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School of Theatre and Dance 2022-2023 performance season
The NIU School of Theatre and Dance 2022-2023 season features daring new works, familiar favorites and the always...
NIU School of Art and Design’s Jack Olson Gallery hosts “Meeting of Makers: Merging of Space”
The Jack Olson Gallery of the NIU School of Art and Design is home to the exhibition "Meeting of Makers: Merging of...
Assistant Professor Michael Rea’s work featured at Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
NIU Assistant Professor of Sculpture, Michael Rea's platform sculptures are a featured part of a current installation at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA). Choreographer Maria Gillespie presents "Tangible Space," a performance and movement installation,...
Geof Bradfield’s “Yes…and music for nine improvisers,” Thursday, Sept. 21
Composer, saxophonist, and Associate Professor of Jazz Studies for NIU's School of Music, Geof Bradfield will premiere a new commissioned work for nonet: “Yes, and...music for nine improvisers," Thursday, September 21 at 8 p.m. at Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the...
In the news: NIU Steelband featured in the Trinidad Guardian newspaper
The NIU Steelband is literally world famous, and continued proof of that is a feature that ran in the Thursday, September 14 edition of The Guardian, a newspaper in Trinidad and Tobago. The article features Liam Teague, Professor of Music and Head of Steelpan Studies...
NIU Steelband headlines 30th Anniversary Chicago Sinfonietta
The NIU Steelband will kick off the 30th Anniversary season of Chicago Sinfonietta with concerts Saturday, September 16 and Monday, September 18. Take a trip to the Caribbean with NIU’s Steelband. Fall in love with the stunning athleticism of Chicago’s own Cerqua...
School of Art and Design hosts art crawl and Student Art Gallery naming, Sept. 14
The School of Art and Design offers a unique opportunity to see art exhibitions in four university gallery spaces in one evening, and attend the naming of the Student Art Gallery. The progressive art crawl begins at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, September 14 on the main...
Fareed Haque on Chicago Tonight
School of Music Professor Fareed Haque was on WTTW's Chicago Tonight Thursday in a wide-ranging interview on the ever evolving nature of music and how that influences his style of guitar playing. Haque appeared with fellow guitarist Goran Ivanovic for the discussion...
Theatre alumna Amber Sallis named ‘Hot new face of theater’ by Chicago Tribune
NIU School of Theatre and Dance alumna Amber Sallis, has been named a "Hot New Face of Theatre Class of 2017" by the Chicago Tribune. Sallis most recently appeared in a Steep Theatre production of "Earthquakes in London." She will next appear in "The Last Days of...
Building the NIU Huskie Marching Band
Friday, September 1 at Huskie Stadium against Boston College, two of the biggest teams on campus will open their seasons. Of course it’s the first game for NIU football, but also opening night for another 100+ member squad–the 118th edition of the NIU...
Stevens Building construction “flight”
Construction is well underway on the Stevens Building additions and remodel on the NIU main campus. The building is home to the College of Theatre and Dance and the Department of Anthropology. Many more updates will come in the weeks ahead, but let's start things...