The 14th annual Morningside Lights, a procession of awe-inspiring handmade lanterns floating through Morningside Park to Columbia’s campus, returns this fall with TIMEFRAME 1965, a celebration of the images, icons, and influences of the year 1965. That transformative year—also the year Columbia University's School of the Arts was founded—sparked a wave of experimentation and social consciousness that still fuels contemporary life and art-making. Presented in collaboration with the Friends of Morningside Park, each of the 30+ community-built lanterns will focus on specific images from that time as a reminder of how creative thinkers have always helped to illuminate a path to meet the challenges ahead.

Concept and direction by PROCESSIONAL ARTS WORKSHOP
Alex Kahn and Sophia Michahelles, artistic directors

Morningside Lights is produced by the Arts Initiative and Miller Theatre at Columbia University

Morningside Lights is one of the "best NYC events in September."

—TimeOut New York

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