On Feb. 4, The Egyptian Theatre hosted its sixth annual Jazz at the Egyptian concert. The event included performances by the DeKalb and Sycamore high school jazz ensembles, the Northern Illinois University Jazz Orchestra and Jazz in Progress, a local...
DeKALB – NIU’s Reproductive Rights Association (RRA) is sponsoring a charity drive selling shirts for the Chicago Abortion Fund (CAF) from now until Feb. 7.
The shirts display the RRA’s logo on the front and on the back they say “bodily autonomy...
As a way to give back to its community, Creative Therapeutics created a program that encourages customers to donate to a charity each month.The free community yoga class at Creative Therapeutics, 400 E. Hillcrest Drive, is a program that combines charity...
Pass: Red Cross makes donating to the Philippines easy to doFollowing the brutal Typhoon Haiyan that struck the Philippines, the American Red Cross and Facebook sprung into action by placing a donation link on Facebook home pages.The quick access for...
NIU and Goodwill Industries of Northern Illinois have teamed up to hold a donation drive that will run until 15. Donations of clothing, linens, computers and computer accessories, shoes and cell phones, among other things, can be dropped off in the blue...
Guys, I moustache you a question. Are you participating in No Shave November? If so, you’d appreciate Movember. Starting in 2003 with 30 noble Australian men, Movember has promoted the growth and beautification of the moustache. In 2011 the movement...
Three hundred walkers participated in the Northern DeKalb County Sondra King Memorial Campaign to Rule Out Poverty (CROP) Hunger Walk on Sunday. The walk was hosted by the First Congregational United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St., and the Unitarian...
Outreach and Engagement Associate Andrew Pemberton's parents taught him the importance of helping people in the community. Today, that sense of volunteerism hasn't left. Pemberton helped organize NIU's Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge...
David Lumpkin had an idea to help the DeKalb community.Along with friends, that idea became Feed ‘Em Soup Community Project, a nonprofit organization serving the DeKalb and Sycamore communities. "This is an opportunity for us to serve people who don't...
The best way to be involved in a school organization, obtain leadership qualities and make friends that will last a lifetime while keeping your grades up is to go Greek. Before you start thinking of the all of the negative stereotypes that go along with...
As the holiday season approaches and the year comes to a close, it is time to start making our shopping lists and deciding who has been naughty and who has been nice. For this week's "In Focus," various Northern Star columnists assess America's performance...
With frigid weather approaching, local churches plan for programs to help the less fortunate through the winter. Churches and businesses are working with DeKalb's Salvation Army, 830 Grove St., to provide food drives and other charitable service to eligible...
