Burning Cicada will host its annual Arts and Music Festival from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday at Hopkins Park, 1403 Sycamore Road.
Event organizer and CEO of Burning Cicada Byron Wise started this event to help those in the DeKalb community.
“The...
DeKALB — In most places, corn is just a side dish. In DeKalb, it’s the star of a three-day festival that draws thousands of people to the heart of the city every August.
Held Friday through Sunday, residents from across the Midwest filled closed-off...
By Rachael Swinson, Assistant Lifestyle Editor
| August 24, 2025
Welcome or welcome back to NIU, Huskies! If you attended any of the Week of Welcome (WOW) events last week, I am sure that you had a lot of fun. Let’s take a moment to look back on the exciting week before diving head first into our studies.
Campfire...
The king of rock n’ roll is back and in DeKalb. Known by NIU students as Elvis, the man behind the blue sparkly suit is Steve Silverstein.
At local bars such as Hometown Sports Bar and Grill, Fatty’s Pub and Grille and Molly’s Eatery and Drinkery,...
NIU’s School of Theatre and Dance hosted its third annual 72-hour film festival at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Stevens Building.
The 72-hour film festival is an event, founded by BA theatre studies major Chance Lira, where artists and creatives combine...
Neurodiversity is the range of differences in individual brain function and behavioral traits. Neurodiversity is not a disease to be cured.
For lack of a better word, it’s a spectrum that includes Autism, Down Syndrome, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder...
