Soft pink light illuminated the back of the Miller Theatre stage on Tuesday night as concertgoers sipped free drinks and enjoyed music from The Juilliard School’s period-instrument ensemble, Juilliard415, a group made up of graduate students in the Juilliard Historical Performance program which works with a roster of well-known musicians including William Christie, Masaaki Suzuki, and Harry Bicket.

In the front row at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory last Thursday night were a small, older lady in a hat and a little girl around five years old. They stood amidst a sea of twenty-somethings and teenagers. They were all there to celebrate the 25th birthday of Olivia Harris, CC ’14, who put on a musical celebration for the occasion.

At Harlem Fashion Week, fashion isn’t just fashion—it’s a celebration of culture and talent often overlooked by mainstream New York trends.

At this year’s West End Preview on Wednesday, the 124th Annual Varsity Show gave audience members a taste of what they can expect during the full performance in April.

It seems there could not be a more important time to stage William Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure,” a play centered around the sexual coercion of a woman about to enter a nunnery by a powerful government official.

Every Sunday at 11 a.m., the Columbia University No Budget Sketch Show begins filming a new student-written comedy sketch. By 1 p.m., CUSS has all the footage it needs. After editing the video during the week, the group releases its new show directly to Facebook on the following Sunday. This process repeats itself every Sunday of the academic year.

Costume designers at Columbia have a much more complex job than making sure actors don’t perform on stage naked.

What makes LateNite different from other theater groups on campus?

On a humid Monday night, a diverse group of undergraduate film enthusiasts gathered in the Intercultural Resource Center. They were there to discuss problems they all faced as underrepresented artists on campus, one of which was that while Columbia has strong programs for declared visual arts and film majors, there is a lack of resources for artists on campus who aren’t art or film majors.

A large group of people milled around Pupin Plaza in the balmy night air—indeed, a much larger crowd than one usually sees in front of the physics building at midnight on a Friday.