After a week of weather misadventures —from stormy rain to a rare earthquake—this year’s Bacchanal called for an almost-sunny 50 degrees, skies free from rain, and lawns free from broken umbrellas. Despite trading short sleeves for the occasional cold weather jacket, students crowded campus ready to celebrate the day’s events.

After much excitement surrounding this year’s headliner announcement and frenzied curiosity about supporting acts, Bacchanal announced AG Club as the supporting performer to J.I.D for the 2024 spring concert in an Instagram post on Tuesday.

J.I.D will headline Bacchanal on April 6, Bacchanal announced in an Instagram reel on Monday, backtracked by his song “Surround Sound.”

Columbia College Student Council announced in a Wednesday Instagram post that Glass House Rocks—an annual event featuring dance, a cappella, theater, and improv comedy performances—will “suspend the normal operation” of the Thursday event, citing a planned boycott of the event by several performance groups.

Dragons heave boiling flames, eldritch forms lurk and prowl, and cyborgs roam the wild west: all within the imagination of Kevin Lau, SoA ’13. For Lau, writing cuts these fantasies loose. Luckily, they have somewhere to go, with film and television serving as the canvas upon which these images can find their new home.

Microphones, multicolored mood lights, and a covered piano decorated the St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist Church hall on Sunday for the first concert of the year from Columbia Composers, an organization of graduate students in composition classes.

Kareem Eldamallawy stands on the corner of 115th Street and Broadway in a turquoise sweater layered over a maroon shirt. It’s near midnight in mid-January, and the temperature is below freezing. Eldamallawy, arms crossed with his sweater sleeves rolled up, appears unbothered.