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How to Dine Like a Professional Restaurant Critic
Houston Chronicle restaurant critic Bao Ong with a bowl of ramen
Arts & Humanities

How to Dine Like a Professional Restaurant Critic

Bao Ong ’10JRN spent over a decade as a New York food columnist before relocating to Texas. Earlier this year, he became the Houston Chronicle’s restaurant critic

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Blonde Knockout
Illustration by Mark Steele of a game show

Blonde Knockout

Dr. Joyce Brothers '53GSAS wins big

Columbia in the Movies
Jeff Bridges and Barbara Streisand on Columbia University campus in The Mirror Has Two Faces

Columbia in the Movies

21 films in which Columbia makes a cameo

32 Movie and TV Stars who Graduated from Columbia
Collage of celebrities who graduated from Columbia: Jacques Pépin, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jenny Slate, Kate McKinnon, Matthew Fox, Amanda Seales, George Segal, Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Jesse Bradford, Judy Joo

32 Movie and TV Stars who Graduated from Columbia

These actors, comedians, and TV personalities have all called Morningside Heights home

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Nibs and Nibbles
Cartoon illustration of Pulitzer recipients eating lunch in Low Library
Arts & Humanities

Nibs and Nibbles

The 2011 Pulitzer Prize recipients clink glasses in celebration of their achievements in journalism, literature, and music

Fiction: "Daughter, Lost"
Painting of orchids in watering can on windowsill
Arts & Humanities

Fiction: "Daughter, Lost"

By Julie Wu '96PS

A Sentimental Education
Illustration of Tony Kushner and famous writers
Arts & Humanities

A Sentimental Education

Playwright and political activist Tony Kushner '78CC provides insight into his intellectual development

Feeding the Meter
Painting of the Grolier Poetry Book Shop
Arts & Humanities

Feeding the Meter

The improbable origins of poet Keith O’Shaughnessy's first book

Thinking of You: A Short Story
Postcard of tropical island
Arts & Humanities

Thinking of You: A Short Story

By Emma Aarnes ’09SOA

The Power of Lingering
Photo of man reading newspaper on street in Shanghai, by Howard French
Arts & Humanities

The Power of Lingering

To shoot his photo essay Disappearing Shanghai, J-school professor Howard French had to make something else fade from view: himself

Aguas Calientes: A Short Story
Painting of the back of a woman's head
Arts & Humanities

Aguas Calientes: A Short Story

Fiction by Lauren Grodstein '97CC, '01SOA

The Ballad of Kitt & Yorkey
Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey
Arts & Humanities

The Ballad of Kitt & Yorkey

How did Next to Normal, a musical about bipolar disorder written by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey, ever make it to Broadway?

Poem: "Opuntia littoralis"
Pears
Arts & Humanities

Poem: "Opuntia littoralis"

By Moira Egan ’92SOA

Remembrance: Jack Beeson
Alice Neel's 1979 portrait of Jack Beeson
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Remembrance: Jack Beeson

A former student pays tribute to the master composer

2010: An Artspace Odyssey
"Portrait of Talia with Lilly on the Couch," by Van Hanos (oil on linen)
Arts & Humanities

2010: An Artspace Odyssey

Exploring the mixed-media landscape of this year's MFA thesis exhibition

Unbreakable
George Preston holding baseball bats, photographed by Daniella Zalcman
Arts & Humanities

Unbreakable

The home of art historian George Preston ’73GSAS contains all the wood you can handle

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