Come to the cabaret as hilariously brought to life by David Gordon in this grand interpretation of Bertolt Brecht’s anti-Nazi parable The Roundheads and the Pointheads, where leaders of the fictional town of Yahoo maintain control by instigating conflict between two groups of its own citizens.

Bringing together characters and storytelling from Sephardic Jewish folklore and history and weaving from Spain to Israel to Morocco and back again, Granada explores issues of identity, both religious and national, and the uncanny link among followers of a tradition separated by continents but united by a state of exile.

Claudia Funke, Curator of Books, Avery Library, Columbia University presents, “The Creation of a Photographic Book in 1866: P. B. Wight’s National Academy of Design.” Open to public.

Charles Taylor returns to speak on the question, "Can Human Action Be Explained?".

The Department of Italian at Columbia University in the City of New York is pleased to announce Beyond Futurism: F.T. Marinetti, Writer, a two-day international symposium at Italian Cultural Institute in New York. Open to public.

Colloquium Seminar: "Development and Application of Complexity-Building Reaction," presented by Prof. Jeffrey Johnson, University of North Carolina.

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert Hass served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997. He will read a selection of poems, to be followed by an interview with Saskia Hamilton of the Barnard College English Department.

Caroline Bynum, Professor of Western European Middle Ages at the Institute for Advanced Study will speak on "What Is Happening in History Now?" This event is free and open to the public. No Tickets, no reservations required. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.

Barnard Writing Faculty: Mary Gordon '71, Saskia Hamilton, and Timea Szell '75

This day long conference is free and open to the public. No Tickets, no reservations required. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.

Please join the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) for an Alumnae Networking Reception on December 2, 2009, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Columbia Club (15 West 43rd Street) in the Prospect Room.

Alice Boone, Department of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University, lectures on “Candide in the Preserving Machine.” Open to public.

Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor and professor emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, returns to the Heyman Center to deliver the 5th Annual Edward Said Memorial Lecture.