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

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

The Daily Eastern News

EDITORIAL: Enjoy what we have to offer at Eastern

Staff Editorial August 18, 2019

For those of you who are just stepping on campus and beginning your education here at Eastern, there are so many activities you can partake in and enjoy. We at The Daily Eastern News want everyone to...

Graduate art education students paint watercolor in room 2690 at the Doudna Fine Arts Center Wednesday night.

FEATURE PHOTO: Late-night watercolor

Raine Zhu, Photographer July 18, 2019

Graduate art education students paint watercolor in room 2690 at the Doudna Fine Arts Center Wednesday night. Tara Gorris (right) said the graduate students take online classes during spring and fall...

Band of 7 siblings to perform alternative-folk music

Logan Raschke, News Editor April 3, 2019

The Dvorak Concert Hall will be full of indie-alternative-folk music as The Hunts band performs for the Eastern and Charleston community Thursday night. Dan Crews, interim director of programming, publicity...

Anders Frank, Selena RIngberg and Chris Aghaei sing alongside Director Jamie Ryan in a traditional Afro-Cuban performance.

Percussion ensemble performs spring concert

Dara McGee, Contributing Writer April 2, 2019

Eastern’s Percussion Ensemble put on their annual spring concert for the 2018-2019 season. The concert took place Tuesday night at 7:30 in the Dvorak Concert Hall in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The...

Opera singer performs one-woman show

Coraima Vazquez, Contributing Writer March 21, 2019

The crowd laughed and applauded to the jokes and performance of Kate Tombaugh, the mezzo-soprano opera singer who performed a one-woman show titled “It Just Takes One” Thursday night in the Doudna...

‘Mr. Marmalade’ play makes weekend run

Hannah Sieg, Contributing Writer March 3, 2019

The first performance of “Mr. Marmalade” took place at the Black Box Theatre in the Doudna Fine Arts Center Feb. 28 and its last performance was noon Sunday. “Mr. Marmalade” is a dark comedy...

All female country group excites crowd at Doudna 

Hannah Shillo, Entertainment Reporter January 22, 2019

The crowd buzzed all night as Farewell Angelina performed on the stage in The Theatre at the Doudna Fine Arts Center Tuesday evening. The all-female country group opened the show with “Baby”...

Members of the St. Louis Ballet Company perform in the Theatre at the Doudna Fine Arts Center Saturday eventing. “The confetti, I was not expecting that,” Usher Amanda Kiessling said. “Then when they put the lights back and it was still coming down when the bowed I was like ‘That’s so pretty.’”

St. Louis Ballet performs for full house at Doudna

Mercury Bowen, Entertainment Reporter December 2, 2018

Sounds of ballet shoes dancing on the stage carried through the silence of the Theatre as the St. Louis Ballet performed to a full house Saturday evening at the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Prior to intermission,...

Concert Band and Wind Symphony to perform at Doudna

Mercury Bowen, Entertainment Reporter September 20, 2018

Eastern’s Concert Band and Wind Symphony groups will be performing at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Dvorak Concert Hall in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The Concert Band will perform first, followed by the...

Students prepare their own pieces for Composers’ Forum Concert

Andrew Paisley, Campus Reporter April 24, 2018

Students will show pieces they have been working on throughout the semester during the Composers' Forum Concert, set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Dvorak Concert Hall in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. The...

Late dean to be memorialized through undergraduate art gallery

Brooke Schwartz, Administration Reporter April 23, 2018

Glenn Hild, the former interim dean of the College of Arts and Humanities who died of cancer on April 8, is being remembered through an undergraduate student art gallery located in the Doudna Fine Arts...

‘Brighton Beach Memoirs’ to highlight meaning of family

Makayla Digan, Contributing Writer April 17, 2018

Themes of familial and other relationships will be presented through the play “Brighton Beach Memoirs,” set to open at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Doudna Fine Arts Center. “Brighton Beach Memoirs”...

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