If you are a Columbia student, or if you happen to be a member of the Columbia Alumni Arts League (CAAL), now there are some great discounts for you at Upper West Side restaurants. The Arts Initiative at Columbia University created partnerships with over 30 New York restaurants to provide special offers to current Columbia [...]
It’s another great week of events at the American Museum of Natural History (Central Park West at 79th). It all starts today with “The Message Behind the Music,” a free program that will explore the transformative power of song and the shifting cultural influences that drive musical styles. Come as Broadway actor/singer James Stovall presents [...]
Three coyotes have been spotted on Columbia University’s campus, according to several news sources. The first sighting, occurring in front of Lewisohn Hall (near the campus entrance at Broadway and 116th), was reported to 911 and Columbia’s authorities yesterday morning. At least one other sighting came in yesterday, raising concern that the wild animals may [...]
About 1,400 Columbia University students, alumni, and employees were given notice that their personal data was no longer secure after three laptops were stolen from the campus last Monday, according to the New York Post. Authorities and school officials disclosed that burglars smashed a locked office door at Columbia College and stole the the three [...]
Come to the Borders bookstore tomorrow to see Dr. Cornel West, civil rights activist, philosopher, and Princeton professor, discuss his most recent book, Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. The book is a memoir that traces West’s transformation from a schoolyard Robin Hood into a progressive cultural icon. You will also be able to [...]
Lincoln Center’s Harmony Atrium (Broadway between 62nd and 63rd) renovations continue, with the slated November reopening seemingly on schedule. We gave you some sneak peeks of the progress in July and September; here is a more recent photo of the current Harmony Atrium. Construction crews continue to stay hard at work to get the future [...]
Columbia University’s Morningside campus (near Broadway and 116th) will celebrate the merging of science and art when an outdoor astrophotography exhibit opens tomorrow. 25 double-sided 3×3 foot images of our universe taken by ground and space-based telescopes will be accompanied by scientific descriptions on Butler Lawn of the campus. Professional astronomers staff the event from [...]
The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH, Central Park West at 79th) is putting on a series called “Sundays Under the Whale,” where you can come and interact with scientists, enjoy multimedia presentations, discover amazing creatures, and celebrate science. This week, you can catch a great show by the Grammy-award winning rock legends They Might [...]
The annual Gina Bachauer International Piano Scholarship Competition was held at Julliard again this year, and winners Michael Brown and Eric Zuber received not only full scholarships to Julliard, but also the opportunity to perform during a one-hour live broadcast on WQXR as part of the McGraw-Hill Young Artists’ Showcase. The performance takes place tonight, [...]
The American Museum of Natural History (Central Park West at 79th) is hosting a special screening today of documentary A Sea Change: Imagine a World Without Fish. The film follows Sven Huseby to several sites from Norway to Alaska to the Pacific Northwest as he searches for an understanding from scientists about “ocean acidification—how the [...]
