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Visual and Performing Arts

Join us for our NMU TD Kids Workshop - Home for the Holidays Experience, taking place at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, December 7 — before our Home for the Holidays Saturday Matinee!

This workshop is for children of all ages. WPAA’s goal for NMU TD Kids is to provide a fun, interactive introduction to the world of theatre arts, specifically geared toward youth ages 4-12. The workshop will offer educational arts experiences from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Tickets are $30.00 per child with an accompanying adult. 

Children will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of hands-on activities, including art crafts, games, movement stories, and learning choreography from our Home for the Holidays performers!

To Note: No prior experience in dance, music, or theatre is needed to attend. We simply want youth to have fun while learning more about theatre arts. Children are encouraged to wear their favorite dance attire or a fun holiday outfit that allows them to move and create art!

Event Schedule:

• 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.: Workshop stations and light refreshments will be set up throughout the Forest Roberts Theatre lobby, offering opportunities for youth to engage in ornament making, snowflake creation, gift bag design, and photo ops with our performers!

• 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Movement story time will take place onstage inside the theatre. Youth are highly encouraged to participate! We ask that children wear socks or “inside only” dance-specific shoes for this portion of the event.

• Following the event, from 12:00 p.m. - 12:45 p.m. A very special guest will be available for photo opportunities in the lobby. Families are encouraged to stick around to take photos before the performance.

Visual and Performing Arts

An original theatrical performance unfolds...

Where NMU students, infused with song and dance, get ready to journey home for the holidays. Prior to their departure for the break, they convene to share tales of their diverse family customs - from spirited sleigh rides with cousins, to uproarious family feasts, to enchanting trips to NYC to witness the dazzling lights.

This season, we're bringing extra magic to Home for the Holidays—Santa Claus will be visiting the FRT lobby one hour before each performance! ✨

Bring the whole family to enjoy a festive photo op with jolly ol' Saint Nick, share your holiday wishes, and get into the spirit before the show starts. Santa will be there to greet you, spread some cheer, and create lasting memories!

FAMILY-FRIENDLY | APPROXIMATE RUN TIME: 1HR 20 MIN | 15min Intermission

Upcoming Performances

• Thursday, December 5th, 2024 | 7:30 PM | Opening Night Party 
• Friday, December 6th, 2024 | 7:30 PM
• Saturday, December 7th, 2024 | 1:00 PM | Theatre For All
• Saturday, December 7th, 2024 | 7:30 PM
• Thursday, December 12th, 2024 | 7:30 PM
• Friday, December 13th, 2024 | 7:30 PM
• Saturday, December 14th 2024 | 1:00PM
• Saturday, December 14th, 2024 | 7:30 PM

Visual and Performing Arts

On Tuesday, November 19 (12-12:45pm) NMU will host a performance by the Superior String Alliance Chamber Players in Reynolds Recital Hall. Performers will include Adam Hall (cello), Dr. Theresa Camilli (NMU piano faculty), and Danielle Simandl (violin). NMU students, staff, faculty and members of the Marquette community can "pop-in" for one piece or stay for the entire concert! No tickets required.  

Visual and Performing Arts

Senior music program student John Fatla will perform his senior recital on Thursday, November 14. Join us at Reynolds Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. to celebrate his musical and educational journey!

Visual and Performing Arts

Join us in Reynolds Recital Hall 3:00 p.m. Sunday, November 10 to celebrate senior percussionists Darren Hicks and Quinten Mosher for their senior recital! This concert is in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor's in Secondary Music Education program and will feature several different percussion pieces as well as feature some other students and faculty.

We hope to see you there!

Visual and Performing Arts

On Tuesday, November 19, 2024 NMU will host a performance by the Superior String Alliance Chamber Players. Performers will include Adam Hall (cello), Dr. Theresa Camilli (piano), and Danielle Simandl (violin). The performance will take place at NMU’s Reynolds Recital Hall at noon on November 19. NMU students, staff, faculty and members of the Marquette community can pop-in for one piece during the noon hour or stay for the entire concert.  Adam, Theresa, and Danielle will perform Lucio Amanti's Jazz Suite, Leonard Bernstein's Three Meditations from Mass, and Dmitri Shostakovich’s Jazz Suite No. 1.  Admission is free. More info can be found at superiorstringalliance.org.
 

Visual and Performing Arts

The inaugural Indigenous Perspectives Symposium on Art is this week, Friday, November 1st in the Northern Center.  The doors open at 8am and we are excited to showcase some great presentations, performances, and art focused activities throughout the day.  

This email includes information about the event and if you have any questions feel free to email Assistant Director of the Diversity & Inclusion Office, Justin Schapp, at Jschapp@nmu.edu. 

Registration is free and through the NMU Ticketing Office here: https://nmu.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=3525. Please Note that space is limited. 

Indigenous Perspectives Symposium on Art
 

Friday, November 1st, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
NMU’s Northern Center

This is an inaugural event focused on providing a space for Indigenous perspectives to flourish. Our purpose is to open a welcoming space for knowledge dissemination to an interested or broader audience about the intersection of art with Indigenous Peoples, Nations, communities, and lifeways. We are hosting this event to increase opportunities for creative collaborations across a wide variety of art mediums and presentations, from traditional to contemporary interpretations by sharing the story of Indigenous arts across NMU’s service area and providing discussion perspectives on impacts to campus/regional diversity and belonging.  For more information visit https://nmu.edu/indigenous-perspectives-symposium/.

Indigenous Perspectives Symposium screening of "Bring Them Home" film
Friday, November 1st, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
NMU’s Jamrich Hall Theater

"Following her Oscar-nominated role in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Lily Gladstone is narrating and executive producing a new documentary titled “Bring Them Home,” about a Blackfeet initiative to bring buffalo back to the wild and reclaim centuries of Indigenous tradition.  Directed by Blackfeet brother-sister duo Ivan MacDonald and Ivy MacDonald, as well as Daniel Glick, the 85-minute feature will premiere at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival on Feb. 24. The screening will take place at 6 p.m. and is sponsored by The Nature Conservatory. “Bring Them Home” follows a decades-long effort by members of the “Blackfoot Confederacy” to bring buffalo back to the Blackfeet Reservation. The film examines the role the buffalo, or “iinnii,” played in Blackfeet life before settlers killed millions of the species in an attempt to eradicate the tribe." - Ethan Shanfeld, Variety Online Magazine.

"Bring Them Home" trailer is located here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAK3IYj2NqI

Highlights of the Symposium are:
Keynote Speaker Jonathan Thunder
Decolonizing Diet inspired luncheon
Dance Performance by Woodland Sky Native American Dance Company
"Bring Them Home" film narrated by Lily Gladstone
Bead working workshop
Ziibiwing Center Anishinaabe Art
NMU Student Mural Art project with Sawftsea

Register for the Indigenous Perspectives Symposium on Arts at:
https://nmu.universitytickets.com/w/event.aspx?id=3525

Visual and Performing Arts

Saturday, October 26 at 4:00 p.m., senior Secondary Music Education major Nicholas Wegrzyn will be celebrating his academic and musical career with a presentation on the life, achievements, and influence of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. Following the presentation, Nick will be performing a piece by Villa-Lobos on saxophone.

This concert is free for everyone!

Visual and Performing Arts

The Rocky Horror Show

This cult classic humorously pays homage to B movies from the science fiction and horror genres spanning the 1930s to the early 1960s. The plot follows a newly engaged couple who, after being caught in a storm, find themselves at the mansion of a flamboyant transvestite scientist, Dr. Frank-N-Furter. There, they encounter his latest creation, Rocky—a Frankenstein-like figure who is a fully grown, physically perfect muscle man with blonde hair and a tan.

FOREST ROBERTS THEATRE

MEANT FOR A MATURE AUDIENCE | APPROXIMATE RUN TIME: 1 HR 45 MINS | 

Upcoming Performances

• Thursday, October 24th | 7:30 PM
• Friday, October 25th  | 7:30 PM
• Friday, October 25th | 10:30PM 
• Saturday, October 26th | 7:30PM
• Saturday, October 26th | 10:30PM

Note:  This production is a fundraiser.  Flex Passes/Season Tickets may not be used for this performance. 

Visual and Performing Arts

The 5th Annual Revolve Creative Collaboration Conference is going to be on Northern's Campus for the first time.

The conference takes place at the Northern Center at NMU this year, with this year's keynote speakers bringing a variety of creative industry expertise from poetry and law practice to video game production.

KEYNOTES:

• Nandi Comer, Poet, Educator, Organizer, and current Poet Laureate of Michigan
• Seth Polansky, Creatives Attorney and Documentarian 
• Mary Hermes, PH.D., Executive Director, Founder Grassroots Indigenous Multimedia 

Learn more about the keynotes at revolvecc.net.

REGISTRATION:
Tickets are on sale now! Conference registration includes access to three keynote speakers and two unique pathways: Ignite and Forge. Ignite is about setting ablaze your creativity with talks and seminar-focused conversations about creative work, while Forge focuses on making and workshop-style sessions

CONTACT INFO:
If you have any questions, or would like to schedule an interview, please reach out to Travis Norman, Marketing Director of Revolve CC at Travis@revolvecc.net or 845-522-1252.