From Morningside Heights to Mexico City, Czechoslovakia to China, Paris to Tokyo, in 1968, a year-long crisis linked world communities in a unique and epochal series of dramatic confrontations. The repercussions are still being felt. Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library, the Lehman Center for American History, and the History Department are hosting, 50 […]
Exhibition | Tennessee (Williams) in Texas
If you happen to be in the longhorn state, stop by the University of Texas at Austin to see some RBML holdings in the Tennessee Williams exhibition, No Refuge but Writing. From the curator, “Opening February 2 and continuing through May 13, Tennessee Williams: No Refuge but Writing highlights the playwright’s creative process and his close involvement with the […]
A Wrinkle in Time author talks about choosing the writer’s life, motherhood and a villain for her novel
As if coming out of a wrinkle in time itself, the oral history interview for author Madeleine L’Engel’s jumped out at me when I was looking for something else entirely. That’s not a wholly unique experience since, as a relatively new curator here in RBML, I have yet to grasp the total depths of the oral […]
Columbia ’68 Walking Tour
Join the Rare Book & Manuscript Library on this intro to the people, places and event that lead to the Columbia Crisis of 1968 and its aftermath. Start tour. […]
Last chance! Gallery talk for Arthur Mitchell
Saturday March 10, 2018, 1:00pm This week is your final chance to see Arthur Mitchell: Harlem’s Trailblazer at the Wallach Gallery in the Lenfest Arts Center. The exhibition closes on March 11th. But on March 10th, you can learn more about key works in the Arthur Mitchell archive from Preeti Vasudevan, choreographer, movement analyst, and founder […]