The 14th annual MORNINGSIDE LIGHTS, produced by the Arts Initiative and Miller Theatre at Columbia University, returns 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.

Free lantern-building workshops will be hosted daily at Miller Theatre from September 13-19. Workshops are geared toward adults and teens, but children ages 10 and up are welcome if working with a participating adult. Workshop registration opens on Wednesday, September 3.

The workshops culminate in an illuminated procession of community creations that will light up Morningside Park on Saturday, September 20.