Pardon the temporary hiatus -- but if finals and papers are killing you as much as they're killing us, perhaps it's time for a break anyway.
TONIGHT
Goddard's 60s begins at Film Forum! (209 W Houston St., 212-727-8110). With fashion designer Agnes B. introducing "Breathless" today. Film runs all weekend, event runs through June 5. ($11;
see site for show times)
The Hold Steady at Webster Hall (125 E 11th St.) The Brooklyn-based band plays as the main act as part of the Tribeca Film Festival Breaking the Band showcase, with
The Virgins, Republic Tigers, and Bad Veins. ($15, 6:30 PM)
Bobby McFerrin Young Artists Concert @ Carnegie Hall, Zankel stage (57th & 7th Ave., 212-247-7800). "After a five-day Professional Training Workshop, McFerrin and participants specializing in a variety of singing traditions will create Instant Opera—an improvised, a cappella work based on the story of the Tower of Babel. This work explores the origins of language while celebrating cultural differences." ($10 Students, 7:30 PM)
The 114th Annual Varsity Show @ Roone Arledge Auditorium (on-campus). Self-explanatory, but in case it isn't: a culmination of all the year's campus jokes rolled into one big musical shebang. ($5/$10/$20 CUID at CUArts TIC, 8PM)
The Kings Crown Shakespeare Troupe presents As You Like It @ Low Plaza (on-campus). See a traveling production by Columbia's own KCST only steps away from your building! Just be prepared in case of any strange weather patterns. (FREE, 11:59PM)