Not guilty pleasures drag show
From 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. NIU’s Holmes Student Center will host a drag show charity fundraiser that will take place in the Duke Ellington Ballroom. Doors will open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10 per person and $60 for a table...
As the warmer weather inches closer, moving our study time into the great outdoors proves to be beneficial for our minds and bodies.
Human beings aren’t wired to be indoors 24/7. Take advantage of the spring weather and feel the sun. Going outside...
On Feb. 4, The Egyptian Theatre hosted its sixth annual Jazz at the Egyptian concert. The event included performances by the DeKalb and Sycamore high school jazz ensembles, the Northern Illinois University Jazz Orchestra and Jazz in Progress, a local...
Storytelling is at the heart of the human experience. Angélica Maria Aguilera, a latina musician and writer known for highlighting the power of latina women, will be holding a poetry workshop at NIU.
Angélica Maria is known for holding a number of...
Celebrate Women’s History Month with these upcoming events at NIU, presented by the Gender and Sexuality Resource Center.
March 1-3, 2023: "Women's history is..." photo series
Students can have their photo taken and talk about what women’s history...
Escape the chilly weather and watch some performances or take a tour of an 1898 mansion.
Jean-Marc Fessard Guest Clarinet Recital
From 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at NIU’s music building, Jean-Marc Fessard, Armand Fessard and Minjung Kim will perform...
DeKALB – The Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra will be holding a Spring Pops Concert. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. on March 10 in the Bountel Memorial Concert Hall located in the NIU music building
The show will feature compositions from Leonard...
As a part of a lecture series hosted by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Catherine Raymond, a professor in art history and the director of the Center for Burma Studies at NIU, gave the lecture “Healing while Performing the Ritual to the Burmese...
Editor’s Note: The following piece contains spoilers about the film “Judas and the Black Messiah.”
“Judas and the Black Messiah” is a powerful and raw film unlike any other story told about the Civil Rights Movement.
A screening of the...
By Daniel Massa, Lifestlye Writer
| February 28, 2023
DeKALB – At 8:00 p.m. Friday, the Celtic band Gaelic Storm, well-known for their music in the 1997 “Titanic” film, will be performing live at the Egyptian Theatre in downtown DeKalb.
Gaelic Storm is a Celtic band founded in 1996 by Patrick Murphy...
By Sarah Rose, Managing Editor
| February 28, 2023
The theater becomes silent as a spotlight shines down on a woman rocking back and forth in a rocking chair.
The rest of the room is dark, the focus being on her face which looks distant, as if she’s in her own world, remembering something. The...
NIU will be hosting pickup basketball games where attendees can join NIU staff and faculty members.
The basketball games will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Friday at the Recreation Center. All ages are welcome to attend the event and can participate...
