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Rachel Kazee and Charles Adams in Fast Young Beautiful

‘Fast Young Beautiful’ will tear you apart at Y.E.S. Fest 2019

Billy Keeney and Kane Mitten April 3, 2019
Fast Young Beautiful, opening Wednesday at Y.E.S. Fest, is an ode to classic cinema.
Black Boy In Pink deals with sexuality, race

“Black Boy In Pink” deals with sexuality, race

Corinne Byrne, Reporter April 3, 2019
The Black Boy In Pink, opening Friday at Y.E.S. Fest, was written by NKU student Isaiah Reaves.
Jee Eun Lee helps Jessica Holtman on a placement for her project.

Ceramic professor creates beautiful art on campus

Josh Kelly, Arts & Life Editor March 28, 2019

Professor Jee Eun Lee’s passion for ceramics started off as an act of defiance. Lee’s mother and sister—both artists who knew the struggles of selling their work in a creative discipline—didn’t...

The Yard Christian Schmit

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...

The preparations behind “Reel Encounters” is different than what the orchestra students typically do to prepare.

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...

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...

Upthegrove paves the way for Black women in jazz.

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...

Secret in the Wings will be held in the Stauss Theater will open Nov. 9.

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.
The cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show is back in the Henry Konstantinow theatre tonight.

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...

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...

Assistant Manager Alex Gray, General Manager Emily Cay and DJ Nic Vitale record a show in Norse Code Radios Griffin Hall studio.

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...

Newton in Shrek performing Big Bright Beautiful World. Newton performed in Charlotte, North Carolina.

‘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...

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