Arts & Culture

On December 7 and 8, approximately 50 students gathered at the Study Center in 90 Fifth Ave. to audition for The New School’s upcoming rendition of “The Vagina Monologues.”

With Eugene Lang College’s undergraduate literary journal, Release, transitioning into 11 and ½, literary publications within the New School community continue to be relevant. 12th Street functions as a journal for work happening in the The New School's Riggio Honors writing program. It also holds web and print launches bi-annually at Barnes and Noble. Lit, run by the New School MFA creative writing program, has featured pieces from many well-respected poets and writers such as Rosmarie Waldrop, K. Silem Mohammad, and Graham Foust.

A woman covered in can lids danced down 14th Street between Avenue D and First Avenue; the aluminum tops clicking and clacking connected to her clothes could be heard from a block away. When a passerby noticed her, she would gradually move closer and dance suggestively towards them. Art in Odd Places had officially returned to New York City.

Between music theory classes and rehearsals, Mannes students can be found in the fifth floor lounge of the Mannes building on 150 W. 85th St. They might be studying sheet music, taking a nap on a couch, or eating pasta from Tupperware.

The festival is the celebration of goodness triumphing evil and light concurring darkness. The festival lasts five days during which Hindus pray to Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth, light, prosperity and wisdom and as well as to Ganesha the “Remover of Obstacles.”