‘Big Fish’ lead explores where NKU path takes him
Natalie Hamren, News Editor
October 4, 2018
Filed under Arts & Life, Campus Arts, Featured Story
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...
“Erratics” art exhibit explores deconstructed boundaries
Maria Dossett, Arts & Life Editor
September 12, 2018
Filed under A&L Features, Arts & Life, Campus Arts, Featured Story
Katie St. Clair's exhibition, "Erratics: Neither Here nor There," is currently on display in the SOTA's Main Gallery.
Student: ‘I didn’t want there to be a girl after me’
Sam Rosenstiel and Mackenzie Manley
April 11, 2018
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As a freshman, she was self-conscious and lonely—qualities she believes were later taken advantage of by Dr. Randy Pennington, NKU’s choral studies director.
Choral director steps down after sexual harassment investigation
Sam Rosenstiel, News Editor and Mackenzie Manley, Editor-in-Chief
March 19, 2018
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SOTA Choral Studies Director Dr. Randy Pennington resigned on Friday after a university investigation found he violated its sexual harassment policy. Four students and a faculty member brought concerns to the university last October, and Pennington was put on administrative leave pending a Title IX investigation on Oct. 23.
Jazz combos give coast-to-coast performance
Pavel Klementyev, Reporter
February 12, 2018
Filed under A&L Features, Arts & Life, Featured Story
NKU’s School of the Arts (SOTA) hosted a jazz performance on Feb. 8, which included two student bands led by university music professors. The performance, which was attended by more than 50 people, took place in the Band Room of NKU Fine Arts Center. The show was divided into two sessions ...
PREVIEW: Spring theatre lineup blends social commentary with classics
Jude Noel and Josh Kelly
January 30, 2018
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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...
Ceramics professor’s ‘Serenity’ a meditative ocean
Jude Noel, Arts & Life Editor
January 22, 2018
Filed under A&L Features, Arts & Life, Campus Arts
Ripples of blue clay form an aqueous mane around the slight form of a face, pushing through the surface of the watery spiral. Raindrops shaped like ghostly humans fall headfirst into a floating sea of clear plastic. With the help of a lighting fixture, a tiny mountain casts the shadow of a body stre...
FE18 showcases SOTA faculty’s versatility
McKenzie Eskridge, Reporter
January 15, 2018
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“Surrender” depicts a woman on an old-style bike in a field blocked off by construction cones. The woman longs to ride into the landscape, but the white flag waving on the back of the bike signals that she will cede to the artificial barriers. While the general theme centers on forbidden access, the inspira...
‘Color of the Leaves’: Student overcomes adversity through playwriting
Josh Kelly, Contributor
November 7, 2017
Filed under A&L Features, Arts & Life, Featured Story
When sophomore Isaiah Reaves first started writing “Color of the Leaves,” he wrote out of hobby; he was completely blind to the impact it would eventually have on his readers. “Color of the Leaves” took Reaves’ writing in a different direction than his past shows: it brought him to a darker...
Henry series production tackles themes of femininity and identity
Maria Dossett, Contributor
October 12, 2017
Filed under A&L Features, Arts & Life, Campus Events, Featured Story
NKU prides itself in being a university that provides students with plenty of experience in their field before they venture out into “the real world” and pursue their career. Tucked away on the first floor of the Fine Arts Center sits The Henry, a theater that allows the students freedom to explore th...
Improv and energy: Jazz students at NKU
Erinn Sweet, Contributor
September 13, 2017
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Entering a small recording studio on the third-floor of the SOTA building, Eric Snyder, a third-year musician double majoring in jazz studies and music technology--the latter being a new major offered this academic year--tinkered with his instrument, exerting energetic notes and fragmented melodies into...
SOTA sticks to the script with fan favorites for fall production season
Cole Grecco, Arts & Life Editor
September 8, 2017
Filed under A&L Features, Arts & Life, Featured Story
Northern Kentucky University’s School of the Arts will kick off the fall theatre season with the Shakespeare comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Brian Friel’s Tony Award winning “Dancing at Lughnasa” will follow in October and fan-favorite “Beauty and the Beast” will close out the se...