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The Big Sing featuring NIU and local high school choirs returns to the Egyptian Theatre

An exciting choral concert that includes performances by professional, collegiate, and high school choirs  returns to the Egyptian Theatre for a second straight year, Sunday, September 18 at 3 p.m. “The Big Sing” brings together the finest choral ensembles in DeKalb...

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 franchise, Forrest Gump, Romancing the Stone, Castaway, Contact, and more. He won his Oscar for Forrest Gump in 1995, and just a year later he returned...

Longtime costume designer, advisor, and associate dean Melanie Parks remembered for her talent, style, advocacy and wit

Beloved artist, designer, educator, student advocate and administrator Melanie Parks passed away July 28 after a long battle with cancer. Parks came to the NIU School of Theatre and Dance in 1990 as costume director and taught all of the technical costume classes. In...

Banda NIU receives grant from the Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation

Banda NIU, an ensemble in the NIU School of Music that honors the tradition of the great Bandas of the western Mexican state of Sinaloa, has received a program grant of nearly $5,000 from the Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation to support music education outreach activities...
Theatre and Dance presents Wonderfully Alice through April 7

Theatre and Dance presents Wonderfully Alice through April 7

The School of Theatre and Dance presents Wonderfully Alice in the Stevens Building's Black Box Theatre, April 3 - 7. Performances are Wednesday through Saturday at 7 p.m, with matinees Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. Buy your tickets online or at the Stevens Building...

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DATA Exhibition Suite opens at NIU Art Museum, March 28

DATA Exhibition Suite opens at NIU Art Museum, March 28

The Northern Illinois University Art Museum’s spring DATA Exhibition Suite delves into the array of manner in which data surrounds us, impacts us and is interpreted. Four exhibitions open on March 28 with a public opening reception from 5 – 8 p.m. with informal artist...

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NIU Opera Presents: The Pirates of Penzance, March 29 and 31

NIU Opera Presents: The Pirates of Penzance, March 29 and 31

Northern Illinois University Opera presents Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, Friday, March 29, at 8 p.m, and Sunday, March 31 at 3 p.m. in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Music Building on the main campus.  Tickets are available online or at the...

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So, you want to take pictures of the Super Moon

So, you want to take pictures of the Super Moon

If you like your moons big, 2019 has started off with a bang for you.  March 21 brings us the third month in a row when we've had a chance to see a "Super Moon."  To put it simply, a Super Moon is when the moon is full and at the closest point to the Earth in its...

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