Happenings

May 14, 2019

More than 600 attendees, representing all aspects of the disability community in Arizona and beyond, are expected to attend this year’s Evidence for Success Disability Conference. The conference, one of Arizona’s key disability-related events, is organized by NAU’s Institute of Human Development (IHD) and will be taking place July 14-16 at Fort McDowell Nation’s we-Ko-Pa Resort& Conference Center in Scottsdale/Fountain Hills.

The conference format integrates three of IHD’s project areas into one educational event, including:

• Assistive technology, which this… Read more

April 30, 2019

The Northern Arizona University Shrine of the Ages Choir is celebrating its 86th year and will have a concert at 7:30 p.m. May 3 at the Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church. 

Under the direction of Edith A. Copley, regents’ professor of music and director of choral studies, Shrine will perform historic and contemporary choral works by Thomas Weelkes, William Billings, Benjamin Britten and Shawn Kirchner. The featured work will be a baroque oratorio by Giocomo Carissimi entitled “Historia di Jephte”featuring student soloists and NAU voice faculty soprano… Read more

April 23, 2019

Come celebrate Northern Arizona University’s filmmakers, storytellers and rising stars at the annual NAU Student Film Festival hosted by UTV62, a student-led production studio.

The festival showcases student films made as part of their studies during the fall 2018 and spring 2019 semesters. Students can receive recognition for their films by competing for the jury and audience choice awards. Doors for the festival open at 6 p.m., and the show starts at 7 p.m. May 5 at the Orpheum Theater.

Students can… Read more

April 23, 2019

Northern Arizona University is teaming up with the Interference Series and musicians in the community for the second annual Sun Ra Birthday Bash—a concert celebrating innovative music at 7 p.m. April 27 at Kickstand Kafe at 719 N. Humphreys St.

Sun Ra was a prolific and history-altering American composer, band leader, keyboard player and poet known for his groundbreaking “cosmic” music, philosophy, recordings and theatrical performances.

NAU faculty and students from the Honors College, jazz studies program and the… Read more