Category: Events
The NIU School of Music will welcome guest clarinetist Eli Eban, professor of clarinet at Indiana University, for a special recital at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 29. Eban’s performance comes in conjunction with Clarinet Cornucopia, a day of workshops and concerts. The theme this year is “German Romantic.” He will be accompanied by NIU School of Music...
For the second straight year, the Northern Illinois women’s basketball program is offering kids a chance to live out their dreams of being a public address announcer, DJ, reporter or even control the remote to the biggest TV in DeKalb, the Convocation Center big board. Kids in eighth-grade and younger can sign up now to...
NIU’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center celebrates the contributions of Allies within the NIU LGBTQ community — those individuals, departments and groups that support LGBTQ people and fights discrimination based on LGBTQ identities — and wants to recognize those who have made a difference this year. The center is seeking nominations for the seventh annual Ally Awards,...
A taste of summer is coming to the Holmes Student Center this winter. NIU’s Orientation & First-Year Experience will host the Winter Resource Fair from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 19, in the Duke Ellington Ballroom. Representatives from more than 30 campus offices and from more than 60 student organizations will greet visitors...
What enjoyable activity is good for your heart, mind, body and soul? Singing! The DeKalb Festival Chorus invites new singers for the spring semester. Exciting musical projects include Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with the NIU Philharmonic, scheduled for April 27, and a family-friendly, animal-themed concert May 14. Rehearsals are from 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. Mondays in NIU’s Music Building,...
NIU will host its fourth annual Bridal Expo from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 16, at the Holmes Student Center’s Duke Ellington Ballroom. The show features more than 40 exhibitors, a groom’s room and a professional fashion show at 2 p.m. Parking is available in the visitor’s parking lot, located just south and...
Fareed Haque, professor of guitar in the NIU School of Music, will perform a classical guitar recital at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 21, in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall of the Music Building. Haque will be joined by Chicago Symphony Orhcestra flutist and piccoloist Jennifer M. Gunn. They will perform works by Villa-Lobos, Marcello, Bartok, Kennen and...
Children ages 8 to 13 who enjoy singing will enjoy the CSA Children’s Choir. The group rehearses from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesdays and meets in the choir room in the NIU Music Building. New singers interested in joining the choir this spring are asked to reserve a time for a placement audition Wednesday, Jan. 12, and Wednesday,...
Does your child enjoy the dramatic? Does he make up stories? Does she have a vivid imagination? Theatre Boot Camp, a class offered by the NIU Community School of the Arts, is a great learning experience and a lot of fun. The class meets in the Music Building on the NIU campus from 10 a.m....
NIU’s Center for Governmental Studies Civic Leadership Academy and the Illinois City/County Management Association will host the third annual Illinois Financial Forecast Forum to discuss pertinent economic and financial issues affecting local governments in Illinois. The forum, “Private Sector Views that Will Impact the Public Sector,” is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28,...
NIU’s Community Dance School, sponsored by the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education and celebrating its 21st year of instruction, will begin its spring 13-week session Monday, Jan. 17. Classes meet weekly through May 6 and culminate with a dance concert. Instruction is offered for ages four through teen and adult. Classes include creative movement, pre-ballet, ballet, pre-pointe, pointe,...
NIU’s Zeta Gamma Chapter of Phi Beta Delta is selling 2011 calendars filled with stunning images from around the world. The calendars cost $15. Phi Beta Delta’s purpose is to address the need on campus for recognition and visibility of the international experience and to serve as a vehicle for the development of academic-based international...
