Acclaimed playwright Sarah Ruhl will mark the end of her time as Alan Kanzer Writer-in-Residence at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute with a closing conversation on memory, the body and the theater.

Ruhl will be joined by longtime collaborator Kathy Chalfant, an Obie Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress, and Daphna Shohamy, Kavli Professor of Brain Science and director of Columbia's Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute.

The event, titled "Embodied Memory: A Closing Conversation With Sarah Ruhl," will explore the connections between storytelling, performance and the science of the mind. The discussion will consider what happens in the brain and body when we remember, and how our experiences shape the memories we carry with us. It will conclude with an audience Q&A.

The conversation takes place Monday, Oct. 5, at 4:30 pm.

Other upcoming Columbia events include Grammy Award-winning violinist Jennifer Koh performing J.S. Bach's complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin in a single program at Miller Theatre on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 7:00 pm, and the Grammy-nominated Cuban pianist and composer Alfredo Rodríguez returning to Miller on Saturday, Oct. 3, at 7:30 pm.

Professor Chuck Hailey will discuss black holes, the GAPS experiment and the search for dark matter at Public Astronomy Night on Friday, Sept. 25, at 7:00 pm, followed by stargazing on Low Plaza. Lenfest Kids will screen "Back to the Future" on Saturday, Sept. 26, at 12:00 pm, and Saturday Science: The City We Share, a free monthly event hosted by the Zuckerman Institute for kids of all ages, runs Saturday, Sept. 26, at 1:00 pm.

The Columbia Global Paris Center will host "Collateral Damage of Restricted or Banned Access," a series of conversations on how denied access is reshaping humanitarian action, journalism, research and international accountability, on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 1:00 pm. On Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 7:30 pm, longtime WABC anchor Bill Ritter will discuss his Alzheimer's diagnosis with Scott Small, director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Columbia, actor and Alzheimer's advocate David Hyde Pierce, and Allison Gilbert, host and curator of 92NY's Connected Lives series.