DeKalb is home to a unique historic museum located at 509 N. First St. The Ellwood House Museum is open for tours during the warmer months, but there are only three more special days to visit the historic site in December. The annual Holiday Open House...
Students can support printmaking majors by buying one-of-a-kind prints. The sale, which began on Tuesday and goes from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Friday, is taking place in the second floor hallway of the Art Building. The sale serves as an opportunity...
What do you get when you combine musicians, comedians, artists, activism and artwork? You get CarlinFest, an event named after comedian George Carlin, which will take place at 6 p.m. on Saturday at the House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. Admission costs...
Dress up for Halloween and get ready to funk, because Winnie Page and The Dirt Band are playing at 8 p.m. Monday as the featured open mic artist at the House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. This free performance will serve as the release show for their...
What a short week it will be for the artists featured in the new campus exhibition, What A Long Night It Has Been. The exhibition opened Monday in Gallery 214 at the Art Building. There are 26 works exhibited by 21 artists from Illinois, Indiana, New...
In October 2009, 2K Games released the sci-fi first-person-shooter (FPS) video game Borderlands. Borderlands later received four downloadable content packages which added new story, maps, weapons and opponents. Its sequel, Borderlands 2, was released...
Students who often pass by the Village Commons shopping center may have noticed a new business next to Domino’s. A clothing store called CR Spot has moved into the previously vacant location at the west end of the building. Through the windows are mannequins...
In 1995 the movie Judge Dredd was released. Sylvester Stallone plays the titular masked man. Its sequel, known as Dredd 3D, was released Sept. 21 with Karl Urban taking Stallone’s place. In the 1995 film, Dredd (Judge is his profession) gets framed...
About 15 bicyclists rode the streets on campus Sept. 21 to draw attention to the need for bike lanes. The bike ride, called Courteous Mass, was organized by word of mouth by members of the NIU Green Paws Environmental Alliance and the NIU Cycling Club....
Oct. 2 correction: In an Oct. 1 Northern Star cutline, the Northern Star incorrectly named the singer of DeKalb punk band “Richardson” Richardson as EJ Savage. The singer is Tony Martin. In the corresponding article, “DeKalb punks celebrate album...
