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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 Belonging in STEAM” is running in the Annette and Jerry Johns Student Art Gallery...
The Northern Illinois University Art Museum is facilitating two upcoming bus trips this fall through their Get-on-the-Bus program: Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, the NIU Art Museum will travel to Crab Tree Farm in Lake Bluff, Illinois and the Driehaus Museum in Chicago, and Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023 the NIU Art Museum will travel to the...
Three members of the NIU School of Music were honored with 2023 Artist Fellowship Awards from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. Liam Teague, NIU Board of Trustees Professor, Presidential Research, Scholarship and Artistry Professor and Head of Steelpan Studies and Robert Chappell, Distinguished Teaching Professor and Professor Emeritus were jointly awarded a $15,000 fellowship for...
On March 29, 2022 students in Jessica Labatte’s ARTD 464 Advanced Photography Post Production class set a Guinness World’s Record for the largest paper snowflake when they made one that is 44 feet and six inches. It was more than double the previous world record holder. The record has been certified by the Guinness Book...
The NIU Concert Choir and NIU Black Choir will have the unique and exciting opportunity to perform on the same stage as music legend Mavis Staples as part of her concert, February 3 at 8 p.m. at DeKalb’s Egyptian Theatre. A limited number of free tickets are available to NIU students who can pick them...
Avalon String Quartet, ensemble-in-residence in the Northern Illinois University School of Music’s January 27 performance (7 p.m., Recital Hall) will feature music by Joseph Haydn and Johannes Brahms, and the world premiere of a piece for string quartet and narrator by prominent Chicago composer Stacy Garrop. Garrop’s piece, “For Such a Time as This” is...
A movie more than a decade in the making will have its world premiere, Saturday, January 21 at 7 p.m. at DeKalb’s Egyptian Theatre. The NIU School of Theatre and Dance will present the original film production of Mark Twain’s “The $30,000 Bequest.” Filmed in 2011, the production was a collaboration that included faculty, students...
The NIU Jazz Orchestra is one of only 10 collegiate jazz programs invited to participate in the 2023 Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Jack Rudin Jazz Championships in New York City. The competition is a two-day invitational, January 14-15. The championships are held throughout Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center, located on...
The College of Visual and Performing Arts and the School of Theatre and Dance are hosting a reception, Sunday, Nov. 20, in the lobby of the Stevens Building to honor Melanie Parks who worked for nearly 30 years in the NIU College of Visual and Performing Arts as an artist, educator, student advocate and administrator. The...
A brand new play that brings together a pair of twentieth century labor icons, also brought together a pair of NIU professors. “A Table For Two At The Dill Pickle,” written by Irish writer and musician Larry Kirwan will have its world premiere, Sunday, November 13, at 3 p.m. at Chicago’s Irish American Heritage Center....
The NIU New Music Festival celebrates its tenth year with three consecutive evenings of music November 2, 3, and 4, 2022. The evening programs begin at 7 p.m. and tickets are available through the online School of Music Box Office. Here’s a look back at the history of the NIU New Music Ensemble and New...
THRThe campus and community are invited to participate in a pair of free, upcoming events focused on the history and ongoing impacts of African slavery in the United States. The musical 1619: The Journey of a People will be performed at DeKalb’s Egyptian Theatre, Thursday, October 20 at 6 p.m. The performance is free and...
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