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TBD’s promotional poster. TBD is Northwestern’s neo-futurism-inspired performance group.

TBD performance group brings neo-futurism to the present through short plays

April 28, 2021

What is performance if you’re only allowed to play yourself? This is a question members of TBD, Northwestern’s neo-futurism-inspired performance group, grapple with every time they create art together. Following...

Bettina stands to Michael’s left in a purple NMO shirt and Michael sits with a computer open and camera set up.

Northwestern Medical Orchestra hosts virtual spring concert

April 28, 2021

On a cool spring evening in May 2018, the patients of the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago gathered on the conference room floor, eager for a night of classical music as the sun set over Lake Michigan. Performing...

Several people stand several feet apart on the grass in front of Lake Michigan at sunset. They are holding large black megaphones with lights on the outer rim.

Bienen hosts first in-person, walk-through performance on the Lakefill in over a year

April 27, 2021

When Bienen Prof. Donald Nally and Kevin Vondrak (Bienen ’17) set out to compose a piece for Northwestern students during the COVID-19 pandemic, they knew Lake Michigan would be a crucial element. “Every...

Six watercolor sketches laid out in a rectangle. In clockwise order, beginning in the upper left corner: sketches of a bridge, street art reading “Black lives matter,” a cathedral, a collection of cathedrals, a local plaza market and town storefronts.

Local artist Shruti Vijay teaches urban sketching, brings together people of all ages

April 26, 2021

When Shruti Vijay’s husband started studying at Northwestern, she took up urban sketching in Evanston as a hobby. Now, Vijay’s artwork has become a staple of the community, and she has been teaching...

A woman faces the camera. Behind her are glass windows with two large pieces of art showing through.

The Block Museum exhibition explores self-care and community

April 26, 2021

A new outdoor exhibition explores themes of self-care, self-authorship and community with reproductions of works from The Block Museum’s collection. The “Behold, Be Held” exhibition will be exhibited...

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