![The DeKalb Public Library sits under a cloudy sky located in downtown DeKalb. Jazz In Progress will visit the library on Oct. 14. (Nyla Owens | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Nyla-Owens_DeKalb-Public-Library-900x600.jpg)
Join Jazz In Progress for late night jazz.
By Jonathan Shelby, Lifestyle Writer
| October 4, 2023
![Lincoln Highway in downtown DeKalb is inactive Monday during rush hour.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/file_d4820190-751f-11ea-aa20-773e65f3e1d1_-900x675.jpg)
DeKalb weekend scene, entertain in a play, business shindig
By Sarah Rose, Managing Editor
| April 25, 2023
![Volunteers work to clean the DeKalb County Community Garden on Friday for the annual NIU Cares day of service. (Madelaine Vikse)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_6760-900x594.jpg)
IN PICTURES: NIU Cares day volunteers clean, plant
By Madelaine Vikse, Editor-in-Chief
| April 21, 2023
![Joseph F. Glidden Homestead and Historical Center under the mid-afternoon sky, located at 921 W Lincoln Hwy, in DeKalb. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_9862-900x600.jpg)
Dancing, books and a play are on the roster this Saturday
By Sarah Rose, Managing Editor
| April 11, 2023
![The DeKalb Public Library sits under a cloudy sky located in downtown DeKalb. Jazz In Progress will visit the library on Oct. 14. (Nyla Owens | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Nyla-Owens_DeKalb-Public-Library-900x600.jpg)
DeKalb library to host Suzuki Strings
By Eli Tecktiel, Lifestyle Writer
| April 6, 2023
![Entrants of the 2019 Karoshi Con cosplay contest stand on stage together in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium in the Holmes Student Center. This weeks DeKalb Day Planner includes the NIU Anime Associations Karoshi Con, which will take place from 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Saturday. (Photo courtesy of the NIU Anime Association)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Karoshi-2019-Cosplay_CourtesyAnimeAssociation-900x558.jpg)
Appreciate the arts this Saturday
By Sarah Rose, Managing Editor
| April 4, 2023
![The Egyptian Theatre is located downtown DeKalb at 135 N. 2nd Street.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/THEATRE-900x600.jpg)
Plan for a drag show and musical performance Saturday
By Sarah Rose, Managing Editor
| March 21, 2023
![The Egyptian Theatre is located downtown DeKalb at 135 N. 2nd Street.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/THEATRE-900x600.jpg)
DeKalb day planner: Feb. 4
By Sarah Rose, Managing Editor
| January 31, 2023
![The entrance to the Duke Ellington Ballroom in the Holmes Student Center. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/dukeEllington_1_24_2023_Reed-900x600.jpg)
DeKalb day planner: Jan. 28
By Sarah Rose, Managing Editor
| January 24, 2023
![The berimbau comes from Africa and was brought to Brazil during the Transatlantic slave trade.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/berimbau-900x627.jpg)
Upcoming Arcomusical concert, berimbau demonstration at DeKalb Public Library
By Joseph Howerton, Video Editor
| December 2, 2022
![The Celebration Chorale will perform a Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church, 317 N. Fourth St. (Sean Reed | Northern Star)](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/first-united-methodist-church-900x600.jpg)
Ring in the holiday cheer this weekend with Ellwood House holiday tours, Christmas concert
By Nick Glover, Lifestyle Editor
| November 30, 2022
![NIU Banda and NIU Mariachi will be performing a concert with Sones de México at 7 p.m. on Nov. 19 in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall at the Music Building.](https://northernstar.info/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/GettyImages-1157027353-1-900x600.jpg)
Watch an NIU Banda and Mariachi concert, learn tree trimming this Saturday
By Nick Glover, Lifestyle Editor
| November 16, 2022
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