Lecture, queer dance party at Galleries

video of people dancing under glowing disco ball

Artist and activist Amy Cousins will give a lecture at noon Thursday, October 5, at the University Galleries in Uptown Normal, followed by a Queer Dance Party from 9-11 p.m. Saturday, October 7, also at the Galleries.

ISU welcomes new Big Red Marching Machine Director Polly Middleton

Polly Middleton

Director of the Big Red Marching Machine Polly Middleton is getting the band ready for their first performance of the season at the Redbird Football home opener. Not only is it the first of the season, but it will be her first as director, a little less than two months since being named to the post.

Inside look: Prop shop

Bridgid Burge (left), a graduate assistant from Lexington, Michigan, is the resident expert on all things prop shop. In her own words: “We are the executors of all the prop needs for all the shows.” Katie Capp (right), a sophomore double major in acting and theatre education, is from Deerfield. Devon Rodlund, a sophomore majoring in design production, with an emphasis on sound. Normal is his hometown.

In a place like the prop shop, located on the lower level of Centennial East, things aren’t always as they appear.