As Russia continues to punish their homeland, University of Missouri Ukrainian students Vlad Sazhen and Alina Rohulia continue to watch from afar. Sazhen, 23, arrived at MU in January 2022, the month before Russia invaded. His now-fiancée, Rohulia, 22, joined him on campus in August 2022. Both earned bachelor’s degrees from Mizzou and are now pursuing doctorates: Sazhen in mechanical engineering, Rohulia in health […]
If you haven’t noticed, some of the harbingers of spring are popping up. Daffodils, crocuses, and hyacinths are bravely poking up from their underground hibernation, daring Mother Nature not to freeze them one last time. Songbirds are more prevalent, and optimists — some would say fools — such as me have planted cool weather crops: spinach, lettuces, peas,
Cities try to manufacture arts districts all the time. Columbia got lucky — one grew here on its own. Long before anyone branded it the North Village Arts District, the blocks around Ninth, Tenth, and Walnut streets were quietly filling with painters, sculptors, illustrators, musicians, and the kind of resilient energy that thrives in cheap,
At the corner of Orr and Ash streets, a north-facing brick wall is preparing to become something more than part of the city’s industrial past. This spring, the side of the Balsamo Warehouse will transform into a 100-foot mural celebrating Columbia’s artistic legacy, civic history, and the enduring connection between service and community. Commissioned by
We asked our Facebook followers… What was your favorite event, festival, or concert memory in Columbia? Opening the whole weekend for what would be the very last Roots N Blues event. The whole weekend was a blast, but playing very first before Jaime Wyatt and the legendary Tanya Tucker and watching Tanya from backstage and going
College art faculty don’t stop being artists when class ends, but the work often has to fit in wherever it can. Creative projects happen after lectures, between grading, on weekends, or during short stretches of free time that are hard to come by once the semester is underway. Alongside teaching, faculty artists are also preparing critiques, mentoring students, and
