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The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

EIU's Black Student Union 'Sneaker Ball'

EIU’s Black Student Union ‘Sneaker Ball’

Zak Rojahn, Multimedia Reporter November 7, 2025

Trio Village musicians (left to right) pianist Cara Chowning, flutist Rebecca Johnson and oboist Elizabeth Sullivan perform a piece titled "Passepied Canon" at the recital hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center on Tuesday.

Trio Village debuts new array of music at Doudna Fine Arts Center

Ethan Vine, Reporter October 29, 2025

The culmination of eight years of work in research, composition and practice was on display at the Doudna Fine Arts Center Recital Hall Tuesday night as Trio Village took to the stage to perform their...

From left, singer Alana Dove joins Birdland Quintet members MJ Jarrell and Megan Greenberg during the song “Butterfly” by Herbie Hancock at the Jazz Combo Concert in the Doudna Fine Arts Center on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.

EIU Jazz Combos concert hosts special guests

Aidan Cusack, Feature Reporter October 25, 2025

Just two weeks before his jazz concert Thursday, Paul Johnston had an idea. Johnston coaches Eastern Illinois University’s jazz combos — small jazz groups typically no more than seven members. One...

The Eastern Illinois Symphony Orchestra plays in the Dvorak Conert Hall in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The Orchestra has its first concert of the year on Friday.

Eastern Symphony Orchestra to perform Beethoven

Essie Newton, Reporter October 23, 2025

Practicing since the first week of this semester, the Eastern Symphony Orchestra is getting ready to perform at the Dvorak Concert Hall in Doudna Fine Arts Center on Friday at 7:30 p.m.  “Preparing...

Emerald Kelley as the Clockwork Clown juggles four balls to a crowd of around 25 at Harvest Frolic. Kelley said when she first started out, juggling was a trick that took her extra time to get the hang of.  

Not just funny business: What 20 years of tomfoolery looks like for The Clockwork Clown

Alli Hausman, Editor-in-Chief October 21, 2025

It started with the loud metallic ring of a hand bell.  A performer with white face paint and swirly, exaggerated eyelashes stood smiling brightly at Lincoln Log Cabin while waving around a bell to...

A lone student practices in the abnormally empty Dvorak Concert Hall at the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, performances like "Composers's Forum," "Missoula Children's Theatre," "Spring Bloom" by the Eastern Symphony Orchestra, and a combination concert of Eastern's jazz, orchestra, concert band, and symophnic band were canceled.

Wind symphony, concert band start performance cycle tonight

Rob Crownson, Reporter October 10, 2025

The wind symphony and concert band open their performing season tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the Dvorak Concert Hall in the Doudna Fine Arts Center.  Professor of music and Director of Bands Alicia...

Paul Niemeyer shows rough sketches of the Mortal Kombat logo and explains his thought process as he made the logo at the Tarble Art Center on Friday.

Mortal Kombat artist shares story of the iconic logo’s creation

Andrea Jimenez, Reporter September 28, 2025

Paul Niemeyer’s artwork for the popular video game Mortal Kombat gained attention rapidly as soon as the game was released to the public in 1992.   It started when Midway Games Inc. was in urgent...

Guest pianist Fantee Jones performs on a grand piano in the recital hall at a piano recital in the Doudna Fine Art Center on Tuesday night.

Guest pianist showcases talent at Doudna

Rob Crownson, Reporter September 25, 2025

Guest pianist Fantee Jones showcased her talent to students and community members on Tuesday in Doudna Fine Arts Center’s recital hall.  Jones’ first solo performance was when she was seven years...

“Topdog/Underdog” is a performance that stars seniors Joseph “JP” Percy and Prince Ester as two brothers named Booth and Lincoln. The play will be performed in the Black Box theatre in the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

Comedic tragedy ‘Topdog/Underdog’ to debut at Doudna

Ethan Vine, Reporter September 25, 2025

The latest performance to take to Doudna Fine Arts Center’s Black Box Theatre, a student showcase of playwright Suzan-Lori Parks’ "Topdog/Underdog," will debut its four-show run on Thursday.   Directed...

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Six Appeal performs on stage in a previous concert. They are playing at the Doudna Fine Arts Center in the Dvorak Concert Hall on Saturday Sept 20, 2025.

Six Appeal to headline Eastern ACA Fest

Essie Newton, Reporter September 20, 2025

From touring China, Russia and Europe to singing for the Vanity Fair Oscars Party, Six Appeal will perform as the main act for the second A Cappella Festival at Eastern Illinois University, also known...

Curator, narrator, and violist of Cultural Crossroads: Dvořák in America, Pamela Freund-Striplen (middle), has put together a show that explores the different influences on composer Antonín Dvořák during his time in America. Throughout the concert, there are videos detailing Dvořák's life as to how Native American pieces and African American spiritual pieces would have an impact on his classical music career at the Dvorak Concert Hall on Friday.

‘Cultural Crossroads: Dvořák in America’ merges history and music

Ethan Vine, Reporter September 14, 2025

Antonín Dvořák’s travels to America in 1892 were not only a significant step in the advancement of American music, but also in shifting the perception of the belonging of different cultures in...

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