by Abram Hill A play from the co-founder of the American Negro Theater. What’s worth fighting for? With talent and ambition, Andy Whitman rises from shoeshine boy to lightweight contender, grasping at a freedom he has only dreamed of. But his fight takes him farther and farther from the family that loves him, and at (more…)

by Abram Hill A play from the co-founder of the American Negro Theater. What’s worth fighting for? With talent and ambition, Andy Whitman rises from shoeshine boy to lightweight contender, grasping at a freedom he has only dreamed of. But his fight takes him farther and farther from the family that loves him, and at (more…)

An astonishing young dancer, Aakash Odedra is something to behold! DANCING REVIEW The sensational Aakash Odedra will perform the New York premiere of Rising, featuring four solo dance works created exclusively for Aakash by celebrated top tier choreographers Akram Khan, Russell Maliphant, and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Rising has won numerous international awards and continues to tour (more…)

Tuesday February 23, 2016 6:30PM Schermerhorn 612 1190 Amsterdam Ave, Columbia University “Kamal Aljafari is the chronicler of the inchronicable, visionary of the faded out. Somewhere between the early Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali (Un Chien Andalou) and the late Mani Kaul’s entire magnificent oeuvre, in his new film, Recollection, Kamal Aljafari has tapped on (more…)

RECOLLECTION Film Screening followed by Q&A with Director Kamal Aljafari Moderated by Hamid Dabashi Monday February 22, 2016 7:00PM Palestinian director Kamal Aljafari will screen his film Recollection and offer a master class the following evening. Hamid Dabashi, renowned film expert and Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, will (more…)