This past weekend, the Columbia University Performing Arts League (CUPAL) presented The Simon Suites, an original contemporary-theatrical dance performance with music by Paul Simon.

“Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined.

Student Artist in Residence Grace Li (BC ‘24) revealed their installation everything left unsaid this week, an immersive peek into their childhood as a first-generation Chinese American in New Hampshire. The installation centers themes of nostalgia, memory, and growing up. Staff Writer Catherine Sherman reviews.

“Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined.

On March 29th, staff writers Tara Terranova and Alison Hog assisted a Columbia School of the Arts Creative Writing Lecture led by novelist and journalist Hari Kunzru on the delicate relationship between research and fiction writing.

Barnard’s Student Artist in Residence Nami Weatherby (BC ‘23) showcased her installation They Never Told Us These Things, an audio-visual historiography centering indigenous and colonized people affected by the United States’ nuclear weapons program, in the Movement Lab this week. Deputy Arts Editor Marino Bubba reviews.

On Friday, March 24th, I attended the 8:00 pm sold-out opening night showing of NOMADS’ newest musical, John & David.

See all the things Bwog was up to in this edition of field notes!

Arts Editor Grace Novarr and Deputy Arts Editor Marino Bubba attended Memento Mori’s Crowd Work, a stand-up-comedy-show-within-a-play written, directed, and produced by Jane Walsh (CC ‘23) and Sophie Simons (BC ‘25), which ran in the Glicker-Milstein Theatre on March 7 and 8.

“Where Art Thou” is a weekly guide to interesting and notable lectures, events, and performances for the literary/musically/theatrically-inclined.

Columbia and New York City are packed with amazing culture and inspiring art, and 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.

Bwog Staffers Jessica Tsang and Lily Mooney attended the Barnard Theater Department’s Production of One Flea Spare, a Senior Thesis in Performance, which left us surprised, impressed, and wanting more. (Author’s note: Content warning for death.)

For the 13th year in a row, Barnard will host the Athena Film Festival to highlight the work of women in media. This year, the lineup includes nearly three-dozen features, shorts, and documentaries “dedicated to elevating complex and deeply thoughtful stories of women’s leadership.” The festival will run from Thursday, March 2 to Sunday, March […]

Columbia MFA Directing’s latest thesis Medea is a post-apocalyptic tragedy that focuses on the eponymous character’s descent into madness as she faces injustices.

Columbia and New York City are packed with amazing culture and inspiring art, and 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.