Visual and Performing Arts - NMU Events and Announcements

Visual and Performing Arts

A Celebration of NMU's Brightest Stars! 

We’re back, Wildcats! Enjoy a beginning-of-the-year showcase of our theatre and dance students featuring a collection of scenes, songs, monologues, and dance pieces.

Performances:

• Thursday, Sept. 3 at 7:30 p.m. (Opening Night Party)
• Friday, Sept. 4 at 7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, Sept. 5 at 1 p.m. (Theatre For All)
• Saturday, Sept. 5 at 7:30 p.m.

All performances will take place in the Panowski Black Box Theatre.

Approximate run time: 1 hour and 30 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission. 

Tickets

Get your tickets at the NMU Ticket Office located in the Superior Dome or online at tickets.nmu.edu. For any ticket-related questions, please call the NMU Ticket Office at 906-227-1032. 

For more information about the production, please visit our Wildcat Theatre Follies webpage.

Visual and Performing Arts

Created by Maria Formolo and produced by TaMaMa Dance Company, Between Wind & Feather is a 40-minute meditative amalgamation of music, words and movement. 

Music is created and performed by Theresa Camilli and Carrie Biolo, with lighting design by Vic Holliday and sound production by Mark Shevy.

We invite you to breathe with us in this space as we create a realm separate from the space and time we inhabit daily. 

Between Wind & Feather will be presented at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026, at Reynolds Recital Hall. 

Visual and Performing Arts

Everyone is invited to N8V Dance Fitness with Michelle Reed (Lac Du Flambeau Ojibwe)! 

N8V Dance Fitness will be held Tuesdays beginning Sept. 8 at 1 p.m. in the PEIF Dance Studio. 

Bring clean gym shoes, a water bottle, and a towel. Participants will also be eligible for prizes!

Free and open to all!

Visual and Performing Arts

Northern Michigan University invites you to this year's Indigenous Perspectives Symposium on Medicines, a one-day event dedicated to exploring the rich traditions, profound significance, and evolving future of Indigenous approaches to healing and wellbeing. 

The symposium will be held from noon–5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, at NMU's Northern Center.

This year’s symposium will bring together Indigenous leaders, elders, knowledge holders, practitioners, academics, and community members to share insights on topics ranging from traditional medicinal plants and healing practices to Indigenous health education and applied seventh-generation thinking. Through a series of presentations, workshops, and communal gatherings, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the vital connection between medicine, land, language, and spirit in Indigenous communities.  

This year's symposium will also celebrate the 30th anniversary of NMU's Center for Native American Studies.

The symposium is free and open to the public. A dinner will follow, with tickets available at the following prices:

• Students: $5
• Faculty and staff: $20
• General admission: $25

Register for the symposium and purchase dinner tickets here. 

Members of Native communities, students, scholars, and journalists are especially encouraged to attend. This is a crucial opportunity to learn directly from those whose knowledge has sustained Indigenous communities for millennia. 

For more information and event highlights, visit the Indigenous Perspectives Symposium website. 

For questions about the event, please contact jschapp@nmu.edu.

Visual and Performing Arts

Join us for the first NMU Jazz Concert of the Fall 2026 semester! 

The concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, in Reynolds Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public. 

Visual and Performing Arts

Friends, family, and community members are invited to support NMU music students as they showcase their repertoire and develop their performance skills.

Join us Friday, Nov. 20, at 1 p.m. in Reynolds Recital Hall for the next Student Recital of the semester.

Admission is free!

Visual and Performing Arts

Friends, family, and community members are invited to support NMU music students as they showcase their repertoire and develop their performance skills.

Join us Friday, Nov. 6, at 1 p.m. in Reynolds Recital Hall for the next Student Recital of the semester.

Admission is free!

Visual and Performing Arts

Friends, family, and community members are invited to support NMU music students as they showcase their repertoire and develop their performance skills.

Join us Friday, Oct. 23, at 1 p.m. in Reynolds Recital Hall for the next Student Recital of the semester.

Admission is free!

Visual and Performing Arts

Now in its 32nd season, the “engaging” (New Yorker) low-voice ensemble Cantus is widely known for its trademark warmth and blend, innovative programming and riveting performances of music ranging from the Renaissance to the 21st century. As one of the nation’s few full-time vocal ensembles, Cantus has come to prominence with its distinctive approach to creating music. Working without a conductor, the members of Cantus rehearse and perform as chamber musicians, each contributing to the entirety of the artistic process, creating programs that give voice to shared human experiences.

This event is brought to you by the Siril Endowment for the Musical Arts.

Visual and Performing Arts

NMU Music Majors will showcase their primary instruments in the first Student Recital of the semester!

Join us on Friday, Sept. 25, at 1 p.m. in Reynolds Recital Hall to support our students and celebrate their hard work.

Admission is free!