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Panda Bear, one of the lead singers of the influential group Animal Collective, was our Arts & Life editors top pick for MidPoint Music Festival.

Arts & Life Editor List: Top 10 must-see bands at MidPoint Music Festival

John Flaherty, Arts & Life Editor September 25, 2014

In honor of MidPoint Music Festival we asked our Arts & Life editor (John) and our Features editor (Matt) to write up their top 10 must-see acts. Check out their choices and explanations below, and...

Shay Phipps is a CityBeat intern. She also helped to plan the MidPoint Music Festival.

Student helps plan MidPoint

Brittany Smart, Staff Reporter September 24, 2014

Imagine you are eight years old. You’re bubbly, social and obsessed with shows on HGTV. Your mind is filled with creative ideas and dreams of growing up to be an interior designer. Now imagine that...

Saturn Batteries 2013 EP Ever Been In Love? is available on their Bandcamp, along with other releases from the band.

NKU grad student fronts MidPoint Music Fest veterans Saturn Batteries

Matt Spaulding, Features Editor September 24, 2014

Thursday night, Sept. 25, on Christian Moerlein’s indoor stage, Brad Gibson and his band Saturn Batteries will make their fourth Midpoint Music Festival appearance. Gibson, the band’s singer and guitar...

The Ridgewood, New Jersey band has been playing large festivals all summer in support of their critically acclaimed album Atlas.

Real Estate to play free show at MidPoint Music Festival

John Flaherty, Arts & Life Editor September 24, 2014

The popular indie dream rock band Real Estate will be playing a free happy hour show at 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, on the MidPoint Midway Stage at MidPoint Music Festival. This is the first time the Brooklyn-based...

Hunter Henrickson as Pentheus and Kyle Taylor as Teiresias (left to right)

NKU Theatre opens season with Greek tragedy The Bacchae

Erin Mullins, Staff Reporter September 23, 2014

The first play of the NKU theatre season opens this Thursday and brings to life a classic Greek tragedy. The Bacchae is the story of Dionysus, the god of wine and revelry, who seeks vengeance upon Pentheus,...

Vendors for the Yart sale present their pieces in the librarys lower parking lot.

NKU students sell their art at ‘Yart sale’

John Flaherty, Arts & Life Editor September 16, 2014

NKU students and other local artists were able to sell their art to the public on Sept. 13 during the Campbell County Public Library’s first Yart sale, a yard sale-style event designed to introduce library...

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