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The annual Ravinia Festival, situated in Highland Park is North America’s oldest music festival that attracts thousands of concertgoers from all around the country. Its servings of music are diverse, from Bach and Mahler to Lynyrd Skynyrd and John Legend. On...
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July 9, 2024
![Last year’s UNITY theme was “Subculture: The Intersection of Expression, Identity and Fashion,” inspiring a bright colored gown.](https://dailynorthwestern.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/UNITY-ZIYE-1-900x600-1.jpg)
With fabric that otherwise would be wasted, a bridal-inspired couture dress with an edgy twist is set to be featured at the third annual UNITY Charity Fashion Show since the COVID-19...
![Billie Eilish released her third album, “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” on Friday.](https://dailynorthwestern.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/HIT-ME-HARD-Nineth-Kanieski-Koso-1-1200x800.png)
In “Hit Me Hard and Soft,” Billie Eilish is a 22-year-old tortured popstar forced to endure heartbreak in the public eye. The 10-track album, released on Friday, is Eilish’s third...
![Swae Lee performs as Dillo Day 52’s headliner Saturday night. He followed in the footsteps of the headliners from the prior two years, Dominic Fike and Offset.](https://dailynorthwestern.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/swaeleemicahsandy-1200x800.jpg)
The 52nd annual Dillo Day took place Saturday. The festival began on the Lakefill at 12:15 p.m. and ended around 10:30 p.m. after headliner Swae Lee’s concluding performance. Learn...
![This year’s “Camp Dillo” themed music festival features the freshest rap, hip-hop, pop and house in lineup headlined by Swae Lee.](https://dailynorthwestern.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EDIT_DILLO_SeegerGray-16-1200x798.jpg)
For the 52nd Dillo Day this weekend, leave the acoustic guitars around the campfire. This year’s festival, “Camp Dillo,” features the freshest rap, hip-hop, pop and house. Here’s...
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Hamid Dehghani (Communication M.F.A. ’22) spent over a decade involved in Iran’s theater scene before moving to the U.S. in 2018. Dehghani, who did not speak English before applying...
![Northwestern students plan theme-oriented costumes, fitting to Mayfest Productions theme of camp.](https://dailynorthwestern.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DILLOMERCH_ZIYE-1200x800.jpg)
Stacked friendship bracelets, hiking boots, camouflage reinvented and beach bliss have been on the minds of Northwestern students since Mayfest Productions announced Dillo Day’s theme...
![Kahn and Daneshmand spend the year leading Mayfest Productions’ 10 committees, preparing for Dillo Day and acting as liaisons between the organization and NU administration.](https://dailynorthwestern.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/co-chairs-for-daily-1200x857.jpeg)
Mayfest Productions has been putting together Dillo Day, the largest student-run music festival in the country, for over 50 years. After a year of preparation, the planning for Dillo...
![A person dips another person in a contemporary dance.](https://dailynorthwestern.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DSC_3637-1200x801.jpeg)
Lovers & Madmen’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” welcomed spring over the weekend with a series of free outdoor performances. Passersby and attendees toting lawn chairs...
![NU freshmen presented their version of “Carrie: The Musical.”](https://dailynorthwestern.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Carrie-JossBroward-1200x800.jpg)
The Freshman Musical transformed Stephen King’s horror novel “Carrie” into a comedy loaded with innuendo and emotion. ...
![A person conducts an orchestra in a church hall filled with audience members.](https://dailynorthwestern.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_5078_credit_Nathan_J_Silverman-1200x675.jpg)
Classical music enthusiasts flocked to St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Evanston on Sunday for the final concert of the 50th annual Bach Week Festival. As the name suggests, Bach Week...
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Between his video games, movies and toys, Sonic the Hedgehog is quite a recognizable character. Following the success of his movie in 2020 and its sequel in 2022, Paramount made a spinoff...
![Mia Van De Mark plays the role of Isabella in Blue in the Right Way’s production “Women Beware Women.”](https://dailynorthwestern.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/WOMEN_BEWARE_WOMEN_3-768x614-2.jpeg)
Communication sophomore Mia Van De Mark balances her role in psychosexual revenge tragedy “Women Beware Women” with the academic obligations of Northwestern theatre. Over a week...
![Rashid founded Studio 5 with his wife, Béa Rashid.](https://dailynorthwestern.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Screen-Shot-2024-05-07-at-11.00.35-PM-1200x805.png)
Evanston musician Steve Rashid (Bienen M.M. ’83) hosts a jazz series called “Live at Studio5” most spring and fall weekends. Rashid, who founded the venue Studio5 with his wife...
![Celebrities, fashion designers and invited guests walked up the steps of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City Monday night.](https://dailynorthwestern.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/METGALA-SHVETA-SHAH-1200x800.jpg)
Every year, the first Monday of May marks fashion’s biggest event: the Met Gala. “The Garden of Time” dress code saw florals, crystal embellishments and a disappointing amount...
![Young girl wearing a bow sits to the left of Sia costumed in a fluffy pink wardrobe on a pink background.](https://dailynorthwestern.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SIA-SophieZhang-1200x800.jpg)
A decade ago, Sia emerged as a solo artist when her album “1000 Forms of Fear,” debuted at No. 1 on U.S. Billboard Top 200. Now, she is reimagining her public image with her newest...