Stephanie Quan sets your agenda with the best of New York City.  This is Monday stuff, the rest of the week will come sometime today.  NOW UPDATED! Monday, July 2nd * Paper Moon- free movie at Bryant Park. part of the HBO movie fest. this 1973 classic involves acting father daughter pair Ryan and Tatum […]

1.  Free Culture Columbia, the rabble rousing group that brought you online privacy, is now saving you freshmen a lot of money: a little piece of plastic loaded with $300 worth of CC texts in the public domain (that’s pretty much everyone but Foucault, who’s still under the thumb of publishing companies). On Thursday at […]

If you’re looking for something to do in the upcoming days before spring break or are simply wanting a break from midterm studies, check out these upcoming events sponsored by the Center for the Core Curriculum and CU Arts Initiative: Members of the Classic Stage Company are doing a reading of Hamlet in Miller Theater […]

Reading it in print may be archaic, but today there’s a reason to pick up the New York Times — an insert with a free wallet size fold-out bus and subway map.  As of 6 minutes ago, there were still some copies left in Lerner. And an hour ago, there were sandwiches, cupcakes, chips, music, […]

Glass House Rocks starts in ONE HOUR. Get there soon before the PILES and PILES of FREE FOOD run out…like they did last year. Also make sure to check out ballroom dancing lessons, the Gay Marriage (Dems), Date That Dictator / Hit That Head of State (Model UN), Sex and Chocolate (ALICE! and the PanHellenic […]

Why Lee C turned the Harvard job down? Whopping salary still derided for paucity by admiring SEAS kids Free downloadable music! Just for us! No, wait, scratch that, you can only stream it. And it doesn’t work on your iPod. Student reaction: as long as it “isn’t mainstream” or “have janky strings” After Bwog commenters’ aesthetic […]

An anonymous tipster reports everyone’s favorite FYSAAC adviser Jay Orenduff is giving out Christmas lottery tickets to students who come by to see him. Maybe you’ll strike it big — the odds are you’ll win the jackpot before you get into that senior seminar.

CCSC Prez Seth Flaxman writes in to let us know there will be free edibles at the Columbia v. Duke basketball game viewing party tonight in the Lerner auditorium at 8 pm. There will also be free t-shirts and maybe some school spirit on hand. And if you have 2 IDs, there will be alcohol, […]

If you’re like Bwog (and John Jay dining hall) you don’t like waste. So we introduce to you a new Tuesday feature: Bwog Giveth, and Bwog Taketh Away, to share the wealth you don’t want anymore, or to help you reclaim what’s yours so you don’t have to buy a new one, just to find […]

A frantic ALL CAPS subject line from CUArts, just in! Go see a FREE discussion with the Turkish Nobel Prize winning writer Orhan Pamuk (who’s sorta kinda associated with Columbia, maybe). Quick, there are only 50 tickets left! CUArts warns us they’re opening up admissions to the general public as we speak. Hurry! OH NO! […]

In 702 Hamilton from 1-1:30 PM there will be a slideshow biography of Václav Havel’s life with free Papa John’s pizza and Nalgenes. You can also buy Havel’s biography if you so choose. More info on this at www.havel.columbia.edu …hurry, you know how that Hamilton elevator gets.

Caralyn Spector writes in that if you email cuarts@columbia.edu by 5PM, you’ll get free tickets to the Mozart and Bruckner extravaganza happening tonight at Carnegie Hall. The show starts at 8PM, with a pre-concert lecture starting at 7PM. This is highly recommended for Music Hum students, as well as anyone who’s never heard a Bruckner […]

Homesick? Not homesick, but have lots of dirty laundry? From NJ? NJ Transit will be offering free train, bus, and light-rail fare for the week from Sept 18 to Sept 24. All you need is your ID and a printable coupon. Check it out here. The way to go, indeed.

  The Riverside Park Oyster Festival is happening from noon-9PM today at the Hudson Beach Cafe on Riverside and 105th! Admission is free! Go eat oysters and drink beer!

Bwogger Anna Corke reports from work-study in the Art History department…  There is a stack of give-away fine art posters on a table by the girl’s bathroom on the 8th floor of Schermerhorn. Picasso, Renoir, Matisse, others. Some are ripped, but would still make good editions to boring dorm rooms. And Izumi Devalier chimes in […]