Welcome Today and Every Day
Join us on the Manhattanville campus on October 21, 2023, for a free fun-filled celebration of community! Immerse yourself in the arts through Lenfest Kids film screenings and art workshops with the Wallach Art Gallery. Indulge in Uptown cuisine from flavorful food samples from local vendors. Explore the workings of the brain with the family during Saturday Science—plus so much more.
We invite our neighbors surrounding Columbia's campuses in Morningside Heights, West Harlem, Harlem, and Washington Heights as well as Columbia affiliates to partake in this day of celebration.
Schedule of Events
See our full guide to the day's activities at our website.
The Forum (Community Day Entrance)
601 W. 125th St.
Community Tables, Live Music, Moving Screenings, Kids Programming, & Light Refreshments
- 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.: Bash the Trash – Instrument building workshop, performance, and parade
Film Screenings in Auditorium
- 1:00 p.m.: Hocus Pocus, 1993 Dir: Kenny Ortega runtime: 1 hr. 36 min.
- 3:00 p.m.: Taking Your Best Shot, Abstrak Vision Production, followed by Q&A with the filmmaker (register here)
Restaurant Crawl
Multiple Locations
Runtime: 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Columbia Business School
645 W. 130th St.
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.: Stop by for free samples from local vendors!
Lenfest Center for the Arts
615 W. 129th St.
12:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.: Lenfest Kids: Community Day Double Feature (Katharine Otto-Bernstein Screening Room)
- 12:00 p.m.: Belle
- 4:00 p.m.: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Jerome L. Greene Science Center
605 W. 129th St.
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.:
Wallach Art Gallery
615 W. 129th St.
- 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.: Wallach Kids: Figures and Backgrounds
