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NIU’s Pick Museum of Anthropology has launched a new collaborative exhibition, “Storytelling: Hmong American Voices,” to run through December 2016. A special opening reception featuring refreshments and live music will be held 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 9, at the museum, located in Cole Hall on the NIU campus. The event is free and...
A young boy takes a piano lesson through the NIU Community School of the Arts.
Registration is open for the spring semester at the NIU Community School of the Arts, sponsored by the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The community school offers year-round programming, with 80 teachers and 400 students who come from 50 towns and cities for classes, lessons and ensembles. Programs for children and adults begin in...
Kay Olan
Mohawk storyteller Kay Olan (Ionataiewas) will visit the NIU campus at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, to share her traditional Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) stories, ones that entertain children and adults and challenge stereotypes about Native Americans. Olan will speak in Cole Hall 100. The event is free and open to the public. Her stories explore the life...
MFA in acting candidates Charlotte Fox (Valerie), Jacob Smith (Jim) and Bill Gordan (Jack) appear in the upcoming School of Theatre and Dance mainstage production of “The Weir” by Conor McPherson.
Within the world of NIU’s next theater production, casual drinking and storytelling turn into a night of haunting revelations. The School of Theatre and Dance will present “The Weir,” a poignant play by Irish playwright Conor McPherson. Beginning Thursday, Feb. 2, “The Weir” will be performed in the Stevens Building Players Theatre on the DeKalb...
Photo of a frog wearing a crown
After having last been performed during the winter of 2009, the NIU School of Theatre and Dance will again present one of its staple Studio Series productions, “Storytellers Theatre.” Shows are scheduled from Thursday, Nov. 10, through Sunday, Nov. 13. The staged theatrical production is directed by professor Patricia Ridge, a professional storyteller herself. Storytelling...