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.
SOTA theatre fest seeks brand new plays. Could yours win?
Maria Dossett, Arts & Life Editor
August 30, 2018
NKU’s School of the Arts seeks submissions for its 19th Biennial Year End Series Festival of New Plays, the Y.E.S. Festival.
WATCH: Loch Norse Open Mic Night
April 23, 2018
NKU students and faculty alike, gathered at the Highlander Event Center on Friday April 20th for an open mic night held by NKU’s Loch Norse Magazine. Participants were able to enjoy listening to the literary works of others, as well as share some of their own creative works.
From portraits of hot dogs to retro typefaces, SOTA student exhibition melds mediums
Jude Noel, Arts & Life Editor
March 22, 2018
Spanning two gallery spaces and a wide range of mediums from photography to font-making, SOTA’s annual juried student exhibition—running from March 16-31, features the best of what NKU’s fine arts program has to offer, as determined by juror Sylvia Rombis, president of Cincinnati’s Malton Art Ga...
PREVIEW: Spring theatre lineup blends social commentary with classics
Jude Noel and Josh Kelly
January 30, 2018
Whisking its audiences from New York City in the heart of the AIDS epidemic to the deck of a sailing ship and, eventually, to the tumultuous personal lives of a cast and crew putting on a Shakespeare production in the late ‘40s, SOTA’s lineup of spring shows promises a diverse range of settings, th...