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School of Music to hold student, faculty composer concert

By Northern Star staff | April 8, 2016

The School of Music will hold a concert with NIU student and faculty composers 8 p.m. April 20 in the Music Building, Recital Hall.The concert will feature music by three undergraduate student composers, four graduate student composers and by faculty...

Style Section: Flashy Phone Cases

By Northern Star staff | April 7, 2016

Flashy phone cases are easy to spot on campus, especially when they're on high trend alert. Everyone on campus right now is swapping out their simple phone cases for fun phone cases, just take a look.   Senior communications major Brooke Gordon said...

Steel band concert offers genre variety

By Samantha Keck | April 7, 2016

DeKalb | The semi-annual spring steel band concert is expected to bring a wide variety of music selection for audiences of all ages, said Yuko Asada, Community School of the Arts steel band director.NIU is holding its semi-annual steel band concert with...

Registration for Summer in the Arts camps now open

By Northern Star staff | April 5, 2016

Registration for Summer in the Arts’ Art, Jazz and Theatre camps are now open for this summer at NIU.Summer in the Arts at Northern residential camps are for junior high and high school students who will work and live with NIU faculty and alumni to...

DeKalb Festival Chorus to perform Mozart’s Requiem

By Northern Star staff | April 5, 2016

The DeKalb Festival Chorus, under direction of Artistic Director Paul Marchese, will perform Mozart’s Requiem 7 p.m. April 30 at the First Lutheran Church, 324 N. Third St.The 50-voice chorus will also perform selections by Bernstein, Quick, Beck and...

Spring Art Deco displays student exploration

By Julia Martinez | April 5, 2016

The NIU Art Museum will hold its spring 2016 Art Deco Era which will run two major and two smaller art exhibitions through various Altgeld Hall rooms from Thursday through May 20.The major exhibitions are titled, “Between the Wars: Contrasts, Parallels,...

“Pandemic,” released Friday, doesn’t seem to have a clear original story, said scene columnist Alexis Malapitan.

‘Pandemic’ movie lacks innovation

By Alexis Malapitan | April 4, 2016

“Pandemic,” released Friday, doesn’t seem to have a clear original story, said scene columnist Alexis Malapitan.

Students gather for the Reality Bytes film festival April 9, 2013, in Cole Hall. The festival includes submissions from film students around the world.

Students to compete in annual film festival

By Alexis Malapitan | April 4, 2016

Students gather for the Reality Bytes film festival April 9, 2013, in Cole Hall. The festival includes submissions from film students around the world.

Big Sean, Jhene Aiko release first joint album

By Samantha Keck | April 4, 2016

Rapper Big Sean and singer Jhene Aiko released their first joint album Friday — an album that speaks to the emotions of this generation’s relationships.“Twenty88” includes eight tracks predominantly led by Big Sean and Aiko with the exception...