By Sarah Rose, Managing Editor
| September 26, 2022
Editor’s note: This piece is the writer’s opinion and the Northern Star is not sponsored by Apple.
Apple’s iOS 16 update was released this month with multiple new settings that took the tech world by storm. Here’s a guide to using Apple’s...
By Sarah Rose, Managing Editor
| September 26, 2022
DeKALB — The Egyptian Theatre will host a four-night horror movie series at 7 p.m. every Tuesday during the month of October.
A double featurette, “The Mummy’s Hand” and “The Mummy’s Tomb” will kick off the event on Oct. 4. “Psycho”...
By Caleb Johnson, Lifestyle Writer
| September 23, 2022
The DeKalb Public Library will be hosting a Pumpkin Painting workshop from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 1.
This workshop is available to people of all ages and is free for DeKalb Public Library patrons. All supplies are provided by the Library. To...
By Laqes Davis, Lifestyle Writer
| September 23, 2022
DeKALB — The Egyptian Theatre is hosting an event called the “BOO’ze & Spirits Flashlight Tour” this fall. The theater will share scary stories and reveal secrets about ghosts that roam throughout the building.
According to the event...
By Laqes Davis, Lifestyle Writer
| September 22, 2022
Reading various genres of Black literature is a great way to learn about the Black community and their experiences. Here are five novels written by Black authors.
“Black Buck” by Mateo Askaripour (388 pages)
Mateo Askaripour's debut novel “Black...
By Sarah Rose, Managing Editor
| September 22, 2022
It is going to be a bit cooler this weekend, the perfect time to bundle up on the couch and catch up on some binge-worthy TV shows.
Shadow and Bone (Netflix)
"Shadow and Bone" is a fantasy show released on Netflix on April 23, 2021. It is based...
By Michael Stoll, Sports Reporter
| September 22, 2022
DeKALB – NIU’s Center for Black Studies recently created a new club called Podcast Club. The club gathers fellow podcast enthusiasts to sit down and meet and discuss a podcast of the club’s choice.
The first meeting of the Podcast Club will be...
By Alex Crowe, Assistant Sports Editor
| September 22, 2022
DeKALB – The NIU School of Theatre and Dance kicks off the 2022-2023 performance season with Sarah Ruhl’s “Melancholy Play,” directed by NIU voice and movement professor Bethany Mangum-Oles.
Performances will take place in the Black Box Theatre...
By Caleb Johnson, Lifestyle Writer
| September 21, 2022
NIU's Afro-Brazilian Capoeira Club is hosting a Capoeira exhibition match in the MLK Commons featuring Capoeira Mestre Iuri Santos. The main event is from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday.
“(Capoeira) was formed about 500 years ago, developed by slaves...
