Taylor Graham
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From an assistant choreographer in Vogue World’s New York Fashion Week to presenting an original full-length solo exploration titled “Black Masculine” at the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, Ehizoje “Zoje” Azeke, CC ’08, has seemingly done it all. Still, according to Azeke, there will always be something new for him to explore in the creative sphere.
Columbia EcoReps, Columbia’s largest environmental student organization, has always believed that one student’s trash is another student’s treasure. Late last month, they created a space to express this philosophy.
From documenting her frustrations with graduate school rejections or screaming in her car after finding out she was cheated on, Isabelle Mollicone, BC ’22, believes that filming and editing YouTube videos is a therapeutic process through which she can express her feelings—regardless of whether or not the entire footage makes the final cut.
Adapting the life story of CEO, author, and publisher Regina Jones for the silver screen is just about as ambitious a task as Jones’ career. Still, “Who in the Hell is Regina Jones?” successfully transposes her ambition and life with confidence and care.
At 6 a.m., when many students are still asleep, JunZhe Koh, CC ’27, sets up his camera on College Walk and records various shots of himself walking to Dodge Fitness Center.
The Lenfest Center for the Arts screened writer and curator Legacy Russell’s video essay, “BLACK MEME,” and hosted a conversation between her and visiting professor C. Riley Snorton on Russell’s book “Black Meme: A History of the Images that Make Us.”
Quilt, fiber, and mixed-media artist Laura Gadson opened her solo art show, “Truth, Tales & Fabrications: The Quilt Art of Laura R. Gadson,” at the City College of New York on Thursday.
In their debut feature film “Summer Solstice,” writer-director Noah Schamus, SoA ’18, depicts a second coming-of-age through the lens of transgender visibility. The dramedy, screened on Nov. 22 at the Lenfest Center for the Arts in the Katharina Otto-Bernstein Screening Room, gets honest about the challenges surrounding friendship, romance, and queerness.
The Columbia Organization of Rising Entrepreneurs continued its “Founder Series” on Nov. 23 by hosting a Q&A session at the Northwest Corner Building with Phoebe Gates, co-founder of Phia, a sustainable fashion startup.
On a walk down 11-13 Hamilton Place is a facade display of various artwork created by local West Harlem artists.