The FREE LakeFest Weekend includes three days of live music, an invitational arts and crafts show, strolling performers, festival food, a Clyde’s of Columbia Beer Garden and an array of activities and entertainment for all ages. One of the highlights of LakeFest this year includes evening performance(s) and residency activities by Bridgman Packer Dance.

The FREE LakeFest Weekend includes three days of live music, an invitational arts and crafts show, strolling performers, festival food, a Clyde’s of Columbia Beer Garden and an array of activities and entertainment for all ages. One of the highlights of LakeFest this year includes evening performance(s) and residency activities by Bridgman Packer Dance.

The FREE LakeFest Weekend includes three days of live music, an invitational arts and crafts show, strolling performers, festival food, a Clyde’s of Columbia Beer Garden and an array of activities and entertainment for all ages. One of the highlights of LakeFest this year includes evening performance(s) and residency activities by Bridgman Packer Dance.

The Stoop Storytelling Series in partnership with the Horizon Foundation will present “On Purpose: Stories about living in line with your unique values” on Thursday, June 20th at the Howard Community College’s Smith Theatre. The stories can be funny, sad, and serious— as long as they’re true.

Enter the magical world of David Dimitri. Lauded “Lord of the Wire” by New York Times, this world famous high wire dancer and veteran of Cirque du Soleil and Big Apple Circus epitomizes innovation as he alone performs an entire circus.

Creating what he calls “a unique magic” in the intimate setting of a one-of-a-kind tent, his L’homme Cirque balances dramatic feats like high wire flips and a human cannon launch with humor, poetry, and serenades on the accordion.

It’s as gripping as it is charming—and with grand flourish, be awestruck as he exits the tent on his high wire, crossing above at 150 feet “and into the sky.”

Join Speak(easy) Howard and the Columbia Festival of the Arts for special screening of End Game, a short film that weaves together three stories of visionary medical providers who practice on the cutting edge of life and death, helping to change the way we think about both: the palliative care team at UCSF Medical Center, the most sophisticated acute care hospital in Northern California; Zen Hospice Project, a Buddhist-inspired end-of-life residence in a classic San Francisco Victorian; and B.J. Miller, M.D., a physician who understands suffering first-hand (he lost three limbs in an accident when he was 19) and who has worked with both UCSF and Zen Hospice. For most people, the very words “hospice” and “palliative care” are nonstarters—code words for giving up. This core group of caregivers in San Francisco sees it differently. They are dedicated to relieving suffering, and to changing the way we think about—and make choices about—how we live our lives as we near life’s end. Their commitment is vividly embodied in their interactions with their terminally ill patients. These intimate and often highly charged emotional moments—with caregivers, patients, and patients’ families and loved ones—are at the heart of End Game.  Q&A session immediately following the Film.

Enter the magical world of David Dimitri. Lauded “Lord of the Wire” by New York Times, this world famous high wire dancer and veteran of Cirque du Soleil and Big Apple Circus epitomizes innovation as he alone performs an entire circus.

Creating what he calls “a unique magic” in the intimate setting of a one-of-a-kind tent, his L’homme Cirque balances dramatic feats like high wire flips and a human cannon launch with humor, poetry, and serenades on the accordion.

It’s as gripping as it is charming—and with grand flourish, be awestruck as he exits the tent on his high wire, crossing above at 150 feet “and into the sky.”

In a span of two decades, eleven recordings and countless stage performances, vocalist René Marie has cemented her reputation not only as a singer but also a composer, arranger, theatrical performer and teacher.

Enter the magical world of David Dimitri. Lauded “Lord of the Wire” by New York Times, this world famous high wire dancer and veteran of Cirque du Soleil and Big Apple Circus epitomizes innovation as he alone performs an entire circus.

Creating what he calls “a unique magic” in the intimate setting of a one-of-a-kind tent, his L’homme Cirque balances dramatic feats like high wire flips and a human cannon launch with humor, poetry, and serenades on the accordion.

It’s as gripping as it is charming—and with grand flourish, be awestruck as he exits the tent on his high wire, crossing above at 150 feet “and into the sky.”

Enter the magical world of David Dimitri. Lauded “Lord of the Wire” by New York Times, this world famous high wire dancer and veteran of Cirque du Soleil and Big Apple Circus epitomizes innovation as he alone performs an entire circus.

Creating what he calls “a unique magic” in the intimate setting of a one-of-a-kind tent, his L’homme Cirque balances dramatic feats like high wire flips and a human cannon launch with humor, poetry, and serenades on the accordion.

It’s as gripping as it is charming—and with grand flourish, be awestruck as he exits the tent on his high wire, crossing above at 150 feet “and into the sky.”

If you’re immortal, stop reading now. Everybody else, come out for a different kind of comedy show that brings humor to the serious moments of life, and death. The Second City, as Chicago’s legendary sketch and improve comedy theater and in partnership with Speak(easy) Howard, presents The Cure for The Common Comedy.

Enter the magical world of David Dimitri. Lauded “Lord of the Wire” by New York Times, this world famous high wire dancer and veteran of Cirque du Soleil and Big Apple Circus epitomizes innovation as he alone performs an entire circus.

Creating what he calls “a unique magic” in the intimate setting of a one-of-a-kind tent, his L’homme Cirque balances dramatic feats like high wire flips and a human cannon launch with humor, poetry, and serenades on the accordion.

It’s as gripping as it is charming—and with grand flourish, be awestruck as he exits the tent on his high wire, crossing above at 150 feet “and into the sky.”

The NPR hit public radio series Selected Shorts takes the stage at the Columbia Festival of the Arts. Spellbinding short stories by established and emerging writers take on a new life when they are performed by stars of the stage and screen. Part of the Speak(easy) Howard festival series, these stories will show us how to  share our wishes, love our tribe, and live our best life.

Fueled by artistic expression and limited only by their runtime, short films transcend traditional storytelling. They are a significant and popular way artists can connect with audiences. From documentary to animation, narrative to experimental, the abbreviated form is made for risk-taking. The Festival has always treated short films with the highest regard and gives a home to both established and new filmmakers with shorts for audiences to discover and celebrate.

Tickets for the 2019 Columbia Film Festival are available as part of Columbia Festival of the Arts. For Columbia Film Festival you can purchase Full Festival Passes for TBD Which includes unlimited access to all screenings, discussion panels, Film Festival events and VIP receptions. Alternatively, tickets may be purchased for individual screenings or events. .

Tickets for the 2019 Columbia Film Festival are available as part of Columbia Festival of the Arts. For Columbia Film Festival you can purchase Full Festival Passes for TBD Which includes unlimited access to all screenings, discussion panels, Film Festival events and VIP receptions. Alternatively, tickets may be purchased for individual screenings or events. .

Tickets for the 2019 Columbia Film Festival are available as part of Columbia Festival of the Arts. For Columbia Film Festival you can purchase Full Festival Passes for TBD Which includes unlimited access to all screenings, discussion panels, Film Festival events and VIP receptions. Alternatively, tickets may be purchased for individual screenings or events. .

Sprout Films returns to the Columbia Festival of the Arts for an evening of poignant, beautiful, humorous and thought provoking short films featuring people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Join in saluting the founding of the Columbia Film Society and HoCoPoLitSo with an afternoon that celebrates the education of girls, the beauty of story, and the power of collective action. This joint anniversary event features a talk by one of the writers of Girl Rising and a showing of the documentary film that inspired global awareness about the importance of education for girls.