The Northern Michigan University Music Department presents the first jazz concert of the fall semester at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30, in Reynolds Recital Hall. The concert will feature performances by the NMU Jazz Band, NMU Jazz Combo and the NMU Wildcat Combo.
The Northern Michigan University Music Department presents the next concert in the faculty chamber music program at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29 in Reynolds Recital Hall. This piano and strings performance will feature NMU faculty Barbara Rhyneer on violin and Nancy Zimmerman on piano, along with local cellist Anne Perket.
Northern Michigan University's Department of Theatre and Dance presents the musical The Full Monty. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11-Saturday, Oct. 12 and Wednesday, Oct. 16-Saturday, Oct. 19, at Forest Roberts Theatre.
An exhibition that symbolizes the story of millions of refugees worldwide will open Friday, Aug. 30, at Northern Michigan University's DeVos Art Museum. Israeli artist Orna Ben-Ami will give a talk at 6 p.m. An opening reception for her "Entire Life in a Package" exhibit will follow from 7-9 p.m.
After a year-long hiatus, the One Book One Community program is making its comeback with a new name and new partner. Two Books Two Communities expands the 13-year program with two book selections—both about the Great Lakes—and a variety of events being held in both Marquette and Munising.
Exhibits on the 60th anniversary of the making of the film Anatomy of a Murder and traditional wooden boat building in the Upper Peninsula are currently on display at Northern Michigan University. They can be viewed at the Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center in Gries Hall.
Northern Michigan University's Forest Roberts Theatre will present Mamma Mia!, as part of its inaugural summer season. Performances are Thursday, June 20-Saturday, June 22, and Wednesday, June 26-Saturday, June 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Northern Michigan University's Forest Roberts Theatre has launched its first summer season, which includes the musical Mama Mia!, opening June 20. FRT also has announced the following lineup of performances and special events for the 2019-2020 academic year:
The Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center proudly announces the Upper Peninsula Folklife Awardees for 2019. Each year since 2009, the Beaumier Center has presented this award to individuals or groups who have made a difference in the creating or preserving the folk traditions of the Upper Peninsula.
A Northern Michigan University professor draws on his vast knowledge of Kierkegaard and his intellectual context, contemporary philosophy, and art from the Renaissance era to our own time in his new book Art and Selfhood: A Kierkegaardian Account.
