Yuko Asada is having a bit of a full-circle moment. Nearly a quarter century after her interest in steelpan...
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Ann Arbor Film Festival Traveling Tour to visit NIU, Oct. 29
The traveling tour of the 63rd Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival makes its next stop at NIU, Wednesday, October 29. The...
Poetic monologues highlight the next production in the School of Theatre and Dance
The groundbreaking poetic monologues accompanied by dance and music, for colored girls who have considered...
NIU featured with cover story in Protocol
Last summer, Northern Illinois University was selected as the site of the second annual Midwest Rigging Intensive, a weekend-long event, held August 17-19, with a focus on practical learning for entertainment riggers. Sessions were held in the Stevens Building and the...
NIU presenters at Illinois Art Education Association conference
A large number of NIU School of Art and Design faculty and students will be presenting at the 2023 Illinois Art Education Association annual conference in St. Charles, Illinois, October 19-21. The conference is being held at the Q Center, 1405 North Fifth Avenue in...
Composer Shawn Okpebholo to premiere new composition with NIU Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony
Critically acclaimed, award-winning composer Shawn E. Okpebholo is working with the NIU School of Music for the world premiere of his new composition, "Gale and Zephyr" at a joint concert featuring the Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony, Tuesday, November 28 at 7 p.m. in...
Enjoy upcoming performances by the School of Music in Chicago
NIU's Golden Hour Showcase series opens Oct. 12 at the Epiphany Center for the Arts Join the Northern Illinois University School of Music for the first of their performances at Chicago’s Epiphany Center for the Arts Golden Hour Concert Series, Thursday, October 12...
NIU School of Theatre and Dance presents a new adaptation of “The Caucasian Chalk Circle”
NIU's School of Theatre and Dance will present The Caucasian Chalk Circle at The Black Box Theater in the Stevens Building October 13, 14, 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m. with matinee performances, October 15 and 21 at 2 p.m. This adaptation by Alexander Gelman, who also is...
Artist Michael Coppage to give talk after closing reception of “Dialogue” Exhibition at NIU Art Museum
Cincinnati-based artist Michael Coppage will give an artist talk during the closing reception of “Dialogue” and “The Remaining, Mourn…” exhibitions at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15 in Altgeld Hall, Room 125. The closing reception of both exhibitions begins at 1 p.m. in...
Photography exhibition “CREATE & DISCOVER Belonging in STEAM” open in Johns Gallery
The NIU School of Art and Design presents a photographic exhibition that is an extension of the "Faces of Belonging Project," a collaborative art project that promotes belonging amongst individuals who live work and study in DeKalb, Ill. "CREATE & DISCOVER...
CVPA students special guests at NIU football game
Students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts were special guests at the NIU home football game Saturday, September 23 versus the University of Tulsa. Students were invited by NIU Vice President/Director of Athletics and Recreation Sean Frazier to a pregame...
World premiere of “Rage Play” opens School of Theatre and Dance’s production season
The world premiere performance of Rage Play by Nandita Shenoy opens the NIU School of Theatre and Dance's 2023-2024 production season Friday, September 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Sally Stevens Players Theatre in NIU's Stevens Building. Performances continue Saturday,...