Staff Writers Daniel Ortega-Venni and Joanna Yu spent several hours at the new Hex location on the Upper East Side, where food was had, games were played and upper east side stereotypes were confirmed.
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Reyna Choi vents about her mixed feelings on the scaffolding’s sudden disappearance.
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It takes a hero to get through college, but even more to make a change in the world.
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Have you ever wondered whether or not certain less genotypical traits such as mental illness, anxiety, or PTSD can have intergenerational effects? Deputy Editor Vivian Zhou is a Neuro major, so it was only appropriate that
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Barnard’s Student Government Association meets again this week, this time with Holly Tedder, the Director of the Center for Accessibility Resources & Disability Services. Catch all the updates here!
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If you’re a Columbia student, we can basically guarantee you’ve been to Morton Williams at some point. Maybe you went at some ungodly hour for the snack you crave, on the way to a party
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Have you ever looked at something and say to yourself, “Damn, that’s SO Columbia!”? Do you ever feel like something completely unrelated to Columbia should be somehow associated with our university? Well, fear not! Today,
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This week in ESC, they talked to the Director of Academic Integrity Victoria Brown and discuss concerns they have with CCE. ESC Bureau Chief Lori Luo reports.
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Been ignoring and/or sleeping through your responsibilities this week? You’re not alone!
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The student group Extinction Rebellion Columbia University (XR Columbia) has announced they will be holding a hunger strike for the next five days. Extinction Rebellion Columbia delivered a letter declaring the strike and a list
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Love was in the air at Bwog this weekend, but so was sadness.
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Pret A Manger opened their Columbia location on Broadway between 115th and 116th almost two years ago. To celebrate its (almost) second birthday, Bwog Staff has compiled its most notable experiences.
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Senior staff writer Elle Ferguson drives up the East coast to talk to a surprising number of Buttigieg supporters.
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CCSC Bureau Chief Adam Kluge makes his weekly appearance, with another riveting update on the sensational, convivial, and political playing field that is the room where it happens.
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By Jeffrey Ndubisi on Apr 06, 2019 
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This past Thursday, staff writer Jeffrey Ndubisi attended “Shakespeare in Translation?,” presented by the King’s Crown Shakespeare Troupe and the Center for American Studies. The two-hour event, hosted in Barnard Hall’s Held Auditorium, featured a conversation between Professors John McWhorter and James Shapiro of the Linguistics and English departments, respectively. All throughout the event, KCST performers presented four scenes […]
By Betsy Ladyzhets on Mar 07, 2019 0 Comments
Betsy Ladyzhets trekked uptown to watch Shakespeare’s As You Like It at the Lenfest Center, the third of this spring’s MFA directing thesis productions, and was not disappointed.
By Betsy Ladyzhets on Apr 29, 2017 0 Comments
What better way to recover from V-123 than to go see even more student theater? That’s what Managing Editor Betsy Ladyzhets did last night, when she attended the King’s Crown Shakespeare Troupe’s midnight show (a.k.a. “drunk show”) of As You Like It. The production has one more show, which starts tonight at 8 pm on […]
While movies are a great way to unwind after a long week in Butler, they also make statements about the society we inhabit. In her recent lecture “The Challenge to Avert Tragedy: ‘The Winter’s Tale’ Refigured in ‘Vertigo,’ ‘Pheonix,’ and ‘Gone Girl’,” Professor Elisabeth Bronfen examines the role of women in recent blockbusters. After attending the […]
By Jessa Nootbaar on Apr 29, 2016 1 Comments
Even with finals quickly approaching, Staff Writer and avid Shakespearian-theatergoer Jessa Nootbaar took a few hours out of her Thursday night to walk around Columbia, following KCST’s spring show production of “Macbeth.” Here are her thoughts on last night’s performance of the bloody rise and fall of the Scotsman himself. Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” (or, “the Scottish play,” for […]
By Bwog Staff on Nov 19, 2015 0 Comments
Last night, two Bwog writers, a Staff Writer and Betsy Ladyzhets, had the honor of sitting in on the dress rehearsal for “Twelfth Night,” the King’s Crown Shakespeare Troupe’s second production of the semester. The play runs tonight, tomorrow, and Saturday at 8pm. Tickets are sold out for all three nights, but the waitlist starts at 7pm […]
This past week, the libraries rolled out an exciting new resource: Columbia students now have free access to Met Opera On Demand, which features video and audio recordings of operas live from the Met. We combed through the catalog to find what you should be watching. Also note that today WKCR is honoring Benjamin Britten’s […]
KCST’s second production of the year, Henry IV part 2, directed by David Silberthau, sold out fast. But Bwogger Britt Fossum managed to score some last minute tickets, and brought back a thoughtful review from last night’s showing. KCST followed up their first show of the year, The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged, with the more […]
By Bwog Staff on Oct 26, 2013 2 Comments
This weekend, KCST put on their very first show of the Fall, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged, directed by Rachel Chung. Arts guru Madysen Luebke was in the crowd and luckily, this time, she didn’t need sneakers…or a jacket…or a flashlight. If you came to see KCST’s production of The Complete Works of William […]
Have you seen the posters around campus telling you to go see this mysterious “Cymbeline,” and wondered what in the world that means? Have you seen groups of people in the Hartley Courtyard in elaborate hats, speaking what you think is English and wondered where that tour group is from? Put those two phenomena together […]
This weekend, the Barnard Theater Department presents Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale in the Minor Latham Playhouse. Adjunct Art Analyst Alex Taylor attended the Thursday evening performance. The Barnard Theater Department’s production of William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale was stunning from the moment the house opened. The set design, a senior thesis of Noriko Ohashi (GS ’13), was […]
By Bwog Staff on Nov 16, 2012 4 Comments
King’s Crown Shakespeare Troupe puts on their rendition of Romeo and Juliet, directed by Elizabeth Power (CC’13), in the Glicker-Milstein Black Box on Lower Level 2 of the Diana Center yesterday, today, and tomorrow at 8 pm. Visiting critic Mollie Krent reviews. Romeo and Juliet. I shan’t commence this review with a dull re-telling of […]
Many modern adaptations of Shakespeare plays have come and gone. Some, such as Romeo + Juliet (starring Leonardo DiCaprio), have left their mark. King’s Crown Shakespeare Troupe (KCST) hoped to achieve such glory, at least within Columbia, when they presented their ShakeShorts ShortShakes on October 25-27. Bwog’s very own dilettante dramatist John reviews: ShakeShorts ShortShakes was […]
You’ve settled into your classes and routine, so now it’s finally time to get out and do those artsy things that Columbia boasted about on your info tour. Come, dip your toes into the sea of culture with the aquatic Arts Editor, Alex Katz… Ongoing Say Cheese! Portraits to Pics at the Brooklyn Historical Society. […]
King’s Crown Shakespeare Troupe is bringing summer to Columbia early… sort of. This weekend, they perform A Midsummer Night’s Dream as their annual outdoor show, which premieres Thursday at 8 pm, and runs Friday at almost-midnight and Saturday at 8 pm. Iambic pentametrophile Alison Herman sat down with KCST members Brian LaPerche, Alison Goldberg and Gerard Ramm […]
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