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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A girl sits on a picnic bench with her legs covered in a black substance while four other characters look at her.
Sit & Spin’s ‘Rest Stop’ is a pit stop worth making
Lydia Plahn, Theatre Critic • March 14, 2025

“Rest Stop,” a student-written play produced by student theatre group Sit & Spin, takes audiences inside the mundane walls of a seemingly generic highway rest stop and on a raw, emotional ride.  The show, written by Communication senior Lena...

Pythia is a historical fiction music drama about the women who served as the Oracle of Delphi.
Student composed music drama ‘Pythia’ explores the history of the Oracle of Delphi
March 11, 2025
Five people — four standing up and the one in the middle sitting down — with angry and surprised faces on a university hallway.
‘Hard work is paying off:’ ‘NECRO 101’ selected for Santa Monica International Film Festival
March 11, 2025
A group of people wearing uniforms — light blue collared shirts, navy pants, and red ties — clustered together, both hands stretched out to the sky.
‘Danceworks 2025’ presents cohesive narrative with ‘signal::transfer’
March 11, 2025
Lady Gaga rests her head on a broken mirror.
Lady Gaga brings chaos to the club with ‘Mayhem’
March 11, 2025
Person dances in the dim lighting in front of a robot.
SLIPPAGE lab explores expression through dance, aesthetic abstraction
March 3, 2025
Many dancers' backlit silhouettes contrast against a red-lit backdrop.
NU’s Reflections Repertory Company performs debut ballet show ‘Sparks Fly’
February 17, 2025
Two women sit on top of a book that reads “Not The Trip We Planned” against a blue background.
NU alums fulfill promise to co-author mystery novel 45 years later
March 10, 2025
R.F. Kuang, wearing a light green button-up shirt, answers a question from Prof. Michelle Huang
Author R. F. Kuang talks writing, inspirations with NU AASP
February 24, 2025
The word “Chicago” against a background of sheet music and the pictures of Eddie Burns, Tanner Dane and Sparklmami.
Chicago-based artists talk ‘grassroots’ culture, community of growing music scene
March 10, 2025
A person holding a lantern stands in front of trees with the text “Ghost Mountain: October Country.”
Liner Notes: Ghost Mountain provides a horrorcore classic with debut mixtape ‘October Country’
March 10, 2025
“Yellowjackets” in yellow varsity font with polaroids of different characters.
Reel Thoughts: ‘Yellowjackets’ serves up chaos and starves for answers in Season 3
March 6, 2025
Five Oscars awards against a pink background and text reading “Oscars.”
2025 Oscars Reaction: A win for ‘Anora’ is a win for movies
March 5, 2025
Three actors stand in a triangle onstage. The floor is littered with garbage and a backpack.
Alumni-written ‘Lobster’ evokes nostalgia for 1970s Manhattan and high school theatre
March 9, 2025
A sign reading, “The 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. shows of ‘Assassins’ have been canceled,” stands in front of an auditorium’s closed doors.
Student body weighs impact to Black community, controversy over racial slur as Lovers & Madmen cancels final ‘Assassins’ shows
March 3, 2025
Two geometrical paintings on wall from Jordan Ann Craig’s “Sharp Tongue” series.
Block exhibition ‘it takes a long time to stay here: Paintings by Jordan Ann Craig’ explores Indigenous histories in keynote conversation
February 28, 2025
Art piece on wall exploring the destructive qualities of fire.
Block exhibition Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland highlights Indigenous artists
February 20, 2025
Claire Saffitz zests a lemon onstage.
Claire Saffitz serves up sweet treats, hot takes at A&O’s winter speaker event
Kate Pollot, Assistant Photo Editor • March 9, 2025

A crowd of students in the McCormick Auditorium chanted, “Claire! Claire! Claire!” as author and YouTuber Claire Saffitz walked onstage at A&O Productions’ winter speaker...

A chain is attached to a person’s back while other people put their hands on the person’s back.
Q&A: Senior Misty Roe’s debut album ‘Take My Body as Your Own,’ explores self-control and healing through music
Valentina Valcarce, Reporter • March 5, 2025

From playing piano at five years old to a stolen viola in middle school and learning music production in GarageBand, Misty Re: — the stage name for Weinberg senior Misty Roe — seems...

Girl screams into a microphone.
Static Transmission takes top honors as Songwriters Association at Northwestern hosts third Battle of the Bands
Sarah Lonser, Reporter • March 3, 2025

Student band Static Transmission won “Best Band” at the Songwriters Association at Northwestern’s third Battle of the Bands Friday night. The showcase, held at the Technological...

Actors wearing blue jackets talk and face each other.
Mee-Ow Show kills with ‘Knives Mee-Owt’
Desiree Luo, Assistant Social Media Editor • March 3, 2025

Before the quarter’s final Mee-Ow Show Saturday, Communication senior and co-Director Brenden Dahl warned audience members sitting on the Shanley Pavilion floor that they were in...

A white woman portraying Bridget Jones appears in front of a purple background alongside a collage of scenes from her eponymous film series.
Reel Thoughts: ‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’ is a triumphant final page to a hilariously chaotic diary
Loaghan Mangal, Reporter • February 28, 2025

This article contains minor spoilers.  With Chaka Khan, Hugh Grant and Tinder, Bridget Jones is back and better than ever. This past Valentine’s Day, rom-com princess Bridget...

A group of actors smile while saluting in white costumes.
Lovers & Madmen promises a killer show with ‘Assassins’
Barbara Bomfim, Reporter • February 28, 2025

Lovers & Madmen brings America’s most infamous criminals to life this weekend with “Assassins.” The Tony Award-winning musical chronicles the story behind America’s presidential...

Girl stands in front of the rock reading information from a card
Endurance performance at The Rock draws attention to immigrant, international student challenges
Marissa Fernandez, Assistant A&E Editor • February 27, 2025

For four hours, Weinberg sophomore Beatriz Sturn stood in front of The Rock, withstanding near-freezing temperatures for an endurance performance titled “I promise I am here legally”...

The Treblemakers pose together in all-black attire.
Treblemakers preview Singapore tour with winter concert ‘Senator, I’m Singaporean’
Dalton Hanna, Assistant A&E Editor • February 25, 2025

The Treblemakers’ winter concert “Senator, I’m Singaporean” takes the stage this weekend, kicking off the countdown to the group’s upcoming spring break trip to Singapore.  Eighteen...

A bassist smiles at her bandmate.
Student indie band Inertia performs first concert for friends and fans
Junseo Lee, Reporter • February 24, 2025

With guitar solos and crashing cymbals, all-female indie rock band Inertia performed its first concert in the Northwestern Room of Norris University Center Saturday night. The band’s...

Actors sing on stage under purple undertones with the words, “The Waa-Mu Show.”
The Waa-Mu Show to return with four musicals among other changes to NU’s longest theatrical tradition
Desiree Luo, Assistant Social Media Editor • February 24, 2025

The Waa-Mu Show, Northwestern’s student-written musical and oldest theatrical tradition, was just that for 92 years — one musical. Last year, it became a trilogy.  And this...

A person dramatically raises their arms, wearing a fur coat and crown of flowers.
Wirtz’s ‘February House’ brings 1940s Brooklyn bohemian brownstone to life
Lydia Plahn, Theatre Critic • February 24, 2025

The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts’ production “February House” invites audiences into a brownstone for two and half hours, whisking viewers away to an...

Before starring in “Macbeth,” Prof. Craig Duff was part of the play “Measure for Measure” with the Olde School Shakespeare Collective.
Q&A: Emmy Award-winning Prof. Craig Duff brings journalism skills to Chicago theatre scene with ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’
Valentina Valcarce, Reporter • February 23, 2025

With a resume that spans working with CNN, TIME and The New York Times, Medill Prof. Craig Duff has seemingly done it all. In 2012, he started at Northwestern as a journalism professor,...

Woman holding a toy horse head on a wooden stick sings to the audience
Punk rock and puppets: WAVE productions’ modern take on ‘Beowulf’
Sophie Lewis, Reporter • February 21, 2025

WAVE productions’ “Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage” modernizes an ancient story for today’s audience with a unique twist: puppets.  Written sometime between 650 and...

Eight TVs with rainbow static accompanies text reading “The Lumineers: Automatic.”
Liner Notes: The Lumineers’ ‘Automatic’ delivers folk-pop perfection with classic sounds but new themes
Laura Horne, Reporter • February 19, 2025

Folk-pop duo Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites, founding members of The Lumineers, celebrated 20 years of songwriting together with the release of “Automatic” on Friday. The album...

Two people stand onstage under purple lighting.
Purple Crayon Players’ ‘Frog and Toad’ promises to be a ribbiting good time
Caroline Killilea, Copy Editor • February 19, 2025

Purple Crayon Players hops onto the Northwestern stage once again to produce theatre for young audiences with its sold-out show “A Year with Frog and Toad” this weekend. The musical...

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