The Civil Service Council will feature a Civil Service employee at Illinois State University each month to highlight an exceptional colleague and the outstanding work being done on campus. This month, learn about and applaud Center for the Performing Arts manager, Nick Benson.
Illinois State alumni can take in a favorite holiday classic and special alumni reception on December 9.
Melissa Brundidge ’15 is willing to go wherever it takes for her to reach her ultimate goal, to run lights for theatrical productions, big awards shows, or film and television shoots.
The Illinois State University School of Theatre and Dance will present School for Wives, by nineteenth century French playwright Molière, beginning Thursday, Feb. 26 and running through Friday, March 6, in the University’s Westhoff Theatre.
The final Friends of the Arts Gallery Gallop of the school year will be held Wednesday, May 7, at University Galleries. The tour will be led by University Galleries Director Barry Blinderman and will focus on the 2014 Student Annual, a juried exhibition featuring the work of Illinois State students. The tour is free and open to the public, and will run from 5:30-6:15 p.m. The Student Annual opens April 15 and closes May 11.
Illinois State has a world-class performance space with the CPA, but lacks the top-notch instructional and rehearsal space to match.
In each of the last two years Friends of the Arts’ grants have helped the Clef Hangers spread their love of song and their pride in Illinois State University by supporting the a cappella group’s spring tour of Illinois high schools.
A cacophony carried into Cook Hall’s hallways Monday evening as 20 or so students shuffled into a classroom toting instrument cases as large their third and fourth grade frames.
The Friends of the Arts will be attending the Saturday, March 2, performance of Oklahoma! at Illinois State University’s Center for the Performing Arts.
The Illinois State University School of Theatre and Dance production of Mother Courage and Her Children was selected for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival.
