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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Colorfully painted rocks by the shore of Lake Michigan. The Chicago skyline is in the background. In the sky, it reads “THE WEEKEND AHEAD.”

The Weekend Ahead: Campus and city performances to catch for Week 8

November 10, 2022

If you’re looking for weekend plans, here are some performances on Northwestern’s campus and in Evanston that you won’t want to miss. Refresh Dance Crew, Fusion Dance Co., Boomshaka: Refusionshaka   Cahn...

Seven people wearing black clothing pose in front of a concrete Shakespeare monument with trees in the background.

Witches will take center stage in WAVE Productions’ ‘Macbeth’

November 10, 2022

WAVE Productions’ take on Shakespeare’s classic “Macbeth” brings the play’s oft-overlooked yet omnipresent witches and women to the forefront.  WAVE will present its rendition of “Macbeth”...

Mills: “Peerless,” a “dark comedy,” left me unamused

Mills: “Peerless,” a “dark comedy,” left me unamused

February 25, 2022

The Native American and Indigenous Student Alliance first flagged Jiehae Park’s “Peerless” when it appeared on our radar back in January. At the time, I was angrily writing emails to Northwestern...

The outside of the Patrick G. and Shirley Ryan Center for the Musical Arts building at night.

Wirtz Center to premiere dark comedy “peerless” this weekend

February 17, 2022

Playwright Jiehae Park’s dark comedy “peerless” is set to hit the stage at the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts this weekend. A modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,”...

Theater Review: Live streaming of Verdi’s ‘Otello’ brings Shakespeare to life

October 31, 2012

Most people are accustomed to seeing Shakespeare’s plays materialize again and again, whether in a traditional theater setting, such as Lovers and Madmen’s “Macbeth,” which played earlier this...

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