Weather Update

Due to the storm, Barnard College closed at 4pm Friday, for non-essential personnel. “Essential personnel" include staff in Facilities, Public Safety and Residence Halls.  

Friday evening and weekend classes are cancelled but events are going forward as planned unless otherwise noted. The Athena Film Festival programs are also scheduled to go forward as planned but please check http://athenafilmfestival.com/ for the latest information. 

The Barnard Library and Archives closed at 4pm Friday and will remain closed on Saturday, Feb. 9.  The Library will resume regular hours on Sunday opening at 10am.  

Please be advised that due to the conditions, certain entrances to campus may be closed.  The main gate at 117th Street & Broadway will remain open.  For further updates on college operations, please check this website, call the College Emergency Information Line 212-854-1002 or check AM radio station 1010WINS. 

3:12 PM 02/08/2013

Ntozake Shange on Stage & Screen

A screening and panel
Wednesday, November 7
6 PM
James Room, 4th Floor Barnard Hall

The 2012-13 Africana Distinguished Alumna series honors Ntozake Shange ’70. A playwright, poet, and novelist of startling originality, Shange is best known for her 1975 Obie Award-winning play, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf.  Following the screening of Tyler Perry’s acclaimed 2010 film version of the play, Ms. Shange speaks candidly about her groundbreaking work with Soyica Diggs Colbert, Assistant Professor of English at Dartmouth College and Monica Miller, Associate Professor of English at Barnard.

The celebration continues in February with The Worlds of Ntozake Shange Conference.

Information

kmclean@barnard.edu

212.854.6146