Northern Kentucky season openers are giving audiences a good time with a pair of very, very, very, very – we’re talking really different comedies. Moon Over Buffalo at Northern Kentucky University is a contemporary, backstage farce that looks back to the Fifties for its setting and even further back, say the Thirties, for its plot. Silence! The […]
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Highland Heights Named 7th Safest College Town in America
Highland Heights, home to Northern Kentucky University, is the seventh safest college town in America, according to Safewise. The Utah-based security and crime prevention firm used FBI crime statistics as well as research about crime prevention efforts to compile its rankings. “The safety of our campus community is our top priority,” said University Police Chief […]
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Highland Heights Native Returns to NKU as Teacher, Directs “Moon Over Buffalo”
In farceur Ken Ludwig’s Moon Over Buffalo, fading stars of the 1950s George and Charlotte Hay are touring Private Lives and Cyrano De Bergerac in rep. In Buffalo, things don’t look so good. George’s dalliance with a young ingénue is sparking a split, but wait — Frank Capra is coming to town to see their matinee, and […]
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NKU’s Brannen to Participate in Coaches vs. Cancer Event
Northern Kentucky University men’s basketball head coach John Brannen will participate in the fifth-annual Coaches vs. Cancer Tip-Off Reception benefitting the American Cancer Society along with Xavier’s Chris Mack, Cincinnati’s Mick Cronnin, Dayton’s Archie Miller, Wright State’s Billy Donlon and Miami’s John Cooper, at the event set for 6-9 p.m. on October 15 at Paul Brown Stadium. “I am […]
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NKU’s New School of the Arts Prepares to Open First Artistic Collaboration
The first artistic collaboration at Northern Kentucky University’s new School Of The Arts (SOTA) has it all – art, music, drama. Theatre Sets of Liliana Duque Piñeiro, on view in Northern Kentucky University’s Main Gallery from Sept. 24-Oct. 30, will have walls filled with sketches, renderings, models of past work, just as you’d expect. The collaboration makes […]
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Portz Leads NKU Golf Team to Top 4 Finish
A near record-setting final round helped the Northern Kentucky men’s golf team shatter the previous 54-hole record and climb the Joe Feaganes Marshall Invitational leaderboard en route to a fourth-place team finish. Rounds of 283 and 287 put NKU at 2-over par and in eighth-place heading into the final round. The Norse responded with a […]
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Council Members Clash Over Continuing Driveway Saga
Two members of the Highland Heights City Council clashed at the regularly-scheduled city council meeting on Tuesday night over the controversy involving the Planning and Zoning Commission chairman and the residents on Jillian Court. As The River City News has previously reported, P&Z chairman Steve Crawford has been threatened with lawsuits from neighbors for the way he went about […]
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Norse, Leigeb Win at NKU Fall Classic
Allison Leigeb won the individual title while leading the Northern Kentucky women’s golf team past the field at the NKU Fall Classic on Monday afternoon at Elks Run Golf Club. Leigeb carded rounds of 75-73-76 en route to an 11-over par performance that topped the leaderboard by seven strokes. Her 224 total was a mere two strokes […]
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NKU to Host Breakfast Series for Local Entrepreneurs
Hosted by Northern Kentucky University, Fast Growth Academy is an incredible opportunity for owners of start-ups and future entrepreneurs to learn from business owners who have successfully started and rapidly grown their own companies in the Tri-State. “This series is designed to walk a business owner through each step of the start-up process, from deciding […]
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Norse Basketball Season Tickets Now Available
Season tickets for the 2015-16 Northenr Kentucky University men’s and women’s basketball campaigns are available for purchase. Several options exist to catch the 14 regular-season and one exhibition home men’s basketball contests and 17 women’s games, all of which will be held in BB&T Arena. Horizon League rival Wright State and in-state rival Morehead State […]
