Wed. 5-13-26 Cast

May 13, 2026: Mee-ow band prepares for Dillo, lighting the stage for shows, what makes a person interesting, well-versed. WNUR News broadcasts live at 6 pm CST on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays on WNUR 89.3 FM.

Why do we change?

There are very few fully universal experiences in life. Pretty much, the only two are that we were all born and we are all gonna die. But is that all? Surely humanity has to have at least some other shared experience. Right?   SANFORD GOLDBERG: I think probably everyone has had the experience of waking […]

UNITY’s Annual Fashion Show

[Introduction to fashion show from co-executive director Jade Garcia]   DARASIMI BANKOLE: Escapism…that was the theme of UNITY’s 2026 Spring fashion show. From designers to runway models to executive board members, there were so many people that played a role in making UNITY happen. I got to sit down with two of the three co-executive […]

Spotlighting the lighting designers behind your favorite dance shows

Like hundreds of Northwestern students every year, Communication sophomore Claude Wei Zhang attended Refusionshaka. But it wasn’t the dancing or the drumming that was their highlight of that night.   CLAUDE WEI ZHANG: I was blown away, um, at what is possible, um, with dance lighting because at my school, we did it at a […]