Arts & Design Stories & News

Free Gallagher Bluedorn Block Party series returns summer 2024

Block Party summer neighborhood concerts provide an opportunity for neighbors to gather, build community and experience great music together.

Community celebrates Panthers on Parade project

Panthers on Parade statues are appearing across the Cedar Valley, a culmination of months of work by artists, organizers and sponsors.

Panthers on Parade installation underway

From May 1-2, installation of 27 life-size fiberglass TC mascot statues is taking place at sponsor locations throughout Cedar Falls and the Cedar Valley.

Roaring creativity: UNI students embellish TC statues for community pride project

You’ll soon begin to see more than two dozen anthropomorphic Panther statues — six feet tall and weighing 65 to 70 pounds each — around the Cedar Valley.

TheatreUNI presents “Suzette Who Set to Sea”

For its fourth production of the 2023-2024 season, TheatreUNI will present “Suzette Who Set to Sea” by Finegan Kruckemeyer.

UNI Department of Art students present spring 2024 BFA group exhibition

The UNI Iowa Gallery of Art will present the spring 2024 Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) group exhibition from Monday, April 22, through Sunday, May 12.

UNI’s Danny Galyen earns “lifetime achievement award” for band directors

The University of Northern Iowa's Danny Galyen was recently inducted into the American Bandmasters Association.

International student helps Gallagher Bluedorn guests experience a touch of Ukraine

Guests visiting the Gallagher Bluedorn to hear the Kyiv Virtuosi Symphony Orchestra on March 10 should come early for a special event in the lobby.

UNI and Kirkwood Community College come together to offer 2+2 music degree

The UNI School of Music and Kirkwood Community College have proudly entered into a unique partnership allowing students to complete a BA in Music.

UNI School of Music to present opera “Suor Angelica”

The UNI School of Music will present a spring opera in one act, “Suor Angelica,” from Giacomo Puccini’s “Il trittico.”