Category: Arts
The Eddie Gomez Trio will perform at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the NIU School of Music. The concert is free and open to all ages, and the auditorium is accessible to all. Call (815) 753-1546 for more information. A legendary bassist, the Grammy-winning Gomez been on the...
NIU’s Community Dance School, sponsored by the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, begins its fall 12-week session Monday, Sept. 12. Classes meet weekly through Dec. 5. Instruction is offered for ages 4 through teen and adult. Classes include creative movement, pre-ballet, ballet, pointe, tap, jazz hip hop, Irish step, ballroom, Latin and swing. Adult...
As staff and faculty return for a new academic year enriched with guest speakers, special events and workshops, they are encouraged to consider the natural marketing partner available in Northern Public Radio. Two public radio stations licensed to Northern Illinois University provide access to the educated, engaged audience they want to reach. And, for a...
NIU alum Steve Mazan’s self-funded independent documentary, “Dying to do Letterman,” has been chosen to qualify for an Academy Award. Shot over the course of five years, the film follows the stand-up comedian’s quest to perform on “Late Show with David Letterman,” the long-running, late-night show on CBS. Precipitated by a cancer diagnosis, Mazan’s journey...
The NIU Art Museum will host a fall sculpture exhibition suite from Tuesday, Aug. 23, through Saturday, Oct. 29. An opening reception will take place from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8. The exhibitions celebrate wit, social commentary, process and technique in variously scaled contemporary sculpture. In the House: Sculpture for the Home While...
The NIU Community School of the Arts invites people of all ages to the Music Building Saturday, Aug. 27, for CSA O’Rama. Families are invited to ask questions about the program, sign up for free sample music lessons, learn more about the Suzuki approach and attend sampler classes. All activities are free and open to...
Pretty Lights, a musical vision for music lovers of all subcultures and genres, will come Thursday, Oct. 6, to the NIU Convocation Center. Doors will open at 7 p.m. with the show starting promptly at 8 p.m. Advance tickets for Pretty Lights are $30 for either general admission or reserved seating. NIU students can get...
Switchfoot is set to bring its rock ’n’ roll family to the NIU Convocation Center at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Special guest Anberlin will open the show. Tickets are $20 for upper bowl and $30 for lower bowl and floor tickets. All tickets are general admission within the designated...
Faculty, staff and undergraduate and graduate women students are invited to join Women’s Chorus. Beginning today, the ensemble meets from 4:30 to 6:40 p.m. Mondays in Room 171 of the Music Building. Professor Glenda Cosenza is the director. No audition is needed; women must be able to carry a tune and enjoy singing lovely music,...
Today’s announcement of a new university logo to accompany the tagline selected in December 2010 – “Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow” – completes the research and design phase of NIU’s institutional brand identity. Working hand-in-hand with the “Learning Today, Leading Tomorrow” tagline, the trademarked logo is the visual component of NIU’s communications efforts to strategically convey...
Cast and crew of “The $30,000 Bequest: The Movie” work on location in an 1880s-era house in Sycamore earlier this month. “Lights . . . camera . . . action.” Those three words are ringing through NIU’s DeKalb campus by a production team of students and faculty members who are shooting the independent film “The...
DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder John Acardo will induct 10 new members to the DeKalb County Veterans Honor Roll this week during the on Kishwaukee Fest USO Tribute Concert. The induction ceremony will take place during intermission of the concert, which begins at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 28, at the Hopkins Park band shell. The...
