Electronic music has been influencing rock and roll for decades, creating new genres for fans of both styles.Brothers Past, a recently-reunited band with a slew of festival slots lined up, is the product of this pairing. The careful song writing and memorable...
Irish eyes are smiling on DeKalb. Gaelic Storm will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St. Gaelic Storm is an Irish band that performs spin-offs of Celtic classics and their own original songs with a modern twist of American...
NIU will have a new mission statement in the future. The Faculty Senate met Wednesday in the Holmes Student Center Sky Room to discuss the mission statement, among other topics. NIU's mission statement was last revised in 2003. The current series of revisions...
A thirty-piece punk rock marching band is coming. Mucca Pazza will play at 9 p.m. Saturday at Otto's, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. With thirty pieces, such an ensemble had to find some way to section off. However, for this group, typical ensemble sections...
Jesse White, secretary of state and state librarian, awarded the DeKalb and Sycamore public libraries with grants from the Illinois Public Library Per Capita and Equalization Aid grants funding. The DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St., received $44,980.48,...
Students are encouraged to attend FAFSA Fun Fest Thursday, where they can expect free food, raffle prizes and help filling out their FAFSA form. The FAFSA Fun Fest, hosted by the NIU Office of Student Financial Aid, will go from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the...
The DeKalb Public Library announced it will form two groups to assist in receiving a state grant and other funding for its upcoming expansion.The library announced its plan at the DeKalb Public Library board meeting Feb. 8. The proposed addition would...
The repair shop family jumped for joy, overwhelmed after having its website named one of the best in the country, said Motor Works owner Marty Fay.Motor Works, 316 E. Taylor St., won one of the Top 10 Automotive Repair Websites awards and was featured...
Annex Group Computer Music Program will buzz Thursday night from a composition featuring recorded sounds of honey bees.Annex Group, which will perform at 8 p.m. in the NIU Music Building Recital Hall, consists of several students, professors and alumni...
This isn't your parents' pancake breakfast. That's what Derek Gibbs, marketing director for Feed'em Soup, 122 S. First St., said about the organization's pancake dinner Friday. "There are a lot of pancake dinners," Gibbs said. "Everybody does one - the...
The following was taken from the University Police. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The University Police Department provides police reports on the Web at finfacil.niu.edu/PublicSafety. MONDAYAt 6:47 p.m.,...
The following was taken directly from area police and fire department records, or from DeKalb County court records. Anyone mentioned is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Tuesday At 6:17 a.m., a DeKalb police officer on patrol ran...
