Matthew and his sister Piper take into a magical adventure back in time, where they discover the Manhattan of the past held a very different Thanksgiving than the one we all know today.

An uprooted lily goes on a quest to wed a human bride and destroy The God of Nostalgia. Genre squishing Taylor Mac and a company of 40+ unravel our national pastime of melancholy remembrances. The Lily's Revenge is a 5 part extravaganza featuring live music, wild costumes, vaudevillian theatrics, macabre entr'actes, a million sequins, and a few flowers.

For Jan, it's been quite an eventful day. After twenty years absence, he has returned home to Europe to be reunited with his mother and sister. But as he anxiously awaits to reveal his identity to them, notions of love and family take on chilling new meanings in the hideous circumstances of his last few hours.

The Met has assembled a cast of powerful voices to match Aida’s epic scale, which in this grand production uses every stage lift in the house.

Burn the Floor, the electrifying Latin and Ballroom dance spectacular that has thrilled audiences in over 30 countries, will make its Broadway debut in a limited 12-week engagement in one of Broadway's most intimate venues.

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.

From William Shakespeare's Troilus & Cressida and Thomas Heywood's Iron Age. Adapted & Directed by Brian Kulick

In Stitches November 12 - December 19, 2009 Reception: Thursday, November 12, 6-8 PM http://www.ltmhgallery.com/

Art exhibition

A provocative, funny, touching and marvelously entertaining story about a young doctor and his wife set at the dawn of the age of electricity in the 1880s. Back then hysteria was a real diagnosis, and women were commonly treated with electrical stimulating machines to ease their condition! Playwright Sarah Ruhl wondered what exactly doctors were thinking when they used vibrator therapies on their female patients. And what did women think was happening to them? In the Next Room or the vibrator play looks at a young technology-obsessed doctor and the devoted wife who longs to connect with him -- but not electrically.

With this new production, voted Europe’s best opera staging for 2007, one of opera’s great visionaries makes his Met debut. Patrice Chéreau, renowned for his legendary centennial Ring cycle at Bayreuth, directs Janácek’s drama of human resilience inside a Russian prison. “The penal camp is a different society, parallel to ours, but there are many similarities between the two,” Chéreau declares. “Power, relationships, humiliation, passion—all those things exist in both worlds.” Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen also makes his Met debut, and Peter Mattei leads the ensemble cast.

By the Pulitzer Prize winning author of AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY, Tracy Letts, comes this new comedy-drama. Set in the heart of one of Chicago’s most diverse communities, SUPERIOR DONUTS explores the challenges of embracing the past and the redemptive power of friendship.

Besides, With, Against, and Yet: Abstraction and The Ready-Made Gesture. Curated by Debra Singer November 13, 2009 - January 16, 2010 Opening Reception: Friday, November 13, 5:00 - 8:00 PM

Revolutionary Road meets Little Red Riding Hood. Stuck in life, lost in a forest, searching for meaning. Provocative, poignant and humorous play. A comic tragedy or a tragic comedy?

Wilhelmina Obatola Grant - Triumph and Transformation: Life after Breast Cancer, A Found Objects, Assemblage Art Exhibition Focusing on Breast Cancer Awareness

Race is the riveting new play by America’s foremost playwright, Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner David Mamet (Glengarry Glen Ross, Speed-the-Plow, American Buffalo, November).

The Harriman Institute proudly presents an exhibition featuring the winners of its student photography contest. All photographs in the collection were taken by Columbia University graduate and undergraduate students during recent trips to Russia, Eastern and Central Europe, and Eurasia.

A middle-aged woman goes undercover to free her son from jail. As she slowly sheds her identity, she makes startling discoveries....

A middle-aged woman goes undercover to free her son from jail. As she slowly sheds her identity, she makes startling discoveries about her son ... and herself.

Artists-in-Residence Open Studio Sunday, November 22, 1-5 PM www.studiomuseum.org

Art exhibition opening reception

Called "one of the most original compositional voices of our time," Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952) is a prominent member of a group of Finnish composers making a worldwide impact. Her music is at once opulent and mysterious, with dense everchanging textures, often created by a combination of music and electronics. This Portrait features the dramatic Graal théâtre, a 25-minute violin concerto that juxtaposes the virtuosity of the violinist with the activity of the ensemble, which morphs from delicate calm to vibrant commotion.

Please join the Harriman Institute and the Columbia Slavic Department for a bilingual poetry reading with poet Vera Pavlova.

Come join Columbia's student musicians perform solo and chamber works by Bach, Beethoven and others.

Part of the MPP's Early Music Columbia's series Andre Laurent O'Neil, baroque cello Free and open to the public. This program will include short works by Colombi, Gabrielli, Vitali, Scipriani, Duport, and Andre Laurent O'Neil, as well as two Bach suites.

The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University presents its Fall 2009 concert series continuing December 2 featuring percussionist Alex Lipowski. Program to include works by Hurel, Billone, Francesconi, Ferneyhough, and Verlingieri. Open to public.

Special Film Event: Quand la ville mord

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.

Beautiful music illuminates the spirit of giving in this joyful tale of community based on a true story of a tiny Alaskan village on King Island in the Bering Sea. Recommended for grade K and up December 4-18, 2009.

Co-Directed by Marco Cappelli and Arthur Kampela Free and open to the public

Directed by Christine Correa Free and open to the public.

Trio Settecento explores the magnificent chamber music of Bach and his German compatriots. The Chicago Tribune described the trio’s performance as "some of the most refreshing, life-enhancing Baroque playing heard in years."

Ezra Tawil, English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University, will speak on "American Exceptionalism and the Question of Style." His Columbia colleagues Andrew Delbanco and Ross Posnock will serve as commentators.

Miller-favorite Eric Reed returns with a blockbuster combination of Christmas favorites from his childhood and selections from his holiday album. Hailed a "first-class jazz pianist" by JazzTimes, Reed gathers together a stellar roster of jazz friends to join the seasonal celebration.

The renowned Tallis Scholars return to Miller’s series to celebrate the holiday season. Josquin’s powerful Missa de Beata Virgine exemplifies the composer’s astonishing technique.