The campus and community are invited to participate in a pair of free, upcoming events focused on the history and...
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Video: Oscar winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis’ 1996 return to NIU to talk with students
Oscar winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis is best known for directing blockbuster movies like the Back to the Future...
NIU’s 115th Homecoming is coming up October 3-9
NIU President Lisa Freeman is inviting everyone to attend the university's 115th Homecoming, with a host of events...
Richard Jenkins tells Theatre and Dance students to believe you are enough
"Be yourself. There's nobody else like you. If you try to act like somebody else you can't be yourself." If there was an over-arching theme in a 90 minute question and answer session between Oscar nominated actor Richard Jenkins and a crowd of more than 120 students...
School of Theatre and Dance to host Q and A with award-winning actor Richard Jenkins
Richard Jenkins, a DeKalb native and Emmy Award winning, and Oscar nominated actor, will be at NIU on Tuesday, October 30 at 2 p.m. for a Q and A with students in the Stevens Building's O'Connell Theatre. Jenkins won the 2015 Emmy Award for Lead Actor in a Limited...
Egyptian Theatre’s Richard Jenkins Film Series continues through Oct. 30
Downtown DeKalb's Egyptian Theatre's film series in honor of DeKalb native, and Emmy Award winning actor Richard Jenkins continues through October 30. Jenkins hand picked nine of his favorite films that he has appeared in, and the Egyptian is presenting them on...
Steelband and Huskie Marching Band to add on course musical flavor to 2018 Corn Classic 10K
The 38th annual DeKalb Corn Classic 10K race has a new route, part of which goes right through the NIU campus, and on-course entertainment, which includes the world-famous NIU Steelband and the bigger and better Huskie Marching Band. The race's new route begins in...
2018-2019 College of Visual and Performing Arts Performance Schedule
Check out the 2018-2019 Arts Events Schedule from the Northern Illinois University College of Visual and Performing Arts. Every year, the Schools of Art and Design, Music, and Theatre and Dance put on nearly 300 open to the public performances,...
VPA’s Melanie Parks is headed west after 28 years at NIU
Melanie Parks, who has been a part of the NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts for 28 years, is leaving the university at the end of June for sunny California. Parks started her NIU career as Costume Director in the School of Theatre and Dance, and taught all of...
Happy Valentine’s Day
To all of you who support the arts at NIU in so many different, important ways, we wish you all a very Happy Valentine's Day. -- Everyone at the NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts Original artwork designed by current School of Art and Design student Luke...
Watch: The 2018 NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts Convocation video
On Monday, January 22 more than 450 people attended the second annual NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts Convocation in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall. They saw performances students from NIU's School of Music, and School of Theatre and Dance and...
NIU 2018 Spring Arts Events
A look at the concerts, productions, lectures and exhibitions in the arts at NIU for spring 2018. A complete calendar of events is available. Most concerts in the School of Music are available via live webcast. Choral & Opera Series March 4 – Concert...