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 […]

MFA Directing candidate Velani Dibba presents the latest Lenfest show.

Daily Editor Lillian Rountree attended the Friday morning performance of the Columbia MFA Acting Class of 2020’s rendition of Twelfth Night, co-produced with the Classical Theatre of Harlem and the Young Company, and relived the excellent experience of discovering Shakespeare for the first time among an audience of high schoolers.

Bwog Staffer Amrita Banerji attended The Athena Festival’s screening of Carmen y Lola at 9 pm on February 29th at the Lehman Auditorium, directed by Arantxa Echevarría and produced by Arantxa Echevarría and Pilar Sánchez Díaz. It stars Rosy Rodriguez as Carmen, and  Zaira Morales as Lola.

Sophocles’ tragic heroine becomes a modern-day teenager in director Sophie Deraspe’s Antigone (2019). Staff writer Julia Tolda attended the screening at the 2020 Athena Film Festival, below is her review. (Content warnings: police brutality, murder) 

As a part of the past weekend’s Athena Film Festival, Bwogger Solomia Dzhaman attended and was deeply moved by Chinonye Chukwu’s Clemency.

Columbia School of the Arts’ Year of Water initiative continues with a symposium held by the Wallach Art Gallery on Saturday.

New York City is packed with amazing culture and inspiring art, but sometimes it’s difficult to break the Morningside-bubble and experience it all first-hand. “Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined on campus.

Baby Bwogger Amrita Banerji attended The 126th Annual Varsity Show’s West End Preview at the Glicker Milstein Theatre, directed by Sophia Houdaigui (BC ’21) and produced by Antara Agarwal (CC ’20) and Nakiri Gallagher-Cave (CC ’21).

“Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films,” said Parasite director Bong Joon Ho. 

New Bwogger Candice Choi and Returning Bwogger Solomia Dzhaman review an MFA theatre production of Dutch Kings.

New York City is packed with amazing culture and inspiring art, but sometimes it’s difficult to break the Morningside-bubble and experience it all first-hand. “Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined on campus.

New York City is packed with amazing culture and inspiring art, but sometimes it’s difficult to break the Morningside-bubble and experience it all first-hand. “Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined on campus.

Internal Editor Vivian Zhou and Staff Writer Daniel Ortega-Venni took a trip down the rabbit hole to see Alice in Wonderland put on by Columbia Blue Gaze Theater. This is what they thought.