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NIU’s Avalon String Quartet in concert Jan. 30
NIU’s world-class Avalon String Quartet will perform works of Shih-Hui Chen, Shostakovich and Beethoven, Tuesday,...
School of Music’s Clarinet Cornucopia festival Feb. 17
Every year since 2002, the Northern Illinois University School of Music has presented a day-long festival for clarinet...
NIU’s Avalon String Quartet launches season October 3
Northern Illinois University’s world-class Avalon String Quartet will perform works of Joseph Haydn, Dmitri Shostakovich and Franz Schubert, Thursday, October 3 at 8 p.m. Admission is free of charge. The concert is the first of four this year for NIU’s...
NIU School of Art and Design hosts art crawl and student art gallery naming
DeKALB, ILL. – The Northern Illinois University 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...
NIU alumna Amber Sallis named “Hot new face of theater” by Chicago Tribune
DeKALB, ILL. – Northern Illinois University 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...
Chicago Sinfonietta opens 30th season with bang of Caribbean sounds, contemporary dance and two world premieres in Trademark
Featuring Northern Illinois University Steelband and Chicago’s Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre Wentz Concert Hall, Naperville, September 16 Symphony Center, Chicago, September 18 Chicago, IL – Chicago Sinfonietta, the nation’s most diverse orchestra, kicks off its...
Reflections: Intimate Portraits of Iconic African Americans by Terrence A. Reese
DeKalb, IL – This fall the Northern Illinois University Art Museum presents Reflections: Intimate Portraits of Iconic African Americans excerpts from a 20 year project of “documentary-style” black and white photographs capturing the creative collaboration of dialog...
Objectifying the Photograph: A Group Exhibition of Contemporary Photography
DeKalb, IL – This fall the Northern Illinois University Art Museum presents Objectifying the Photograph, a group exhibition of contemporary artists broadening our definition of photography opening Tuesday, August 29 with a public reception September 21 from 5 to 7:30...