which has played off-Broadway and regionally; the musical adaptation of Ang Lee's The Wedding Banquet; and the country musical Play It By Heart. He wrote the screenplay Time After Time, the feature script, Sluts, for Lion's Gate Films, and is co-creator of Bears, a new series for the Logo Network. |
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8:00PM Performance of Next to Normal
10:15PM Post-performance Q&A with Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey |
| WHERE: |
Second Stage Theatre
307 West 43rd Street
(between 8th and 9th Avenues)
New York, NY 10036 |
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$52 for CAAL Members (regularly $84, you save $32!) |
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TRADITIONS |
| TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2008 |
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Balanchine and Robbins' Traditions at the New York City Ballet includes three works: Square Dance, where the spirited invention, order, and patterns of square dances are danced to the music of Vivaldi and Corelli; Prodigal Son, which includes a powerful Prokofiev score, bold Rouault sets and costumes, and explosive Balanchine choreography that has riveted audiences since 1929; and The Four Seasons by Jerome Robbins, which displays his glistening, verdant, sultry, and diabolically difficult choreography. |
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Born and trained in Russia, George Balanchine moved to New York in the 1930s where he founded the School of American Ballet and later the New York City Ballet. A prolific choreographer, his diverse and electrifying works established a new technique of American ballet and are continually performed by dance companies all over the world. Jerome Robbins was one of the foremost dance choreographers of the 20th century, whose work has included everything from ballet, to film, to musical theater, including On the Town, The King and I, West Side Story, and Fiddler on the Roof. Enjoy a pre-performance reception and discussion with fellow CAAL Members and with cast from the New York City Ballet. |
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6:15PM Pre-performance reception
6:45PM Discussion with NYCB speaker
7:30PM Performance of Traditions |
| WHERE: |
New York State Theater
20 Lincoln Center
New York, NY 10023 |
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Orchestra seats for $68 dollars (normally $86, you save $18!)
Fourth Ring seats for $15 (normally $32) |
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C'EST DUCKIE! |
| FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2008 |
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C'est Duckie! is the award-winning, interactive nightclub performance experience, for a wild and absolutely outrageous alternative to traditional holiday fare. Following sold-out seasons in London, Sydney, Berlin, and Tokyo, C'est Duckie! comes to New York, serving up a menu of daring, delectable and devious entertainments that result in tailor-made, table-top shows. Armed with Duckie dollars upon entering, guests at each table can order from a show menu of craftily titled "acts" that include a variety of theatrical fare - vaudeville, ventriloquism, balloon modelling, broken down burlesque - with over 30 kunst-cabaret turns from the suggestive to the transgressive to the downright offensive. A dress code of suitably swanky evening wear is encouraged.
"The most fun you'll have in a theatre all year - guaranteed." – Metro, London
"Delicious bite sized burlesque" -Time Out London |
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London-based performance troupe Duckie pitches popular commercial entertainment against contemporary performance provocation in this all-singing, all-dancing, shameless crowd-pleaser. C'est Duckie! features a top class talent troupe of soubrettes, hoofers, and starlets from the London performance scene as well as special guest artists from New York City including: Taylor Mac, Jessica Delfino, the Wau Wau Sisters, and Dynasty Handbag. |
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10:30PM Performance at CSV Cultural Center |
| WHERE: |
CSV Cultural Center
107 Suffolk Street
(between Rivington and Delancey)
New York, NY 10002 |
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$25.00 (normally $49.50, you save $24.50!) |
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TWO DOGS' VIEW ON LIFE AND AN EVENING WITH MENG JINGHUI |
| FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2007 |
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After a sold-out run this summer, Two Dogs' View on Life returns to Beijing's Pioneer Theater for a second run. Audience members get to explore some of the big questions facing Chinese society from a canine's perspective in this new cutting-edge drama directed by Meng Jinghui, an avant-garde Chinese director and playwright dedicated to redefining Chinese theater and satirizing contemporary society. Don't miss this opportunity to enjoy a humorous play with fellow alumni and explore all kinds of every day issues: from traffic jams to online relationships, weight loss campaigns to SARS, and even sky high education fees. In Chinese only. |
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Immediately after the performance, enjoy a unique opportunity to take part in a Q&A with Director Meng Jinghui to be led by the Director of the Arts Initiative at Columbia University Gregory Mosher.
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Meng Jinghui is arguably the most influential director of avant-garde Chinese theater today. He has helped to bring many modern Western classics to China, as well as iconoclastic productions which humorously deconstruct classic Chinese works. Meng's productions thereby become commentaries on community life, social order and artistic conventions. While still a graduate student at the Central Academy of Drama in 1988, he directed plays by Pinter, Ionesco, Beckett, and Genet. In 1992, he joined the National Theater Company of China, then known as the Central Experimental Theater Troupe, a breeding ground for new theater. In the ensuing years, Meng has created and directed more than fifteen plays. Working within a country and an artistic scene that is in the midst of rapid change, Meng's goal is to bring recent developments in Chinese art, "such as installations, multimedia, visual art, and action art," to the Chinese stage. |
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Gregory Mosher was appointed Director of the Arts Initiative at Columbia University in 2004 by President Lee C. Bollinger and brings 30 years of production and directorial experience to Columbia. He is credited with the resurgence of the Lincoln Center Theater, which he took over as director in 1985 at the request of former Mayor John V. Lindsay and led for seven years. He has directed and produced nearly 200 stage productions at Lincoln Center, on and off Broadway, and at the Royal National Theater and in London's West End. Many of his productions were premieres of work by emerging and established writers, among them Samuel Beckett, Leonard Bernstein, Spalding Gray, David Mamet, Arthur Miller, Richard Nelson, Wole Soyinka, Julie Taymor and Tennessee Williams. Mr. Mosher has received every major American theater award, including two Tony Awards. |
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10:30PM Performance at CSV Cultural Center |
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Oriental Pioneer Theatre
8-2 Dongdan Santiao
East of Oriental Plaza |
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RMB160 for Columbia Alumni for the performance on 12/21/2007 only
(normally RMB 180, you save more than 10% off regular tickets price!) |
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BECKETT SHORTS - OPENING NIGHT! |
| TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2007 |
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Fearlessly imaginative, five-time OBIE award winning director JoAnne Akalaitis joins with dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov and composer Philip Glass to bring four of Samuel Beckett's one-act plays - Act Without Words I, Act Without Words II, Eh Joe, and Rough For Theatre I - to NYTW as "Beckett Shorts". After a successful workshop this past spring, Akalaitis invited Bill Camp (currently Alceste in The Misanthrope at NYTW), Karen Kandel, and David Neumann to work with her and Baryshnikov on these funny and fiercely physical plays. |
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