Re:New DeKalb is wrapping up construction projects until spring but has many events planned for the rest of the year. This week, weather permitting, landscaping will be installed in the Pond and Ferguson public parking lots. Public improvements such as...
Grab you ghost hunting gear for the Egyptian Theatre’s annual haunted overnight featuring the set from the Amenti Haunted House. The historic Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., will be hosting a haunted overnight event from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. on Oct....
DeKalb’s Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., not only offers entertainment but also opportunities to serve the community. The Egyptian Theatre has been a historic landmark in the community since 1929. After decades, the theatre was not in optimal condition...
Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., is hosting their fifth annual Ride Like An Egyptian bike ride on Saturday. Alex Nerad, executive director of the Egyptian Theatre, said four 25 mile routes will be offered. The bike ride begins at 10 a.m. and ends...
Grab your girls (or guys–no discrimination!) and hit the town for DeKalb’s second annual Girls Night Out. Benefitting the American Heart Association (AHA), Girls Night Out is a community-wide event geared toward having fun and being informed. Many...
The Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second Street, has sent out a plea for local residents to help raise funds for renovations to the theater. All it takes for residents to help this historic foundation is two minutes and a Facebook profile or Chase Bank online...
As of last Friday, I am no longer a virgin. In the Rocky Horror Picture Show sense, that is. The Rocky Horror Picture Show, performed by the troupe A Powerful and Irrational Mouthwash, had its opening night 8 p.m. Friday at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 North...
After nine years of musical entertainment, the Gavin Wilson Show will take the stage for a final time at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second Street. Attendees will experience Gavin’s arrangement of jazz, modern music, magic, ventriloquism...
A new feature film hits close to home.In Wired; The DeKalb Documentary, a Feyt Productions film directed by Shela Lahey, the city of DeKalb is described though its history, its entertainment and the community of people who live there.One of the topics...
Student life can be hectic, especially in the first few weeks of the semester. There are financial aid problems to straighten out, dorm room or apartment supplies to be bought and textbooks to be ordered for $8 from shady websites. It seems as though...
Re:New DeKalb is a local organization which attempts to revitalize the downtown area. The group installed new streetlights and sidewalks, added trees and street furniture to Lincoln Highway and Locust Street, and buried and removed overhead electric wires....
After an NIU theatre production of West Side Story, Irvan “Irv” Kummerfeldt, who was an NIU associate professor of journalism, died of a heart attack at the Egyptian Theatre in 1988. Alex Nerad, executive director of the Egyptian Theatre, 135 North...
