The power of ‘Les Miserables’ takes NKU’s mainstage
Carrie Crotzer, Managing Editor
February 20, 2015
With power and presence, one of the largest casts Corbett Theatre has ever seen took the mainstage Feb. 18 in NKU’s latest production, “Les Miserables.” Director Ken Jones sticks with your standard approach to tell the tale of the social struggle and indifferences in the years after the Frenc...
NKU weighs in on the 2015 Oscar nominees
Nancy Curtis, Editor-In-Chief
February 19, 2015
Beloved actors, long time favorites, a current British phenomenon and even a battle between the two men who’ve portrayed the Incredible Hulk on the big screen. These are just a few of the plethora of talents nominated for Oscars this year. As awards season winds down, the biggest honor of the year is...
Three-day Arts Fest sparked by a collaboration of passion
Kiana Berry, Social Media Editor
February 18, 2015
Almost two years of preparation, seventeen hundred and seventy five poems, a collection of student art since 1997, chamber concert and tea party encompass the three day Emily Dickinson Arts Fest held in the Eva G. Farris Reading Room this past Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Curated by senior, Emma Rose...
Student helps to organize Emily Dickinson Arts Fest
Matt Spaulding, Arts & Life Editor
February 18, 2015
As part of Robert Wallace’s Moby Dick and the arts class, Emma Rose Thompson proposed a final project that would become an important part of the last two years of her college experience. For their final project, Wallace gave each student the option to either write the standard research paper or mak...
Provost previews her one woman show
Kate Bragg, Contributor
February 14, 2015
On Wednesday night, around 50 faculty and staff members of NKU gathered at The Mercantile Library in downtown Cincinnati to hear Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Sue Ott Rowlands’ 6@6 lecture about snakes, religion and spousal abuse. Switching back and forth between two podiu...
The first theater crossover in Griffin: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”
Lizzie Kibler, Assistant Arts & Life Editor
January 25, 2015
“It’s just a jump to the left!” The leather and fishnet clad crowd brought to the floor of the digitorium in Griffin Hall followed the song’s direction. “And a step to the right!” For anyone who hasn’t been to a Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast, it’s common for the cr...
TGIT: Anna Rose Guerrero
Gavin Colton, Contributor
January 23, 2015
Assistant Chair of the NKU theatre and dance department, Michael Hatton, was thrilled to announce last week’s TGIT (Thank God It’s Theatre) performance by BFA acting junior, Anna Rose Deleon Guerrero,in the Corbett Theatre. Guerrero came to NKU in August 2012 seeking an opportunity to study Wes...
A night with “The Wedding Singer”
Eriin Mullins, Reporter
October 24, 2014
If you’re lucky, you experience something in your life that lingers with you and for a moment, you are both honored to have witnessed it and saddened that it's over. That was exactly how I felt when “The Wedding Singer” ended at NKU’s Corbett Theatre because the moment I sat in my seat and ...
Romantic comedy classic takes NKU’s stage
Nancy Curtis, Editor-In-Chief
October 22, 2014
The theatre department’s second show of the season is bringing a comedy classic to the stage. “The Wedding Singer,” based on the film starring Adam Sandler, takes the comedy and puts it to original songs and dance. “This is the big show of the semester,” Taylor Greatbatch, a sophomore musical t...
Theatre department brings Greek Gods to life
Erin Mullins, Reporter
October 1, 2014
NKU’s opening night production of The Bacchae was an exciting, sensual experience that left the audience mesmerized and certainly people were talking about it. This classic Greek tragedy by Euripides follows the journey of the god Dionysus who has come to his hometown of Thebes to prove his divini...
Local musicians forge into “uncharted territory”
Marc Kennedy, Video Editor
October 1, 2014
Performing at a historic music venue like the Fillmore Theater in San Francisco is a lofty goal for any rock musician, past or present. With an impressive collection of vintage posters from legendary shows of the past, one can’t help but feel as though they are part of music history. And for one gr...
PHOTOS: CliftonFest brings artisan vendors and musicians to neighborhood
Ally Jasper, Contributer
October 1, 2014
The Clifton Fest completed its third annual gathering this past weekend in Clifton on Ludlow Ave. Vendors displayed their products, artists covered sidewalks with drawings, and musicians performed throughout each day’s festivities. To kick off Friday evening, Ludlow Wine sponsored wine tastings that were...
