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
Come support the NIU football team facing off against the University at Buffalo at the Huskie Stadium on Saturday, September 21st at 2:30pm! Find tickets at Football Tickets – NIU Athletics (niuhuskies.com).
Come celebrate the start of fall at Malta’s Fall Festival! Enjoy live music, food & drinks, kids activities, a parade, and more!
Doug Church is an international, multi-award-winning Elvis Tribute artist bringing his successful show to the Sandwich Opera House.
Make your way to Blumen Gardens to celebrate the fall. Join in the festivities, create wonderful memories, and experience the joy of the season at its finest. Cocktails | Food Trucks Live Music | Artist + Maker Market Saturday, September 21st 9-4PM Wild Carrot 11-2PM Sunday September 22nd 9-4PM Artist + Maker Market 11-2PM Pressbox […]
DeKalb-area veteran groups are inviting community members to attend an upcoming 2.2-mile awareness walk in September meant to help end veteran suicide and spread information on how to help those in crisis. The Be the One Walk will be from 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 22 at the Northwestern Medicine Health and Wellness Center, 626 […]
Johnny K’s Cruise Nights season kicks off May 7th and will run every other Tuesday through October 22nd! All shows are 100% free. Each driver will get a discount to Johnny K’s for the evening!
The Taste of Sandwich will be held Wednesday, September 25th from 5pm-7:30pm in downtown Sandwich. There will be more than 20 vendors offering sample portions of a variety of foods. Tickets are $8 and available at the Sandwich Park District. This year will be the inaugural “Best Sandwich in Sandwich Contest” among local restaurants. Restaurants […]
Participatory reading of writings by the literary figures represented in one of NIU Art Museum’s current exhibitions, “Homage to Humanity: Portrait Prints by Sidney Chafetz.” Readers may choose to read from one or multiple of the following: Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Sholem Aleichem, James Baldwin, Samuel Beckett, Robert Frost, Allen Ginsburg, Amy Lowell, Vladimir Mayakovsky, George Oppen, […]
The Glidden Homestead is excited to host a celebration of the 150th anniversary of Glidden’s “The Winner” patent! A two-day, public barbed wire expo to be held at the historic Altgeld Hall “castle” on the campus of Northern Illinois University (Joseph Glidden’s land donation for a college) and near the site of Henry Rose’s original […]
Please join Society of St. Vincent de Paul or consider sponsoring a walker at the 2024 Friends of The Poor Walk DeKalb/Sycamore, Sept. 28th, 2024, 8:30 am – 11:00 am. This 1.25-mile route will begin and end at the St. Mary Church parking lot, follow sidewalks along Fourth St., Lincoln Hwy. and First St., and […]
