Unsure of how to entertain your parents in New York this weekend? Bwog staffer Mariela Quintana suggests Casa Italiana, where you can put your Art Hum skills to use.

Between the dank Amsterdam overpass and SIPA's bleak backside, stands the alabaster Casa Italiana, home of the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America. With an imperious entryway articulating the ground floor and high arching windows coursing across the second level, Casa Italiana epitomizes the architecture of the Italian Renaissance.

Under the auspices of Michael I. Sovern and Francesco Cossiga, presidents of Columbia University and the Republic of Italy respectively, the Italian Academy was established in 1991 to ostensibly promote the study of Italian culture and society. Thanks to their courageous demands, the Italian Academy intends to promote the place of Dante, Boccaccio, Michelangelo, Verdi and other Italian masters in the academy. (Though it's been said that the palazzo was a gift of Mussolini, more affectionately known by scholars and party members alike as Il Duce.)

Tonight marked the 3rd Annual Pillow Fight/Primal Scream. Not that we needed to tell you that; anyone who wasn't getting a good night's rest before a final (ha!) or listening to very loud music probably just heard about 25 straight minutes of screaming emanating from South Lawn.

The be-pillowed masses started to gather at 11:50 PM or so, slowly migrating out of Butler and the dorms and congregating by the sundial. An official-sounding girl with a pillow (UPDATE: "The lovely" Nina Bell, founder of the pillow fight Correct UPDATE: Lindsey Kaley, this year's event organizer.) instructed the ranks to split in two, and half retreated to the steps of Butler, while half stayed put at the sundial.

It's the first real street fair of the season! The east side of Broadway is fenced off to make way for crepe-making, halal, carnival games, and the highest concentration of tie-dyed sweatshirts we've ever seen. Bwog took to the streets with a camera to capture the springtime loveliness. (And how about this weather!)

Bwog snow correspondent Kate Linthicum brings us some excellent photos of the big show that you're hiding from indoors.

Photo snapped by Brendan Ballou in St. Paul, Minnesota

With all the hoopla surrounding you-know-who coming to town, we figured you could all use a little break. Missed the WBAR shows this weekend? No worries. Here's a recap (photos by Max Friedman).

WBAR had the first of its monthly concerts Thurday night on Lehman Lawn. The weather was beautiful and so was the music. As much shit as WBAR gets for wearing tight jeans or being hip, they really know how to foster a friendly, comfortable atmosphere. Thursday's High Places and Celebration show was no exception.

More photos and reviews after the jump!

In our inaugural photo contest, Bwog got many good submissions (this editor's Gmail quota is now three percent more depleted), which the great hive-mind of Bwog editors narrowed down to five nocturnal masterworks. First "prize" for best submission goes to Janna Herman, B'10, for "CBGB Closing Night." Be sure to get your original photos in by next Sunday at midnight for round two - the theme is COMSUMPTION. After the jump, we round out the top five.