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Garage-rock duo enters the House

September 18, 2013

Most concerts in DeKalb do not include selling men’s underwear. That’s not the case for White Mystery’s upcoming show at the House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway.The band is compromised of Chicago sibling-garage duo Miss Alex White and Francis Scott...

Davey Dynamite destroys summer album

By Carl Nadig | September 11, 2013

Carl NadigColumnist H @carlnadigLocal musician Davey Dynamite has come a long way from his DeKalb debut in fall 2009 on the now-extinct Java 101 sound stage.Dynamite performed alongside musicians like Dave Green, Michael Pfingsten and poet Emanuel Vinson....

Hi-Infidelity puts on an electric light show Saturday as they play classic hits at Corn Fest.

DeKalb music scene flourishes during Corn Fest

By Carl Nadig | September 3, 2013

Just as classes were beginning last week, DeKalb’s history of maize and music ripened for the 36th annual Corn Fest.With vendors and tents outside tied down to anchors, bracing for the worst, the festival began Friday. Midwestern weather brought severe...

Local musician puts on ‘big man shoes’ for latest EP

By Carl Nadig | August 26, 2013

After a humid summer performance in Waterman, local singer and songwriter Pete Jive performed again on the House Cafe stage, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, Thursday.Spinning a hula hoop between songs, occasionally telling one-liners and chuckling at his own...

Literary magazine offers students a chance to shine

By Shelby Devitt | October 9, 2012

Students with creative minds have the opportunity to share their work. Having work publicly acknowledged is an important part of the learning process, and Towers literary magazine offers that chance. Towers was formed in 1939 by students as a way to self-publish...

Potbelly Sandwich Works will hold a fundraiser for Towers Creative and Literary Arts Magazine Wednesday starting at 5pm.

Towers Literary and Arts Magazine in danger of shutting down

By Jerene-Elise Nall | February 28, 2012

Towers Literary and Arts Magazine has published the work of NIU’s creative student minds since 1939; that’s over 70 years of history. For the first time in the history of Towers, the arts and literary magazine is in danger of being shut down due to...