Construction of the Stevens Building may come to a halt June 30 as state budget issues continue to be problematic for NIU.Illinois legislators started sending budget bills to Gov. Bruce Rauner for approval Wednesday; however, Rep. Bob Pritchard (R-Hinckley)...
Gov. Pat Quinn (without hard hat), flanked by DeKalb Mayor John Rey on his left and John Butler, Board of Trustees chair, on his right, shovels dirt during the Stevens Building groundbreaking Monday. The building was demolished in the summer. Its 109,000-square-foot...
Gov. Pat Quinn, along with contractors, administration, faculty and students, broke ground on a $27.4 million project to reconstruct the Stevens Building Monday.John Butler, Board of Trustees chair, said the construction would be especially important...
Gov. Pat Quinn will attend the Stevens Building groundbreaking 11:45 a.m. today at the building’s northeast corner.The ceremony will mark the beginning of renovations and expansions to the building, which will include new heating, air conditioning and...
The Stevens Building is taking it from the top.After 54 years of theatrical performances, tradition and memories, the Stevens Building will see construction that is scheduled to begin in January 2014. The building has been home to the School of Theatre...
Time travel is still impossible, but the School of Theatre and Dance is doing the best it can. Siècle de Ballet, French for “Century of Ballet,” runs 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the O’Connell Theatre in the Stevens...
A character may tell you he is more real than you are. What if your perspective, situation, relationships and feelings never changed? Would that make you more or less real? These themes and more are explored in Six Characters in Search of an Author, a...
Talent should be shared. This has been the philosophy behind open mic nights since their inception. Regardless of medium--comedy, music, dance, spoken word, etc.--open mic nights have been great outlets for blossoming artists. The School of Theatre and...
Jack Arends Hall, or the Visual Arts Building as it is more commonly known, holds two former faculty members at heart. Jack Arends, former head of the art department, was the reason for the Visual Arts Building’s existence, said Visual Resources librarian...
DeKalb, Sycamore, Byron, Sandwich and Hiawatha high schools sent students interested in improving their theatre skills to attend a day-long theatre workshop Friday in the Stevens Building. The workshop, taught by NIU graduate students in the schools of...
Shakespeare has been done before but never quite like this. The Winter's Tale opened Thursday in O'Connell Theatre in the Stevens Building. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. The tragicomedy follows King Leontes of Sicilia...
DeKALB | We've almost reached the end. Seriously, guys, there's like one week left and then finals. As many of you go home for the summer, study abroad or move on to bigger and better things, take one last opportunity to do something cool in the Dirty...
