Event Series NIU STEAM STEM Café

NIU STEAM STEM Café

Fatty’s Pub and Grille 1312 W Lincoln Hwy,, DeKalb, IL

Don’t miss these STEM Cafés this fall! Sept. 11, 2024 – Critical Minerals: The Hidden Materials Required for Green Energy Many of the technologies we need for green energy – […]

Free

NIU Art Museum: Portrait Exhibition Suite Opening Reception

NIU Art Museum 1425 W. Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, IL, United States

Join NIU Art Museum for their opening reception of three fall exhibitions: “Seeing Each Other: Portraits in Time and Place,” “Hold Still: Portraits from the Permanent Collection” and “Homage to […]

Free

Ballet Folklórico Aztlán

DeKalb Public Library 309 Oak St, DeKalb, IL, United States

NIU’s Ballet Folklórico Aztlán is a vibrant and newly founded group of passionate dancers dedicated to the rich and colorful art of Mexican folk dance, known as “Folklórico.” Folklórico is […]

Free

8 Countries in 1 Day

DeKalb Public Library 309 Oak St, DeKalb, IL, United States

Are you ready to travel the world from the comfort of your own library? Prepare for takeoff at our annual “8 Countries in 1 Day” event when we take you […]

Free

Highland Dance with the Thistle & Heather Dance Ensemble

DeKalb Public Library 309 Oak St, DeKalb, IL, United States

We welcome the Thistle & Heather Highland Dancers of Chicagoland for a traditional Scottish dance performance in our Main Lobby, accompanied by bagpiper Scott McCawley. The Thistle & Heather Highland […]

Free

Global Rhythms with the Harambee Percussion Ensemble

DeKalb Public Library 309 Oak St, DeKalb, IL, United States

Dance along to the rhythms of the Harambee Percussion Ensemble! Harambee was founded by Dr. Sherry Jones in the early 2000s at Littlejohn Elementary as an after-school enrichment program. Co-directed […]

Free

Hinckley’s Barbed Wire Story

Hinckley Community Building 100 N. Maple Street, Hinckley,, Illinois

The Hinckley Historical Society is hosting “Hinckley’s Barbed Wire Story” on September 17 to share information about the barbed wire invention, the impact it had on settling the west, and […]

Free
Event Series Forest Therapy Walk

Forest Therapy Walk

P.A. Nehring Forest Preserve 380 Bethany Road, DeKalb, Illinois, United States

Experience the healing and wellness-promoting effects of forest therapy, the practice of immersing the senses in the atmosphere of the forest. This 90-minute introductory session will be held at P.A […]

Free

NIU Art Museum: Curator’s Talk with Peter B. Olson

NIU Art Museum 1425 W. Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, IL, United States

NIU Art Museum curator and collections manager Peter B. Olson shares his insights on the portrait works in our collection. Location: NIU Art Museum Galleries

Free
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