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Recreation Center to host Outdoor Adventure Craft Night

By Northern Star Staff | January 23, 2021

DeKALB – NIU Recreation will host an Outdoor Adventure Craft Night from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Student Recreation Center. Participants who sign up will be making New Year's vision boards at the Rec Center, 325 N. Annie Glidden Road, according to...

Parker Meadows, senior political science major, reads a book Monday beside the lagoon.

Outdoor adventures to track NIU wildlife

By Parker Otto | January 22, 2021

DeKALB – NIU Outdoor Adventures and the staff of NIU’s Lorado Taft Campus in Oregon, IL will host a series of monthly Nature Ed. classes. The first, about the winter activities of NIU’s wildlife, will be from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at NIU’s West...

The Egyptian Theatre is bringing back BOO'ze & Spirits Tours starting Sept. 24.

Former Egyptian theatre executive director leaves lasting legacy

By Angela Butera | January 22, 2021

DeKALB- Former executive director of the Egyptian Theatre, Barbara Kummerfeldt died Wednesday at the age of 87.  Kummerfeldt’s two-decade history with the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., started during the late 1970’s when she, along with...

The Egyptian Theatre, 1135 N. Second St., to host "The Big Sing" choir concert

Film review: ‘One Night in Miami’

By Parker Otto | January 22, 2021

With the lack of theaters to screen films, streaming services have been competing with each other to become the premium provider of new films. “One Night in Miami…,” the latest film to drop on Amazon Prime Video, is a captivating film with timeless...

Best place to sled in DeKalb: Hopkins Park

Best place to sled in DeKalb: Hopkins Park

By Northern Star Staff | January 21, 2021

DeKalb  — With snow finally falling, people are shopping for sleds and looking for the best place to use them in DeKalb. A sled hill is at Hopkins Park,  1403 Sycamore Rd. The sled hill is open during normal park district hours of operation —...

The Zeta Upsilon Chapter of Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. and the Alpha Chapter of Kappa Pi Beta Fraternity, Inc. are hosting the third annual Triple ‘S’ show on April 7 from 6-11 p.m. in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium. 

Career Services to host Huskies Get Hired Tips and Tricks workshop

By Northern Star Staff | January 21, 2021

DeKALB — Career Services will host an online workshop, Huskies Get Hired Tips and Tricks, for students and alumni seeking employment and internship opportunities. The event is today at 3 p.m. and ends at 4 p.m.  Pre-registration for the event is...

New to Netflix in February

By Parker Otto | January 20, 2021

As January draws to a close, a new slate of media is to be dropped on Netflix. While many releases are pre-existing films and television series, there are a few originals to keep an eye on in February.  "Malcolm and Marie" Directed by Sam Leinson,...

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Music is off to a hot start in 2021

By Jacob Baker | January 20, 2021

2020 was a brilliant year for music with releases from Playboi Carti, The Weeknd, Freddie Gibbs, Poppy, Conway the Machine, Kacy Hill and bands like Vein, Sightless Pit, Fluids, Protomartyr and Bedsore. That streak of great releases has bled into 2021...

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‘Hateful Things’ exhibit to examine racist iconography at Pick Museum of Anthropology

By Parker Otto | January 19, 2021

DeKALB – The NIU Pick Museum of Anthropology will host a new exhibit, titled “Hateful Things,” displaying the history of racist stereotypes of African Americans throughout American history from Feb. 1 to April 9. The 39 piece exhibit consists...

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The Panhellenic Sorority will host online recruitment

By Dottie Blanchard | January 18, 2021

The Panhellenic Sorority is celebrating their new members' recruitment Friday through Sunday via Microsoft Teams.  The three-day event will give prospective members the opportunity to learn more about eight different sororities history, missions and...

Clothing closets outside of Paw Lickin’ Good Treats.

Paw Lickin’ Good Treats brings warmth to those in need

By Jamie O'Toole | January 15, 2021

DeKALB — Paw Lickin’ Good Treats, a pet store, has placed a community closet full of cold weather essentials in front of their store for people in need this winter, according to their Facebook post.  Located in the Hy-Vee Shopping Center, 2684...

The Center for Black Studies, 621 W. Lincoln Highway.

POWER retreat aims to empower voices through activism

By Dottie Blanchard | January 14, 2021

DeKALB - People Organizing Weekend Empowerment Retreat, or POWER, is hosting a virtual event about engagement in social justice Jan. 22 through Jan. 24 via zoom. The event, sponsored by the U.S. Student Association and the Center for Black Studies,...