DeKALB | A storm will hit DeKalb tonight. Gaelic Storm will perform at 8 p.m. at The Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St. Tickets range from $30-37. The folk rock group has been playing across America for the last 15 years. In 1997, they appeared as a...
When I asked director Anthony Perella Jr. how he was going to be delicate about issues of gender, race and class in a play about a homeless African American mother of five, he said he wasn't going to be sensitive. In the Blood, a gritty tragedy by Suzan-Lori...
So, in comes another submission for my attempt to review everything. This was the first request I got to review something, so I'll be nice and not pick apart the spelling errors in the e-mail I received. Singer/songwriter Sam Driessen certainly isn't...
They are horses of battle. They are horses of ballet. The "World Famous" Lipizzaner Stallions will perform its equine ballet at 7:30 p.m. tonight at The Convocation Center. Tickets are $21.50-24.50 for adults, $13.75 for children 12 and under and $11.75...
The Wooden Box Theater, a performance group from the DeKalb/Sycamore area, will celebrate its 16th anniversary tonight at the House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. The troupe will be performing a collection of songs and poems entitled Unlock and Conquer....
Got prom dresses? The NIU Women's Resource Center is teaming with the NIU Honors Program to collect used prom gowns that will be donated to girls in the DeKalb community. Project Prom will be collecting gowns in the Women's Resource Center until Thursday....
Lucinda-it's not just the name of your favorite traffic-jammed nightmare of an avenue. Driving on Lucinda Ave. might be a mess between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., but one local band has given the name a nice, new sound. The Northern Star sat down...
DeKALB | Roll out the green carpet. "Black and Yellow" rapper Wiz Khalifa will perform at the Convocation Center at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13 as part of the Campus Consciousness Green Carpet Tour 2011. "Pretty Polly Productions out of Massachusetts...
DeKalb | While the clock is ticking down to Valentine’s Day, DeKalb and Sycamore restaurants are preparing special holiday menu items to spice up the typical “dinner-and-a-movie” date. Hillside RestaurantHillside Restaurant, 121 N. Second St. DeKalb,...
DeKALB | If you’re not going home this weekend, celebrating Valentine’s Day early or questioning your existence during the Grammy awards, there’s plenty to do in DeKalb. Here’s a list of the choice events going on in town this weekend: What: The...
The DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St., is hosting an open house Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. to celebrate its 80th anniversary as the Haish Memorial Library. After DeKalb resident Jacob Haish died in 1926, he left $150,000 to the library, said Katherine Keyes,...
Sunday mass is coming to the Convocation Center. Famed gospel artist and Grammy-winner Fred Hammond will appear with the Northern Black Choir this Sunday at 6:30 p.m. Hammond, whose career has spanned over several decades, is the second Christian-based...
