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A painful reminder of the tickets we do not have.

Tired of braving the cold, blustery winter nights only to end up not winning the Hamilton lottery? Get your dose of (free) culture and the arts right here on campus in MoHi! A Bwogger  has put together a list events this week that cater to the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined on campus.

Monday, February 1

  • NYSAF Reading Series: FLEE by Stephanie Del, 7:00 PM, The Glicker-Milstein Blackbox Theater in the Diana Center – Alumnae Stephanie Del returns to Barnard to share a reading of her work, “FLEE,” a play about the stress and uncertainty that comes in a marriage before childbirth. (Reading is free, but RSVP to info@newyorkstageandfilm.org)

Wednesday, February 3

  • Mid-Day Music featuring Evan Tarrh & Jack Aylor, 12:00 PM, Garden Room at the Faculty House – Visiting from the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program, Tarrh (jazz piano) and Aylor (jazz bass) will be performing a showcase of pieces (TBD) as part of the Mid-Day Music recital series.
  • Lecture by Jenny Offill on Creative Writing, 7:00 PM, Dodge Hall in Room 501 – Author of the novel Dept. of Speculation (finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and LA Times Book Award), Offill has come from Queens University to lecture on creative writing.

Thursday, February 4

  • “The Conflabbergation”, 8:00 PM, Schapiro Theatre – A play by Becca Plunkett of the Columbia MFA Playwrights ‘17. “Mr. and Mrs. Cuthbert are desperate to conflabber their foo foo, Mariella. Mariella is desperate to remain unconflabbered. The Toddwicks have a woo woo with hair made of noodles. And the Buckleys are leading manufacturers of toosh-toppers. The Conflabbergation is a play about reputation and rituals- weird ones.” (Free with a reserved ticket)

Friday, February 5

  • “The Conflabbergation”, 8:00 PM, Schapiro Theatre

Saturday, February 6

  • “The Conflabbergation”, 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM, Schapiro Theatre