Fear not, the writers’ strike is over. The Oscars are here!

The Arts Students Council invites you to relax with your fellow SoAers and enjoy the pomp, the grace, the majesty of the Academy Award. With free libations.

When: Sunday, Feb. 24th, 7:30pm (when else are the Oscars happening?)

Where: Amsterdam Lounge, 1207 Amsterdam (between 119th & 120th Streets)

Why: Free appetizers & 2 free drink tickets per student (and because you love each other)

RECAP:

ASC OSCAR PARTY
Sunday, February 24
Starting at 7:30 PM
Oscars begin at 8
The Lounge at Amsterdam Restaurant
1207 Amsterdam Avenue
Between 119th and 120th Street
Free appetizers and 2 drink tickets per student

Please join us for the latest undiscovered literary talents at KGB’s Columbia University Writing Division Faculty Selects
Thursday, October 4th @ 7 p.m.

Juan Martinez is currently an MFA Candidate in Fiction at Columbia University… (more…)

Attn: THEATER, VISUAL ARTS, FILM, WRITING
You are hereby invited to the first School of Art party of the year!

THURSDAY 9PM SEPT 27
HAVANA CENTRAL @ THE WEST END
(2911 Broadway, between 113th & 114th)
FREE DRINKS
(first come, first served)

MIX SWAP! Make a music mix for the party and bring it on! CD or iPods in heavy rotation – gong show style. (as you know, ASC is all about ‘collaboration’ so see if you can get the inter-divisional masses moving as one)

Brought to you by your Arts Student Council.

Dear Fall 2007 Art Jocks!

The time has come to get movin’ on the court, field, or table!  Join or organize an Art Jock team today!

There will for sure be a Basketball team. There is also potential for Tennis! Soccer! Badminton! Squash! Racquetball! Volleyball! Flag Football!

TO JOIN OR BUILD A TEAM: Post a message to the appropriate message strain in the Art Jocks group – saying hey! I am so and so, and I want to play this sport!  It’s that simple!

Q: What is ART JOCKS? (more…)

Dear new and returning students,

Fall is now upon us which means it’s time to get the ball rolling for Columbia Artists and Teachers!  If you’re interested in finding out more about our various teaching opportunities and applying for a position, join us for a brief informational meeting:

September 11, 4PM Dodge 413
(If room changes, a sign will be posted.)

Unable to make it but still interested? E-mail Susannah at smn2130@columbia.edu or Kristen at klo21@columbia.edu and they’ll hook you up with info. Looking forward to seeing you there!

[Daily Dish Note:  For more information on CA/T, see the website here.  Columbia Artist/Teachers (CA/T) are graduate students in the writing division of Columbia University’s School of the Arts. CA/T has a dedicated community interest and works with several schools and organizations to build stronger communities through writing, teaching, tutoring, and volunteering. They train and place division students in teaching positions in the attempt to provide each CA/T member with teaching experience. They hope this experience will bolster participants’ professional careers and make their MFA more marketable upon graduation.]

Best,
 Kristen, Alex, Alan, and Susannah

VISUAL ARTS DIVISION LISTINGS 8/28:

A isting of this week’s Visual Arts exhibitions involving students, faculty and alumni… (more…)

Please join us for KGB’s Columbia University Writing Division Faculty Selects

Thursday, September 6, 2007 @ 7 p.m.:  Our 2007-2008 Inaugural Reading!
Be there or be the person who is ever so bummed to have missed such a great time.

Thursday, September 6, 2007 @ 7 p.m.
KGB Bar – 85 E. 4th St
F Train to 2nd Ave
http://www.kgbbar.com/
Come for the talent.  Stay for the camaraderie and cocktails.

September’s Readers: (more…)

Come see your fellow SoA students’ work in this off-campus production:

Previews of the world premiere of a new play by Torben Betts
THE ERROR OF THEIR WAYS
as part of The American Living Room Festival

HERE Arts Center
145 Sixth Avenue (between Spring and Broome)
Thursday, August 30th – Sunday, September 2nd, 2007
All performances at 8:30pm
www.here.org. // 212.352.3101 (more…)

The Columbia University Arts Initiative is presenting several upcoming events that you’ll want to add to your calendars: 

Friday, 4.27 2:30PM
MTV U – INFO SESSION ABOUT JOBS & GETTING INVOLVED
http://www.mtvu.com/

The folks down at MTV U have invited all interested CU students to come and check out their film studio and talk to Ross Martin, Senior VP, Head of Programming about ways to get involved with MTV U - as filmmaker, activist, employee or intern.  Open to all students – so feel free to spread the word.

Meet at the 116th and Broadway gates at 2:30PM
RSVP: To Caralyn Spector, The Arts Initiative  chs2104@columbia.edu

Plus here are some other very cool Arts Initiative events coming up in the next two weeks.  Open to all students, faculty and staff. (more…)

Learn more about Careers in the Media Industry, by joining the Columbia University Center for Career Education Friday April 20, 2007 at 1pm for a site visit at the Museum of Television and Radio.  Interested students should plan on RSVPing to this event (see below) and will meet at the Museum at 1pm.  The Museum is located at 25 West 52nd Street.

Join us for a tour of the museum along with a behind the scenes look at the professionals who have made careers out of offering programming through cultural media. Learn what type of candidate the Museum of Television and Radio looks to hire as well as find out if there are internships or volunteer positions available.

Space is limited.   Please RSVP at www.careereducation.columbia.edu/events.  

1st Annual All City Poetry Mixer
to honor all poetry workers in NYC and environs
ALL ARE WELCOME
changing the world through poetry

Representatives from 65 poetry zines, orgs, pubs, series, websites et alia  will come together to meet, mingle, dance, proclaim and mix.

Wednesday, May 2, 2007  6:30-9:30 
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery (Bleecker-Houston) 
Please RSVP to walt@bowerypoetry.com or call 212-334-6414 for more info. (more…)

Your are invited to the Inter-City Creative Writing MFA Bowling Night

Please come out and bowl with the MFA writing community from Columbia, New School, Hunter College, and New York University.

When:  Friday, April 13, 9pm – 11pm
Where: Leisure Time Bowling Alley, 625 8th Ave, Port Authority Bus Terminal, 2nd Floor
 
We’ll meet at the sales desk and everyone can pay for their own games and shoes. The price of games is around $8.50. 

An RSVP is required to aab363@nyu.edu.

Please join us this Thursday for the latest undiscovered literary talents at KGB’s
Columbia University Writing Division Faculty Selects

Thursday, April 5th, 2007 @ 7 p.m.
KGB Bar 85 E. 4th St
F Train to 2nd Ave
http://www.kgbbar.com/

Come for the talent.  Stay for the camaraderie and cocktails.  Vie for the free alumni book give aways!   (more…)

The Museum of Modern Art’s Third Annual Graduate Symposium:

The Revolution Will Not Be Curated: Twenty-First Century Perspectives on Art and Politics

Keynote address: Friday, April 13
Symposium:  Saturday, April 14
For a complete schedule,  go to http://www.moma.org/education/symposium_2007.html or click "more" below.

Both events are open to the public and will take place at The Museum of Modern Art, Friday in Titus 2 and Saturday in the sixth-floor Founder’s Room.

Tickets can be purchased at the lobby information desk and the Film and Media desk at The Museum of Modern Art or online at www.ticketweb.com.

Tickets for the keynote address are $10; members $8; students and seniors $5.
Tickets to Saturday’s symposium are $10; members $8; students and seniors $5. (more…)

Come hear the Writing Division’s own Belinda McKeon this Thursday: 

A Celebration of the Irish writer John McGahern (1934 – 2006)
Thursday, March 29th at 7pm
Glucksman Ireland House, NYU.
Free admission

Chair: Pete Hamill, author and journalist.
Panelists: Joe Kennedy, journalist, and Belinda McKeon, journalist and writer, currently in the Fiction program at Columbia. (more…)

Join us for a reading to celebrate the launch of  Columbia: A Journal’s Issue 44!

Sunday, March 25, 2007 at 6pm
The Underground Lounge
955 W. End Ave (between 106th and 107th)
New York, NY 10027

Readers include Renee Ashley (poetry), Wes Eisold (fiction), Brian Mooney (nonfiction), and Lacy Schutz (poetry).

For more information about the Columbia Journal, visit their website at: http://www.columbiajournal.org/

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to help collect during the
Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS Annual EASTER BONNET Competition!

One hour of your time raises wads of cash for people with HIV/AIDS!

VOLUNTEER MEETING:  3/22/07 6:30 PM
EQUITY COUNCIL ROOM
165 W. 46th Street, 14th Floor 

To Volunteer, call KeithBullock at BC/EFA at 212-840-0770, x223 (more…)

Conference: Biology and Art: Two Worlds or One?
April 14, 2007
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
New York Academy of Sciences

Cost for students: $45
For more information, a complete schedule of the day’s events, and to RSVP, visit the NYAS website.

This conference will explore the nature of the science-art interface, the inspiration this interface provides to scientists and artists alike, and the impact of these interactions on art, research and other human endeavors. More specifically, the conference will focus on how biological objects—whether viruses, animals, plants, cells, or organelles—become an inspiration for certain artists’ work, and how scientists—ever so particular about accuracy and specificity—respond to such artistic representations. (more…)