With an extra day in the year’s calendar and hopefully some free time to spare, Bwog recommends the following for your Leap Day weekend satisfaction. (* indicates free, « indicates on-campus) Thursday Oscar-Nominated Short Films at IFC Center. Whether you prefer animated (at 7:10) or live-action (5:20 and 10:05) what better time to check them […]

As if you needed a reason to get out of Morningside Heights and into one of the greatest cities in the world. Nevertheless, Bwog offers a few. Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk Thursday: 8pm – $28-$94 – Stern/Perelman Theatre at Carnegie Hall – Bwog’s heartthrobbingest interview ever will perform alongside another whippersnapper of the classical […]

* denotes free events! “Network” Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 2pm, 4:30pm, 7pm, 9:30pm – Film Forum – 209 W. Houston St. – A better study of media than you’ll ever get in a Media Studies class, this ’70s classic is being shown on a new 35 mm print. Bwog is not sure what’s so special about […]

* = free! Thursday * Cheeky Bastard Presents: The Teenagers and 66Sick at Hiro – Russian accent-faking London band on their first trip to New York, open bar, merrymaking, etc. Hiro Ballroom at the Maritime Hotel, 363 W. 16th St, 10:30 pm. Free with RSVP: http://newyork.going.com/teenagerssluttt. Friday Composer Portrait: George Crumb performed by So Percussion […]

An insider at ResLife just sent Bwog a very helpful tip provided on the condition of anonymity—”I don’t want to lose my bulletin board decorating privileges,” explained the source.  “RA Winter Recharge training starts at 5 PM today [Wednesday]. From now through Sunday, ALL RAs, CPAs, and, this is key, RESLIFE STAFF, will be in […]

Sticking around campus for the long weekend? Here are a few ways to amuse yourself after you’ve finally caught up on sleep, courtesy of Bwog daily editor Hillary Busis: Friday, November 2 Hip Hop Karaoke What’s that you say? You love karaoke, but you’re bored with wailing sing-along standards like “I Will Survive” and “Don’t […]

Better late than never, here are some off-campus alternatives courtesy of Bwog correspondent Pierce Stanley. John Scofield at Blue Note Making his only East Coast tour stop at the Blue Note Jazz Club, Scofield and the ScoHorns celebrate the release of jazz funk guitarist John Scofield’s newest album This Meets That.  October 19-21. 131 W. […]

Sick of playing beer pong in McBain every night of the weekend? Lucky for you, Bwog’s got some off-campus alternatives. Control at Film Forum Sam Riley resurrects a young Ian Curtis, former frontman of influential post-punk band Joy Division, in Anton Corbijn’s biopic, Control. Curtis, who hanged himself a month short of his twenty-fourth birthday, […]

It’s a big city out there. Bwog continues its (fledgling) series of artsy picks to help you navigate the world below Morningside. Orhan Pamuk Pamuk–winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature–is taking time off from his part-time professorial duties to read from his latest, Other Colors: Essays and a Story, a collection of essays […]

John Zorn Improv Night—A Stone Benefit John Zorn (sax), Ikue Mori (electronics), Ned Rothenberg (sax), Shanir Blumenkranz (bass), Theo Bleckman (voice) and many special guests join forces to raise some funds to protect this home of the avant-garde. Don’t let the Stone become the next Tonic. The Stone, Avenue C at E 2nd street, Sets […]

It’s a big city out there. This week, Bwog begins a new series of artsy picks to help you navigate the world below Morningside.   Neither New nor Correct: Mark Bradford Mark Bradford, recipient of the Bucksbaum Award for truly exceptional work at the 2006 Biennial, now has his own exhibition at the Whitney involving […]