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Category: Arts
Northern PACT open mic night
The Northern PACT OPEN Mic Night talent show will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 1, inside Room 100 of the Visual Arts Building. The event is organized as part of Northern PACT week, which runs from Monday, Feb. 27, through Thursday, March 1. OPEN Mic Night is open to all students,...
Robert Chappell
Before he retires this year, NIU music professor Robert Chappell will put together one more recital that promises to be funny, sentimental and, as usual, unforgettably entertaining. All of his past recitals have been special, but this one will be over the top without being over the top. He wants it to reflect his work,...
Center for Southeast Asian Studies 50th Anniversary logo
The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) will present a photographic exploration of Islamic cultures across Southeast Asia in “Islamic Cultures in Reflection,” an exhibit opening at 4 p.m. Monday, March 5, at the Holmes Student Center’s Gallery Lounge. The exhibit will kick off a series of  events over the next year planned to mark ...
Photo of a diverse group of college graduates
“Storming the Gates: The Struggle for Access to Higher Education in Illinois,” a powerful documentary which chronicles the ongoing history of blacks and Latinos in Illinois higher education, will screen at NIU. The screening begins at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 27, inside the Carl Sandburg Auditorium of the Holmes Student Center. The film features trailblazers...
Kerry Freedman
Kerry Freedman, head of the Division of Art and Design Education in the NIU School of Art, is the 2012 recipient of the Manuel Barkan Memorial Award from the National Art Education Association. The Barkan Award selection is determined by a vote by NAEA peers, and based upon the candidates’ scholarly contributions to the field....
DAYGLOW
DAYGLOW, “the world’s largest paint party,” will invade DeKalb with a  high-energy music, art, dance and paint party at 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25. The experience is for fans who are 18 and older. Audience members must show state-issued IDs upon entrance. Doors open at 8 p.m. No coat-check will be available. Ticket holders younger...
James Russell Brown
James Russell Brown will present a faculty organ recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 4, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. He will play works by Buxtehude, Bach, Hindemith and Reger. Brown holds degrees from Oberlin and New England Conservatory in organ performance. His principal teachers have included Yuko Hayashi,...
Photo of a tidal wave
The West Coast is transferred in all its glitz and glory to the Midwest in this crazy new production by the NIU School of Theatre and Dance. “Los Angeles! …Is Underwater,” written by SoTD faculty member Luke Krueger, is the next Studio Series production of their season and will open Thursday, March 1. Krueger, who...
Carlos Granados
A retirement reception is planned from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, for Carlos Granados. Granados, director of the Office of Publications, is retiring after 30 years of service to NIU. He also is an NIU alum, earning his bachelor’s degree in visual communications in 1980. The reception will take place in the University...
Tim Emmons
Tim Emmons, director and general manager of Northern Public Radio since 1997, died at home Saturday after a long battle with colon cancer. He was 53. Emmons is survived by his wife, Charlene, their son, Daniel, and their daughter, Jordan. Funeral services are planned during the morning of Saturday, Feb. 25, at Christ Community Church,...
Genevieve Smelser
The CSA Sinfonia will perform at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU Music Building. The concert is free and open to the public, and the auditorium is accessible to all. Performing at Wednesday’s concert is concerto competition winner Genevieve Smelser, who will play the “Concerto for Violin”...
Somonauk artist Anna Kennedy and her daughter, Sophie, show the painted violin created for Performathon.
The NIU Music Building will resound with music and excitement Saturday, March 10, as the NIU Community School of the Arts presents its 10th Performathon. All funds raised are used for arts scholarships for young people in the community. Featuring around 75 musicians of all ages, the Performathon is the community school’s major fundraising event....
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