This weekend, Bwog staffer Jessica Hu had the chance to attend NOMADS’s (Columbia’s theatre group for student-written plays) showing of “Linguistic Features of AAVE”, a moving play that represents the daily lives of black women in America, written by Kay Kemp (CC ’22) and directed by Madison Hatchett (BC ’22). 

A Bwog Staffer and self-proclaimed techie attended CMTS’ Saturday matinee performance of Pippin at the Minor Latham Playhouse directed by Barnard junior, Sophia Houdaigui and produced by Sarah Leidich (BC ‘21) and Sila Puhl (CC ‘21).

Donna Qi attended the final performance of KCST’s production of Charles Mee’s adaptation of The Bacchae by Euripides, entitled The Bacchae 2.1. The show was directed by Carolyn Friedman (CC ‘21) and produced by Mario Garcia (CC ‘21) and Mira Soni (CC ‘21). Qi had a lot of fun viewing the chaotic and tragic fun […]

It’s like the Bwog Book Club, but with movies! In this first edition, Staff Writer Victoria Borlando reviews the new film, Harriet.

Bwog staff writers Lauren Kahme, Elle Ferguson, and Alan Wang attend CBC’s “works in progress” event.

This Wednesday, I had the honor of going to a talk by Dael Orlandersmith, an award winning African American playwright, hosted at the Lenfest Center for the Arts.  Orlandersmith was raised in East Harlem for most of her young life, and still lives in the city to this day. She began her talk with a […]

Thursday night, Caroline Mullooly attended Cultural Heritage Practices & Critical Fashion: How Does (High) Fashion Interpret Cultural Heritage?, a workshop and exhibition at the Italian Academy.

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.

This Tuesday, Columbia University was fortunate to welcome Dr. Thomas Laqueur for his lecture “The Aura of the Dead in a Disenchanted World,” as part of the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life’s series Death and After. Bwog staffer Jane Walsh and Arts Editor Riva Weinstein sat in on the talk. 

Elle Ferguson here again, shouting her opinions into the void that is Bwog.com

Directed by Bernadette Bridges (CC ’19) and written by Jake Arlow (BC ’19) and Jacob Kaplan (CC ’20), the long-awaited 125th Annual Varsity Show opened this Friday night in Roone Auditorium. Reporting on it is Riva 420, Contributing Editor for b-b-b-b-Bwog.

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.

Senior Staffer Levi Cohen braved the rain last night to go to the opening night of the King’s Crown Shakespeare Troupe’s spring show, Romeo & Juliet, directed by Asya Sagnak (BC ’19) and executive produced by Tina Simpson (BC ’19). There are two more performances, the first tonight at midnight, the last tomorrow at 8:00 pm. Attendance […]

Self-appointed ballet editor Elle Ferguson serves you the tea on the Miller performance last weekend.

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.