Kathleen Drake

In the crowded Minor Latham Playhouse, the lights dimmed on 10 actors dressed in black, sitting under white spotlights before reading.

Across from St. John the Divine, Tartina is on a mission to not only introduce authentic Italian food to the Morningside Heights community, but to create a space where restaurant-goers can come together to celebrate life and food.

As “Jeune Terre” began, the packed audience sat on raised platforms, fog filling the Barnard Black Box, waiting to be transported to the Louisiana town.

On Saturday night, students from prominent universities across the Northeast came together at the Intercollegiate Chamber Music Festival, which held its annual festival showcase in Rose Studio at Lincoln Center.

Patti Smith transfixed her audience at the Lenfest Center for the Arts Thursday night with music, poetry, and anecdotes about her life in New York and her devotion to writing.

Hannah Liberman, CC ’20, also known by her stage name Hannah Rose, performed at Rockwood Music Hall this Sunday at 10 p.m. along with fellow student and Colorado native Zach Heckendorf, GS ’18.

In the fall of 2016, first-year Caleb Cook, CC ’20, was eager to join the CU Wind Ensemble as a percussionist.

For alternative folk musician Zach Heckendorf, GS ’19, beginning his studies at Columbia after spending the past five years as a professional touring musician required him to find the balance between academics and his musical career.

The halls of Jerome Greene Hall were abuzz with discussion on Tuesday about the art lining the walls: the work of death row inmates, part of the opening reception for “Windows on Death Row: Art from Inside and Outside the Prison Walls.”

As the first week of classes started, hundreds of students flooded the halls of Hamilton, sometimes waiting hours to audition for a cappella groups on campus.