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Alex Cullina, Theatre & Books Editor
All content by Alex Cullina
![PEN America, the free expression nonprofit, presents the 15th annual World Voices Festival through May 12. (via Wikimedia)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Pen_Box_tagline_lrg.jpg)
A Starving Artist’s Guide to Arts Events This Weekend: May 10 to 12
Stay entertained this weekend for $20 or less.
Alex Cullina, Theater & Books Editor
• May 9, 2019
![Left to right: guitarist Brian Robert Jones, Ezra Koenig, Chris Baio and touring guitarist Greta Morgan, of Vampire Weekend. The band played an impromptu acoustic show in Washington Square Park on the release day of their new album Father of the Bride. (Staff photo by Katie Peurrung)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Image-from-iOS-900x675.jpg)
Vampire Weekend Plays Surprise WSP Set
The Grammy-winning indie rock group played an acoustic set in Washington Square Park earlier today, the same day they released their first album in six years.
Alex Cullina, Theater & Books Editor
• May 3, 2019
![The Brooklyn Museum. (via Wikimedia)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Brooklyn_Museum_June_2008_sunset_jeh-900x547.jpg)
A Starving Artist’s Guide to Arts Events This Weekend: May 3 to 5
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Alex Cullina, Theater & Books Editor
• May 2, 2019
![The Tisch School of the Arts hosts many majors that require in person instruction. Students at Tisch and other schools have begun to worry about the possibility of a virtual fall semester. (Photo by Alina Patrick)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Pe_tisch_on-AlinaPatrick-07-900x685.jpg)
A Starving Artist’s Guide to Arts Events This Weekend: April 26 to 28
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Alex Cullina, Theater & Books Editor
• April 25, 2019
![Sharpay had some valid points, OK? (via Disney)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/unpopular-1-900x598.jpg)
Unpopular Opinions: When the Villain Was Right
Our staff gives you some of their best hot takes on some of pop culture’s most notorious bad guys.
Nicole Rosenthal, Dante Sacco, Alex Cullina and Sakshi Venkatraman
• April 24, 2019
![NYU’s Skirball Center of the Performing Arts (via NYU).](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/0122118_skirball_nyu-900x570.jpg)
A Starving Artist’s Guide to Arts Events This Weekend: April 19 to 21
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Alex Cullina, Books & Theater Editor
• April 19, 2019
![Molly Shannon and Susan Ziegler in Wild Nights with Emily. The new biographical comedy-drama depicts the love affair between poet Emily Dickinson and her sister-in-law and muse Susan Huntington Dickinson with warmth and humor. (via P2 Films)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/wild-nights-with-emily-s-900x533.jpg)
Tisch Alum’s Film Shines New Light on Emily Dickinson
Writer and director Madeleine Olnek’s new dramedy “Wild Nights with Emily” uses relatively recent insights into the poet’s private life.
Alex Cullina, Theater & Books Editor
• April 17, 2019
![The movie poster for Moonlight, an A24 film. (via A24)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/moonlight-607x900.jpg)
Unpopular Opinion: A24 Films
Before you watch “Under the Silver Lake,” let’s revisit past A24 films and break down if they’re really as good as Tisch kids say they are.
Nicole Rosenthal, Guru Ramanathan, Alex Cullina and Dante Sacco
• April 17, 2019
![“Turbulence is a theater piece exploring the “experiences of Black and People of Color (BPOC) in clinical settings and society at large.” (via nyu.edu)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1554754622917.jpg)
A Starving Artist’s Guide to Arts Events This Weekend: April 12 to 14
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Alex Cullina, Theater & Books Editor
• April 11, 2019
![Book cover of Its Kind of a Funny Story. (via Hyperion)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/unpopular.jpg)
Unpopular Opinions: Young Adult Novels
The Arts Desk gives some fresh takes on novels for younger audiences.
Guru Ramanathan, Dante Sacco and Alex Cullina
• April 10, 2019
![The Gallatin Arts Festival runs April 8-12. The showcase of work by Gallatin undergraduates celebrates the schools unique interdisciplinary approach, focusing on work that straddles themes and media. (Staff Photo by Min Ji Kim)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/20190407_164415-900x642.jpg)
Gallatin Arts Fest Embodies School’s Unique Spirit
The annual showcase of visual and performing arts work by Gallatin students celebrates the school’s interdisciplinary academics and community spirit.
Alex Cullina, Theater & Books Editor
• April 8, 2019
![The Fusion Film Festival. (via Facebook)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/fusion-900x703.png)
A Starving Artist’s Guide to Arts Events This Weekend: April 4 to 7
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Alex Cullina, Theater & Books Editor
• April 5, 2019
![(Photo by Katie Peurrung, Collage by Sophia Di Iorio, Additional Images via the New York Public Library)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ArtsIssue_Devanshi_Edit-600x900.jpg)
Devanshi Khetarpal | An Indian Poet Finds the Sublime in the Everyday
Alex Cullina, Theatre & Books Editor
• April 4, 2019
![Activists Marcella Gilbert (Oohenumpa and Ihanktowan Bands of the Lakota and Dakota nations) and Madonna Thunder Hawk (Oohenumpa Lakota, enrolled citizen of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe), in the documentary Warrior Women. (Photo by John G. Larson, courtesy of NMAI)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2017-Diversity_Castle_King_Warrior-Women_promo-image_low-res-900x601.jpg)
A Starving Artist’s Guide to Arts Events This Weekend: March 28 to 31
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Alex Cullina, Books & Theater Editor
• March 28, 2019
![(via 20th Century Fox)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Screen-Shot-2019-03-26-at-5.48.59-PM-900x373.png)
Unpopular Opinions: Animal Characters
No animals were harmed in the making of this list.
Guru Ramanathan, Dante Sacco and Alex Cullina
• March 27, 2019
![Poster for the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater. (via Facebook)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/3-1.jpg)
A Starving Artist’s Guide to Arts Events This Weekend: March 15 to 17
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Alex Cullina, Books and Theater Editor
• March 15, 2019
![Movie poster for Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019). (via Warner Bros. Pictures)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/unpopular.jpg)
Unpopular Opinions: Children’s Book Series
In honor of the new Nancy Drew movie coming out, the Arts Desk is giving its hot takes on children’s book series.
Nicole Rosenthal, Guru Ramanthan, Dante Sacco and Alex Cullina
• March 13, 2019
![Promotional media for the Philip K. Dick Film Festival. (via Indiegogo)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/starvingartists.png)
A Starving Artist’s Guide to Arts Events This Weekend: March 7 to 10
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Alex Cullina, Theater & Books Editor
• March 7, 2019
![A scene from Dinner for Schmucks, a remake of the French comedy Le Dîner de Cons. (via Paramount)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/dinner-for-schmucks-900x485.png)
Unpopular Opinions: Remakes and Reboots
With A24’s “Gloria Bell,” the remake of the Chilean film “Gloria,” receiving a lot of early praise, the Arts Desk is looking at other remakes and reboots that are also up to par with, or better than, their predecessors.
Guru Ramanthan, Alex Cullina, Nicole Rosenthal and Dante Sacco
• March 6, 2019
![Sofia Alvarez, a playwright, screenwriter and professor in Tisch’s Department of Dramatic Writing. She co-founded the Blockchain Theater Project, a theater company that seeks to dismantle institutional barriers in theater. (Photo by Min Ji Kim)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Sophia_kim2-1-900x600.jpeg)
Dramatic Writing Professor Brings Blockchain to Theater
Sofia Alvarez, a Tisch professor and the screenwriter of Netflix’s “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before,” is the co-founder of the Blockchain Theater Project, which draws on blockchain’s peer-to-peer model to dismantle the institutional barriers of the theater world.
Alex Cullina, Theater and Books Editor
• March 4, 2019
![A self portrait by photographer Diane Arbus. Her work is a partial inspiration for Fiction, a new experimental theater piece written and directed by 600 Highwaymen that questions fundamental assumptions about theater and art. (via facebook.com)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/image-2-900x675.png)
Tisch’s ‘Fiction’ Asks, ‘What Does It Mean to Be a Spectator?’
The new performance piece, written and directed by theatermakers 600 Highwaymen, explores the nature of art and spectatorship through the work of photographer Diane Arbus.
Alex Cullina, Theater & Books Editor
• February 28, 2019
![Acclaimed poet Claudia Rankine, who will be speaking with Layli Long Soldier at the New School on Friday. (via facebook.com)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Poet-Claudia-Rankine-who-will-be-speaking-at-the-New-School-this-week-900x600.jpg)
A Starving Artist’s Guide to Arts Events This Weekend: Mar. 1 to 3
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Alex Cullina, Books & Theater Editor
• February 28, 2019
![A view from the street of Steve Lockes “A Partial List of Unarmed African-Americans who were Killed By Police... Lockes work examines the intersection of the personal and the political, addressing his own inescapable connection to oppressive power structures like racism and homophobia.(Staff Photo by Julia McNeill)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Arts-Locke-900x612.jpg)
Gallatin Galleries Show Meditates on Sexuality, Masculinity, Race
In “Steve Locke: in the name of love,” the multimedia artist ponders what it means to be black and gay in America today.
Alex Cullina, Books & Theater Editor
• February 25, 2019
![Ellen DeGeneres hosted the 86th oscars. (via Youtube)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/unpopular_youtube-900x506.jpg)
Unpopular Opinions: Oscar Hosts
The Arts Desk is tired of giving hot takes on snubs and surprises and have decided to critique a different aspect of awards shows: the hosts!
Guru Ramanathan, Claire Fishman, Alex Cullina, Nicole Rosenthal and Dante Sacco
• February 20, 2019
![Neshla Caplan and Adam Kashmiry in ADAM, running at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts Feb. 14 - 16. (Photo courtesy of the Skirball Center)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/image-900x600.png)
A Starving Artist’s Guide to Arts Events This Weekend: Feb. 14 to 17
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Alex Cullina, Books & Theatre Editor
• February 14, 2019
![Unpopular Opinions: Romantic Comedy Protagonists](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/unpopular-opinion-cupid-900x900.jpg)
Unpopular Opinions: Romantic Comedy Protagonists
Valentine's Day is coming up and the Arts Desk cannot wait! Thus, they’ve decided to critically analyze rom-coms in anticipation of the big day.
Guru Ramanathan, Claire Fishman, Alex Cullina and Nicole Rosenthal
• February 13, 2019
![Students in the production of “Rags”. (Courtesy of NYU Steinhardt)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Theater_Rags_03-900x600.jpg)
Steinhardt’s ‘Rags’: A Tale of Trump’s America, 100 Years Ago
Steinhardt presents the newest version of an emotionally stirring musical tale of Jewish immigrants in turn-of-the-century New York City.
Alex Cullina, Books & Theater Editor
• February 11, 2019
![Attendees of last years Black Comix Expo in cosplay. BAM is hosting the second annual expo this Sunday. (via Facebook)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/arts_BAM-900x601.png)
A Starving Artist’s Guide to Arts Events this Weekend: Feb. 8 to 10
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Alex Cullina, Theater & Books Editor
• February 7, 2019
![Danny DeVito in M&Ms Super Bowl commercial. (via Facebook)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/unpopular_facebook-900x900.png)
Unpopular Opinions: Super Bowl Commercials
In which the Arts Desk gives hot takes on what is the most important of the big game, anyway.
Guru Ramanathan, Nicole Rosenthal, Claire Fishman and Alex Cullina
• February 6, 2019
![Terrance Hayes, poet and NYU professor, gave a reading at the Lillian Vernon Creative Writing House last Thursday. (Courtesy of the MacArthur Foundation)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/unnamed.png)
Terrance Hayes Talks Trump, Teaching at NYU
At the Lillian Vernon Creative Writing House, the award-winning poet and NYU professor read published and unpublished work from a series he started after the 2016 election.
Alex Cullina, Books & Theater Editor
• February 4, 2019
![via flickr.com](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/30920437941_40c02b8728_b-900x506.jpg)
Unpopular Opinions: ‘Black Mirror’
The first spring 2019 edition of one of the Arts Desk’s acclaimed weekly series deals out hot takes on Netflix’s Emmy-winning sci-fi series.
Alex Cullina, Guru Ramanathan and Nicole Rosenthal
• January 30, 2019
![Still from Gatz the eight-hour-long theater adaptation of The Great Gatsby playing at Skirball until Feb. 3. (Photo courtesy of Elevator Repair Service)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/image-900x514.png)
‘Gatz’ at Skirball: ‘Gatsby’ Reimagined for the Stage
Elevator Repair Service’s staged reading of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel is a great work in its own right.
Alex Cullina, Books & Theater Editor
• January 28, 2019
![Will Ferrell as Buddy in Elf, a classic Christmas film that promises to deliver laughs and holiday spirit year after year. (via facebook.com)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/arts-recs-1-900x593.jpg)
Staff Recs: Best Holiday Films
Ali Zimmerman, Daniella Nichinson, Nicole Rosenthal, Guru Ramanathan and Alex Cullina
• November 30, 2018
![Poster for the third annual Chanukahstravaganza: Twas the Night Before Chanukah. The event will take place at Union Hall this Saturday. (via unionhallny.com)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/25-og-1-583x900.jpg)
A Starving Artist’s Guide to Arts Events this Weekend: Nov. 30 to Dec. 2
Stay entertained this weekend for $20 or less.
Ali Zimmerman and Alex Cullina
• November 29, 2018
![Unpopular Opinions: Actors](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/arts-unpopular-900x900.png)
Unpopular Opinions: Actors
Daniella Nichinson, Guru Ramanathan, Nicole Rosenthal and Alex Cullina
• November 28, 2018
![A scene from the play Chasing the New White Whale. A local play drawing inspiration from Moby Dick. (Courtesy of La Mama Experimental Theater Club)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/image-2-900x326.png)
In ‘Chasing the New White Whale,’ Heroin Ravages a Working-Class Community
Alex Cullina, Books & Theater Editor
• November 27, 2018
![The cast of A Fish Called Wanda. (via flickr.com)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/arts-staffrecs-900x626.png)
Staff Recs: Best Film Ensembles
Every so often, a movie ensemble absolutely blows audiences away and makes us ask ourselves, “How can one movie could contain so much talent and power?”
Ryan Mikel, Daniella Nichinson, Guru Ramanathan and Alex Cullina
• November 16, 2018
![The poster for Tisch Festival of the Voices. (Courtesy of NYU Tisch Institute of Performing Arts)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Fov-updated-582x900.jpg)
A Starving Artist’s Guide to Arts Events this Weekend: Nov. 16 to Nov. 18
How to experience arts if you're pinching pennies.
Ali Zimmerman and Alex Cullina
• November 15, 2018
![From left to right, clockwise: “Lush” by Snail Mail, “Sounds of Silence” by Simon and Garfunkel, “Magic Potion” by The Black Keys and “Collection” by Soccer Mommy. (via spotify.com)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/image1-900x900.jpeg)
Staff Recs: Best Albums for Fall
Ryan Mikel, Daniella Nichinson, Nicole Rosenthal, Guru Ramanathan, Alex Cullina and Ali Zimmerman
• November 9, 2018
![Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet. (via twitter.com)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/arts-recs.jpg)
Staff Recs: Best Villains
Get your watch queue ready for the baddest villains of them all.
Ryan Mikel, Daniella Nichinson, Nicole Rosenthal, Ali Zimmerman, Guru Ramanathan and Alex Cullina
• November 2, 2018
![A photo of Canstruction at Brookfield Place in 2014. (via artsbrookfield.com)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/canstruction-2014_winter-garden-900x438.jpg)
A Starving Artist’s Guide to Arts Events This Weekend: Nov. 2 to Nov. 4
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Ali Zimmerman and Alex Cullina
• November 1, 2018
![Unpopular Opinions: Supernatural Villains](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/unnamed-1-900x900.png)
Unpopular Opinions: Supernatural Villains
This week we’re getting spooky niche with our unpopular opinions and taking a look at supernatural villains!
Daniella Nichinson, Ryan Mikel, Nicole Rosenthal, Alex Cullina and Guru Ramanathan
• October 31, 2018
![John Travolta and Uma Thurman in a scene from Pulp Fiction, which boasts one of the most iconic soundtracks in cinema history. (via facebook.com)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/arts-staffrecs.jpg)
Staff Recs: Best Movie Soundtracks and Scores
Ryan Mikel, Nicole Rosenthal, Guru Ramanathan, Daniella Nichinson and Alex Cullina
• October 26, 2018
![Masked serial killer Michael Meyers in Halloween. (via facebook.com)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/arts-recs-1-900x506.jpg)
Staff Recs: Scariest Horror Movies
Ryan Mikel, Nicole Rosenthal, Guru Ramanathan, Ali Zimmerman, Daniella Nichinson, Alex Cullina and Melanie Pineda
• October 19, 2018
![Unpopular Opinions: 20th Century Authors](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/10-17-arts-unpopular-opinion-01-1.png)
Unpopular Opinions: 20th Century Authors
Daniella Nichinson, Nicole Rosenthal, Guru Ramanathan, Ali Zimmerman, Alex Cullina and Ryan Mikel
• October 17, 2018
![The poster for the Karl Marx Festival. (Courtesy of Skirball Center)](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/theater-marx-900x253.png)
A Karl Marx Festival in the Age of Late Capitalism
Alex Cullina, Books & Theater Editor
• October 15, 2018
![Melissa Lozada-Oliva](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Melissa_03-600x900.jpg)
Melissa Lozada-Oliva
Doesn't Want to Be Relatable
Alex Cullina, Books & Theatre Editor
• October 11, 2018
![Catherine Zeta-Jones as Velma Kelly in Chicago.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/arts-recs-900x602.jpg)
Staff Recs: Hollywood Movie Musicals
Ryan Mikel, Daniella Nichinson, Alex Cullina, Guru Ramanathan and Ali Zimmerman
• October 5, 2018
![Unpopular Opinions: Film & TV Protagonists](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/unpopular-opinion-01-900x900.png)
Unpopular Opinions: Film & TV Protagonists
Main characters we love to hate.
Ali Zimmerman, Guru Ramanathan, Daniella Nichinson and Alex Cullina
• October 3, 2018
![Unpopular Opinions: Cinematic Classics](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/9-26-unpopopinion-Rachel-Buigas-Lopez-01-900x900.png)
Unpopular Opinions: Cinematic Classics
Daniella Nichinson, Ali Zimmerman, Guru Ramanathan, Nicole Rosenthal, Alex Cullina and Ryan Mikel
• September 26, 2018
![Kali Uchis and Tyler, The Creator in the Perfect music video.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/arts-recs-900x473.png)
Staff Recs: Best Songs To Fall In Love To
Fall is the season when everyone wants to find in love — here are the best songs to indulge your inner romantic.
Daniella Nichinson, Guru Ramanathan, Ali Zimmerman, Alex Cullina, Ryan Mikel and Nicole Rosenthal
• September 21, 2018
![Screenshots from some of the shows mentioned. From left to right: Alex Strangelove, Mudbound, Ozark, Nailed It! and Sacred Games.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/netflix-900x413.jpg)
Staff Recs: Best Netflix Originals
Netflix is the future of cinema and here's why.
Daniella Nichinson, Nicole Rosenthal, Melanie Pineda, Ryan Mikel, Alex Cullina and Guru Ramanathan
• September 14, 2018
![Movie poster from “The Wife.”](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/39454238_2170804093160326_1203713130719346688_n.jpg)
Sidelined on Screen, Glenn Close Shines as ‘The Wife’
Alex Cullina, Film Editor
• September 4, 2018
![Evan Rosado and Raul Castillo in We the Animals.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/arts-animals-900x505.jpg)
‘We the Animals’: A Portrait of Childhood
Alex Cullina, Film Editor
• August 26, 2018
![Matthew Broderick and Géza Röhrig in To Dust.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/arts-alex.png)
Tribeca 2018: A Complex Examination of Grief in ‘To Dust’
Alex Cullina, Staff Writer
• April 30, 2018
![The Night Eats the World follows one mans story after an outbreak of flesh-eating zombies.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/arts-eat-900x507.jpg)
Tribeca 2018: ‘The Night Eats the World’ Is A Great Zombie Movie
Alex Cullina, Staff Writer
• April 27, 2018
![John Krasinksi in A Quiet Place.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/arts-recs-2-900x600.jpg)
Staff Recs: Intelligent Horror Films
Ryan Mikel, Guru Ramanathan, Anubhuti Kumar, Tyler Crews, Alex Cullina and Alejandro Villa Vásquez
• April 27, 2018
![Author Min Jin Lee spoke at this years launch for undergraduate literary magazine West 10th.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/arts-magazine.jpg)
Min Jin Lee Talks Representation at ‘West 10th’ Launch
Alex Cullina, Staff Writer
• April 23, 2018
![The Rise of Queer Cinema](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/theme-alex-900x507.jpg)
The Rise of Queer Cinema
Alex Cullina, Staff Writer
• April 5, 2018
![Phoebe Legere in Speed Queen at Dixon Place.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/arts-queen-878x900.png)
A Forgotten Queer History in ‘Speed Queen’
Alex Cullina, Staff Writer
• March 27, 2018
![Performers in “RIOT,” an interactive dance experience showing in Skirball Center of Performing Arts.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/022018_riot_Amelia-Reardon-900x600.jpg)
The Politics of Joy in ‘RIOT’
Alex Cullina, Contributing Writer
• February 20, 2018
![Novelist Zadie Smith being interviewed by New Yorker staff writer Doreen St. Félix at the Barnes and Noble on 82nd Street and Broadway last Thursday.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IMG_3412-7.20.16-PM-675x900.jpg)
Zadie Smith Talks New Book ‘Feel Free’
Alex Cullina, Contributing Writer
• February 12, 2018
![Joe Carman throws a punch in Jeff Unay’s new documentary, “The Cage Fighter,” now showing at the IFC Center on Sixth Avenue.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/02-05-arts-fighter-900x377.jpg)
The Two Worlds of a ‘Cage Fighter’
Alex Cullina, Contributing Writer
• February 5, 2018
![“A New Brain” is a 1998 musical based on the book of William Finn and James Lapine that follows the life of songwriter Gordon Schwinn who is diagnosed with a brain condition. Hosted by The Gallery of Players, the play runs until Feb. 18.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/27459295_10155875436226224_5333228110640006630_n-900x600.jpg)
‘A New Brain’ Is a No Brainer
Alex Cullina, Contributing Writer
• February 5, 2018
![The 2018 Oscars Awards presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, will honor the best films of 2017 on March 4, 2018 in Los Angeles.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/oscar-statues-900x599.jpg)
NYU at the Oscars, Again
Alex Cullina, Contributing Writer
• January 26, 2018
![A purple N.Y.U. flag hangs on a building.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/news-childaistudy-1200x800.jpg)
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • July 9, 2024
![Students stream past the clay-colored main entrance of Bobst Library on a bright fall afternoon. The green scenery of Washington Square Park is reflected off the library’s windows.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/news-sustainability-900x600.jpg)
Julia Smerling, Photo Editor • June 18, 2024
![A woman with brown hair and a blue shirt.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/dopico.jpeg)
Yezen Saadah, Editor-in-Chief • June 18, 2024
![A woman dressed in red and holding a purple sign that reads NYU is Complicit in Genocide.](https://nyunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/RallyForHesen-3-1200x800.jpg)
Mikaylah Du, Under the Arch Editor • June 15, 2024