Last Wednesday, April 20, Columbia’s Deutsches Haus hosted a reading and discussion about The Magician: A Novel with author Colm Tóibín and a panel of professors and writers.

This week’s events highlight the personal experiences of Columbia community members past and present.

The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the planet is warming. Celebrate Earth Day on April 22 with some climate-awareness and activism events!

This week, Bwog brings you events about literature and social justice!

Rain is on the forecast for this first week of April, so stay warm and dry with some cozy on-campus events!

Human rights and climate action events feature in this week’s EEOC. Here at Bwog, we do our best to bring your attention to important guest lecturers and special events on campus. If you have a correction or addition, let us know in the comments or email events@bwog.com.

Earlier this month, Bwog attended a Columbia School of the Arts Writing Program craft talk and Q&A with Megan McDowell, an award-winning translator of contemporary Latin American horror.

Staff Writer Kate Mekechuk attended Columbia Maison Française’s film screening of The Story of a Three-Day Pass (La Permission), written and directed by Melvin Van Peebles.

This Wednesday, award-winning author Ling Ma led a Columbia School of the Arts Creative Writing Lecture, centering around the craft of the draft.

March is Women’s History Month! Celebrate with the women’s-rights-centered events happening on campus this week. Here at Bwog, we do our best to bring your attention to important guest lecturers and special events on campus. If you have a correction or addition, let us know in the comments or email events@bwog.com.

On Monday, March 7, the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University hosted the conversation, “Playing Othello,” as part of their year-long program “Such Sweet Thunder: Ellington Plays Shakespeare–Love and Power in Adaptation.” Deputy News Editor Paulina Rodriguez and Deputy Events Editor Ava Slocum attended the discussion at Columbia’s Miller Theater.

Are midterms stressing you out? Take a study break with some lovely, peaceful on-campus events this week. Here at Bwog, we do our best to bring your attention to important guest lecturers and special events on campus. If you have a correction or addition, let us know in the comments or email events@bwog.com.

On Tuesday, March 1, Staff Writer Jake Torres attended the Video Game Sound Design Workshop hosted by John Levee in the Music Library. 

Last weekend from February 24 to 27, the Lenfest Center for the Arts presented the comedy Der Ring Gott Farblonjet, an MFA directing thesis from current student Phoebe Brooks. Deputy Events Editor and Ring Cycle enthusiast Ava Slocum attended the Saturday matinee of this vastly abridged parody of Richard Wagner’s four-opera saga.

Bwog gets pixelated in this week’s EEOC. Here at Bwog, we do our best to bring your attention to important guest lecturers and special events on campus. If you have a correction or addition, let us know in the comments or email events@bwog.com.