The late October cold did not deter students from congregating around Low Plaza Friday night for this year’s Night Market hosted by the Columbia Chinese Students Club.

What happens when art confronts our insatiable hunger for more?

Dancers from Harvard University, Princeton University, Yale University, and Columbia gathered at the Alvin Ailey Studios for the Columbia Ballet Collaborative Ivy Ballet Exchange on Sunday. With Yale joining for the first time, this marks the second iteration of the event since its hiatus during the pandemic.

In her latest short film, Daisy Friedman, BC ’24, captures the quiet tension of a bustling family Seder. The Sundance Film Festival selection explores the struggle of navigating tradition while living in a body that doesn’t conform to expectation.

Over a hundred community members gathered in the Roone Arledge Auditorium on Sunday night for Ijoya’s first ever showcase, a landmark event for the Columbia African dance team. Under the auditorium’s radiant lights, the group dazzled in a cultural odyssey, celebrating diverse heritages with vibrant rhythms and global beats alongside other featured dance teams.

The Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, the Coastal Resilience Network at the Climate School, and The Climate Museum organized a campus screening on Tuesday of “Hollow Tree,” a documentary film that follows three young women as they explore the sinking of Louisiana, the history of the Mississippi River, and the future of their environment. The event consisted of a workshop, the film screening, a moderated Q&A, and a reception.

April 7 marked 50 years since the American Psychiatric Association took a vote to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—an essential milestone in the fight for LGBTQ rights.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who received an honorary doctorate of letters from Columbia in 1971 and won the 1982 Nobel Prize in literature for his magnum opus, “One Hundred Years of Solitude.” Marquez left a strong portfolio of works behind, making many wonder if he had left anything for publication when he passed.

The Athena Film Festival presented the Breakthrough Prize last Saturday to Canadian film director and production designer Sophie Jarvis for her debut feature film, “Until Branches Bend.” Before screening at Athena, Jarvis’ film premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, won Best British Columbia Film at the 2022 Vancouver Film Festival, and won the Prix De Soleure at the 2023 Solothurn Film Festival. Jarvis was present for the Athena screening, witnessing the film’s first New York City showing, and participated in a Q&A with the festival’s staff.