DeKALB – A chilly breeze passed, carrying a slight scent of smoke through the night. Despite the biting cold, some passerby stopped to check out the Winter Wonderland event.  The first annual CAB Winter Wonderland was held Monday at the Holmes Student...

DeKALB – NIU staff and students decked Altgeld Hall with boughs of holly as the fall semester comes to a close. NIU President Lisa Freeman welcomed staff and students to the annual President’s Holiday Gathering held in the Altgeld Hall Auditorium....

The gallery for the 2023 Fall Dance Concert can be found linked here on the Northern Star website.   DeKALB – As the thick, red curtains of the O’Connell Theatre rose, audience members were transported back to a time of flaming history and the...

DeKALB - The Egyptian Theatre is celebrating its 94th anniversary of providing entertainment to the local DeKalb community. Members of the community can show their support by donating $94 or more to the theatre’s Birthday Club. Donations for the...

DeKALB – The Pick Museum of Anthropology’s “Good Food” exhibit presents information about food insecurity, food resources in DeKalb, what “Good Food” means to different people and more.  The exhibit was organized by curators Annalisa Amber,...

Every year, the School of Theatre and Dance holds a dance concert toward the end of fall. The show will feature a number of different dance styles. The dances set to be performed are: “Flames of Paris – Act III Pas de Deux,” "<3,"  “Walls...

One of the country’s leading chamber of music ensembles will be gracing the NIU campus with their musical presence. The Avalon String Quartet is a Chicago based ensemble that holds a residency at NIU’s School of Music. The Quartet will be performing...

NIU’s community will be treated to the classic Shakespeare play "A Midsummer Night's Dream,” directed at NIU's Black Box Theatre. The play is a comedy and a tale of love, as two young couples fall prey to the whimsy of the fairy court and the weight...

DeKALB – Dance Dimension will be holding its third annual “Tinsel an’ Tutu” event at the start of December.  The event is a fundraiser aimed for financially assisting Dimensions Youth Ballet, whose goal is to provide training for dancers striving...

DeKALB – Calming beats filled Recital Hall as members of the Thai Music Ensemble gave an opening performance for the Concert of Thai and Lao Music, followed by a thunderous applause from the audience.  Attendees were treated to traditional music...

The Pick Museum has announced that it is having an Indigenous Foodways event from Noon to 1 p.m. on Nov. 14 in Cole Hall 114.  Assistant professor of anthropology Dana Bardolph will be highlighting the ways archaeologists discover information from...