Visual arts faculty dazzle with annual exhibition
Darien Parker, Reporter
January 24, 2019
The Full and Part-Time Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition returns for one month this winter. From Jan. 18 to Feb. 22 you can experience the exhibit with work by faculty members like Brian Harmon, who uses fuse beads to depict a stunning display of historic art pieces in an 8-bit pixel style from retro vi...
NKU Philharmonic to bring multimedia to life
Taylor Leach, Reporter
December 4, 2018
What’s the most important part of a movie? To the musicians of the NKU Philharmonic, it’s the score, and with their first multimedia excursions show they hope to show their audience why. By holding this concert, NKU Philharmonic director and conductor Dr. Amy Gillingham hopes to create an experienc...
WATCH- Seniors Present Their Capstones in Art Gallery
November 30, 2018
NKU Graphic Design BFA students showcase their senior capstone projects for the public to enjoy. Project topics range greatly, from marketing designs to art focused on women empowerment. Students work on these projects all year long to have them displayed in the fine arts gallery on NKU's campus. ...
NKU saxophonist paves way for black women in jazz
Noël Waltz, Reporter
November 19, 2018
At 9 years old, Kayla Upthegrove received her first saxophone. She immediately joined her parents, who are also musicians, in their basement to play. “I was just playing random notes, just having a ball making noises come out of this instrument,” said Upthegrove. Little did they know that Upthegrove...
First-years showcased in ‘The Secret in the Wings’
Kaitlyn Craig, Contributor
November 8, 2018
The first-year show: an NKU tradition that has endured since the early 2000s, a time where freshman and first-year theatre students can get their feet wet and experience what it’s like to perform on an NKU stage. For some, it’s a chance for them to get their names out there on campus and in the community: their big break.
Henry theatre brings the time warp back again
Corinne Byrne, Reporter
November 3, 2018
After a one year hiatus, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” returns to NKU on Nov. 3 as a fundraiser for the Henry Konstantinow Theatre, which hosts the School of the Arts’ student-directed shows. This will be the third time in the studio’s history that the cult-classic play is produced, directed...
WATCH: Closer, Student Directed Play Open Now
October 10, 2018
In NKU's student-produced Henry Constantinow series, Shalie Hull directs Closer, where four lives intertwine over the course of four and a half years in this densely plotted, stinging look at love and betrayal. The show is free to all, and runs from October 8th through the 11th....
Norse Code: NKU’s underground radio reimagined
Austin Fidler, Contributor
October 8, 2018
NKU adult alternative music fans mourned the loss of the beloved WNKU 89.7 FM radio station when it signed off last August. However, this is not the end. Norse Code Radio is an online radio show ran by students and headed by the Northerner's own adviser Michele Day. The team's goal is to “become the premiere...
‘Big Fish’ lead explores where NKU path takes him
Natalie Hamren, News Editor
October 4, 2018
When Collin Newton was a kid, his grandfather told him he caught a leprechaun under a bridge near his house and that the leprechaun had to give him a gold coin to be set free. His grandfather would pull out a gold coin at the end of the story as a token for Newton and his friends. Newton, now much old...
‘Marisol’ wows with the weird and wonderful
Kaitlyn Craig, Contributor
October 1, 2018
NKU’s Theatre and Dance program will be performing the play “Marisol,” which falls under the category of weird and unexpected.
Big Fish: Musical makes a splash in Corbett
Rachel Smith, Contributor
September 21, 2018
“Big Fish,” NKU’s new production opening late September at the Corbett Theater, is truly the catch of the day. This musical, using catchy melodies and relatable characters, gives its audience two stories for the price of one. In present-day reality, Will Bloom, a soon-to-be-father, visits ...
“Erratics” art exhibit explores deconstructed boundaries
Maria Dossett, Arts & Life Editor
September 12, 2018
Katie St. Clair's exhibition, "Erratics: Neither Here nor There," is currently on display in the SOTA's Main Gallery.