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Young adults voting

Voter registration set to take place at Center for Black Studies

By Jacob Baker | September 1, 2020

DeKALB — The Center for Black Studies will be hosting the Voter Registration Drive from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Sept. 30. Voting registrars will help patrons get registered to vote.  Social distancing guidelines will be practiced and in...

Music Building

The School of Music will live stream Welcome Back concert

By Jamie O'Toole | September 1, 2020

DeKALB — The NIU School of Music will be conducting a live stream Welcome Back concert at 8 p.m. through the School of Music website.  The concert will be free, taking place on the stage of the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Music Building....

Green Tangerine Record Store

Green Tangerine to host first of three Record Store Days

By Parker Otto | August 28, 2020

DeKALB – After months of waiting, music lovers will now be able to get new, exclusive releases from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Green Tangerine Records for the first of three Record Store Days. Record Store Day, founded in 2007, is an annual event...

Hometown Bar and Grill and Stage Left

Hometown Bar and Grill welcomes back live entertainment

By Jamie O'Toole | August 28, 2020

DeKALB  –  Since restaurants have opened back up, Hometown Sports Bar and Grill has been making room for live entertainment again. The grill, 241 E. Lincoln Highway, is hosting live entertainment in their newest addition, Stage Left, located right...

Northern Axeposure

Northern Axeposure aims to entertain and be a part of the community

By Parker Otto | August 24, 2020

With a powerful throw and a formidable crack, a steel-headed axe meets its target — a wooden bullseye. This sound, commonly associated with the outdoors, takes on a new meaning in the rapidly expanding sport of axe throwing, now provided at Northern...

Evening for Black Lives encourages audience to contemplate being Black in America

Evening for Black Lives encourages audience to contemplate being Black in America

By Colton Loeb | August 23, 2020

DeKALB — Organizers of An Evening of Music for Black Lives Friday at Hopkins Park opened the night of music with a few words about Elijah Mcclain, Elante Mcdowel and the injustice faced by Black people everywhere.  “We are here today to honor...

Send a fellow Huskie a care package

Send a fellow Huskie a care package

By Lifestyle Staff | August 21, 2020

NIU is now offering care package plans and single care packages to send friends studying on campus or at home. Depending on the bundle, some are full of candies, baked goods or other healthy and less healthy goodies. There is a limited time offer using...

Glidden Hill Grill

Glidden Hill Grill opens in DeKalb

By Haley Galvin | August 21, 2020

DeKALB — Glidden Hill Grill and Catering is a budding business offering traditional bar food as well as traditional grilled Greek food such as pork souvlaki, gyros and a Greek burger. Being a restaurant owner for over 30 years, owner Pete Matarangas...

Hopkins Park Bandshell

Locals to host an evening for Black lives

By Jamie O'Toole | August 20, 2020

DeKLAB — Three locals are organizing An Evening for Black Lives, honoring the life of Elijah McClain and other Black lives who have suffered due to police violence. The event will take place at 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Aug. 21 at the Hopkins Park Bandshell,...

Dominic Fike uncovers his life in fame with first studio album

Dominic Fike uncovers his life in fame with first studio album

By Jamie O'Toole | August 3, 2020

Diving into his first studio album after mere demo tapes that impressed the industry enough to nail him a solid multi-million record deal early in his career, Dominic Fike delivers a rebuttal against fame, an inside look into how washed up he's become...

Egyptian Theatre launches COVID-19 relief fund

Egyptian Theatre launches COVID-19 relief fund

By Colton Loeb | July 30, 2020

DeKALB The Egyptian Theatre in Downtown DeKalb has launched a COVID-19 relief fund to help with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a July 20 news release.  To date the theater has cancelled or postponed more than 50 events with more...

Courtesy of Comic Club

Comic Club creates booklet for charity

By Jacob Baker | July 29, 2020

NIU’s Comic Club is holding a charity event until July 31 that features a limited release booklet full of comics and art from students at NIU. All proceeds go to the Black Art Futures Fund and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored...