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Eliza Barry Callahan’s novel tries to answer that question with humor and empathy.
Adjunct Associate Professor and alum Lynn Steger Strong '14 is set to release her fourth novel, The Float Test, on April 8 of 2025 through HarperCollins. The book explores themes of family, ambition, secrets, and love against the backdrop of a sweltering Florida summer.
First produced off-Broadway in 2007, the work, more potent than ever, continues to speak to the times.
Whether filmed on campus, made by an alum, or starring a famous Columbian, these haunting tales are perfect for a morbid movie night at home.
Fiction alum Jemimah Wei '22 will publish her debut novel, The Original Daughter, with Doubleday on May 6, 2025.
Acting alumna Jeena Yi ’14 stars in a new play, The Beastiary, from On the Rocks Theatre Co. (OTR), company-in-residence at Ars Nova.
Alum Tauriq Jenkins ’15 discusses their journey as an artist and creator.
Several films by Columbia University filmmakers will be showcased at the 2024 New Hampshire Film Festival. The festival, held every October in Portsmouth, will take place from October 17 to October 20, 2024. The program for the NHFF consists of new domestic and international independent films including narrative features, shorts and documentaries.
Benjamin Viertel presents The Threepenny Opera for the School of the Arts's second Directing Thesis production this year. A thrilling reinvention of Die Dreigroschenoper, known more commonly as "The Threepenny Opera”, set in the heart of New York City’s underground club scene. This audacious contemporary text by Leah Plante-Wiener, based on a new translation by Viertel and Nate Weida, transforms Brecht and Weill's classic critique of capitalism into a modern, hilarious, and brutally honest work for our times. With fresh lyrics and music by Weida inspired by EDM and house music,…
Film and Media Studies alum Carolyn Condon Jacobs ’15 has received this year’s Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Dissertation Award for her piece, Sanitizing Cinema: Public Health and the Regulation of American Motion Pictures, 1896-1920.
Film alum Kevin McMullin '14 has sold his short story "BOMB" to 20th Century Studios in a competitive bidding war, with legendary director Ridley Scott attached to the project.
Theatre alums Saheem Ali ’07 and Jocelyn Bioh ’08 are bringing their new musical Goddess to New York. The show is set to premiere in Spring 2025 at The Public Theater, where Ali also serves as Associate Artistic Director and Resident Director.
Numerous Columbia alums are having their work screened at the 62nd New York Film Festival (NYFF62). The high profile festival, held annually at Lincoln Center and arthouse theaters spanning all five boroughs, plays host to major films and filmmakers from across the globe for a series of screenings, premieres, and events.
Columbia alums abound in Good Bones, the new play from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames, which made its New York premiere in September at the Public Theater.
Director of Visual Arts Graduate Studies and Assistant Professor Adama Delphine Fawundu ’18 has debuted a new large-scale, site-specific installation titled Ancestral Whispers at Lefferts Historic House in Prospect Park. The installation is part of Fawundu's role as the inaugural Artist in Residence for the Prospect Park Alliance's ReImagine Lefferts initiative.