Staff Writer Mary Qiu attended CU Players’ ‘Hocus Pocus Showcus Live: a Spooktacular Halloween Cabaret!’ that took place on Friday, October 30. This showcase featured several short performances, each full of spunk, and a preview of the upcoming production of Radio Island, which will run from November 19-21 at 7:30 pm EST. It was an […]

New York City is packed with amazing culture and inspiring art and now with so much of it online for free, there’s never been a better time to experience it first-hand. “Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined.

On Sunday night, Barnard College’s Shange Magic Project, along with Beacon Press and the Shange Literary Trust, honored the late poet and playwright Ntozake Shange (BC ‘70) and her posthumously published book Dance We Do: A Poet Explores Black Dance.

On Saturday evening, new Staff Writer Grace Novarr opened her laptop and attended the Barnard College Theatre Department’s production of “Electra,” which was live-streamed on Vimeo on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. 

Staff writer Mary Qiu listened to Shipwreck: A History Play About 2017, a free podcast production made available by the Public Theatre, that examines Trump’s rise to power, scrutinizes liberals’ language surrounding Trump, and explores the divides in our society.

New York City is packed with amazing culture and inspiring art and now with so much of it online for free, there’s never been a better time to experience it first-hand. “Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined.

New Bwog Staffer Rania Borgani attended Under The Greenwood Tree, a documentary that takes a look at the making of the play As You Like It, performed by 200 various New Yorkers.

New York City is packed with amazing culture and inspiring art and now with so much of it online for free, there’s never been a better time to experience it first-hand. “Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined.

Bwogger Sydney Contreras went to CU School of the Arts’ podcast launch this Friday evening. The podcast and festival schedule are both available for free online.

Staff Writer Julia Tolda attended “The Fifth Annual Alumni Poetry Reading”, the event’s first-ever online edition. She writes about the breathtaking experience below. (Content warnings: death, suicide.) 

New Staff Writer Anna Eggers attended a book talk by Nicole Fleetwood about her new book Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration sponsored by the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Updates from this weekend’s Kickoff, hosted by Columbia University Performing Arts League.

Arts Editor Maya Campbell and Deputy Arts Editor Adam Kluge virtually attended WKCR’s Charlie Parker Centennial Festival celebrating the life and work of the jazz icon.

Let’s be honest, all STEM stuff seems like magic to me.

As I headed to the kitchen to fix myself a drink, my mother eyed me with suspicion. “Where are you going?” she asked as I poured gin into my glass already half-filled with cool tonic water, lemon slices, and rosemary. “To Bacchanal!” I responded, my face shining with way too much highlighter for someone who […]