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15th Annual Morningside Lights

A Common Thread
Saturday, September 19, 2026, 8PM
Procession - Morningside Park to Columbia's Campus

The 15th annual Morningside Lights, a procession of awe-inspiring handmade lanterns floating through Morningside Park to Columbia’s campus, returns this fall with "A Common Thread," a theme that explores the visual patterns and motifs that surround us.

Learn more or sign up to help create lanterns at www.morningside-lights.com.

Morningside Lights is led by the directors of Processional Arts Workshop, Alex Kahn and Sophia Michahelles, and produced by Columbia University's Arts Initiative and Miller Theatre.

Morningside Lights by Cherylynn Tsushima 960x1446
Photo by Cherylynn Tsushima

The 15th annual Morningside Lights, a procession of awe-inspiring handmade lanterns floating through Morningside Park to Columbia’s campus, returns this fall with "A Common Thread," a theme that explores the visual patterns and motifs that surround us.

Learn more or sign up to help create lanterns at www.morningside-lights.com.

Morningside Lights is led by the directors of Processional Arts Workshop, Alex Kahn and Sophia Michahelles, and produced by Columbia University's Arts Initiative and Miller Theatre.

Performers

  • Alex Kahn artistic director
  • Sophia Michahelles artistic director
  • Processional Arts Workshop

Presented in collaboration with the Friends of Morningside Park

Morningside Lights 2022 - The Reimagined Monument

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