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Jessica Brewster receives academic award for her work in art

Jessica Brewster of Sleepy Hollow was awarded the 2012 Diane Duvigneaud Senior Art Award at North Central College.

Jessica Brewster of Sleepy Hollow, Ill., was awarded the 2012 Diane Duvigneaud Senior Art Award during Honors Day May 15 at North Central College. This award is presented to a North Central student who demonstrates exceptional growth and creativity in art.

Brewster is a senior majoring in studio art with minors in dance and English at North Central College. She is the daughter of Philip and Elizabeth Brewster and a 2008 graduate of St. Edward Central Catholic High School in Elgin.

Senior lands part in professional “Cats”

Tommy Rivera-Vega ’11 has landed the part of Rum Tum Tugger in a professional production of “Cats” opening Nov. 21 in Chicago’s Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre.

North Central College senior Tommy Rivera-Vega has landed the key part of Rum Tum Tugger in a professional production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats” in the award-winning Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre at Chicago’s No Exit Café. The show runs Nov. 21-Jan. 2.

Cirque Mechanics to perform "Boom Town" Nov. 19 at North Central

Cirque Mechanics to perform “Boom Town” on Nov. 19 at North Central College.

Contact: Ted Slowik, Director of PR and Media Relations, 630-637-5307, tjslowik@noctrl.edu

Sept. 22, 2010—Acrobats and circus performers will thrill audience members of all ages when Cirque Mechanics performs “Boom Town” Nov. 19 at North Central College.

Our dance students have the moves!

Students in North Central’s dance program showed off their amazing talents in Madden Theatre May 14-15. Visit the College’s YouTube site and view eight different videos of student dance performances, under the direction of Nickole Lanham-Murray, adjunct instructor of theatre.

North Central dance students to perform Spring Concert May 14-15

Students in the dance program at North Central College will perform a free Spring Concert May 14-15.

Contact: Ted Slowik, director of PR and media relations, 630-637-5307, tjslowik@noctrl.edu May 5, 2010—Students in the dance program at North Central College will perform a free Spring Concert May 14-15. Performances are free and open to the public and begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 14, and Saturday, May 15, in Madden Theatre at the Fine Arts Center, 171 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville. Seven seniors who will graduate in June with minors in dance will be featured in the performances. Students have choreographed some of their own performances.

Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago presents energetic performance April 24

Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago performs a program of electrifying movement at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 24, in North Central College’s Pfeiffer Hall.

Contact: Ted Slowik, Director of PR and Media Relations, 630-637-5307, tjslowik@noctrl.edu

March 11, 2010—Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago performs a program of electrifying movement at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 24, in North Central College’s Pfeiffer Hall, 310 E. Benton Ave., Naperville.

College hosts month-long Flamenco Festival in February

North Central College will host a month-long Flamenco Festival in February that showcases music and dance from Spanish culture.

Contact: Nancy Dunker, associate director of public relations, 630-637-5306

Jan. 28, 2010--North Central College will host a month-long Flamenco Festival in February that showcases the emotive, rhythmic music and dance from Spanish culture. Several events are planned--including performances, dance classes, films, a lecture and photography exhibit. All are open to the public and most are free.

Commencement 2009

“To ‘Be a Builder’ also means this: don’t ever be satisfied. Look at the world and see how you can improve it — in other words, ‘Be A Critic.’”
-Blair Kamin, Commencement Speaker