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

A Musical Salute

A musical salute to the 60th Reunion of the Class of 1949 took place on June 6, at the cocktail party hosted by Ruth Musicant Feder ’49 and Arthur Feder in their home. The show was “Barnard on Broadway,” produced and narrated by Bert Fink of the Rogers & Hammerstein Corporation. He is the son of the late Eleanor Engleman Fink ’52 and the nephew of Martha Gross Fink ’49. The audience of classmates and spouses enjoying the show included Mary Ellin Berlin Barrett ’49, daughter of Irving Berlin. Directed by Wendy Waterman of Barnard’s theatre department, the show’s cast featured Eva Peskin ’09, Jamie Rubenstein ’10, and Mark Junek (CC ’07) of the Juilliard School. Thesongs were selected from the wonderful musicals playing on Broadway during the years of this class,1945-1949. Among the composers represented were: Irving Berlin, Frank Loesser, Cole Porter, Richard Rogers, and Oscar Hammerstein II .

Class of 1949 Musical SaluteClass of 1949 Musical Salute Bert Fink Eva Peskin