Arts and Entertainment

When Nirvana covered three Meat Puppets songs for the band’s MTV Unplugged session in the mid ’90s, the nation was introduced to an obscure punk/hardcore band that’s been around since the ’80s. While Meat Puppets have always had a strong cult following, not many might have guessed Kurt Cobain was among them.

The Northern Illinois University Huskie Marching Band will present its annual year-end concert at the NIU Convocation Center at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19.

The Three Musketeers were there, so were the Blues Brothers, as were representatives from Hogwart’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the casts of the Wizard of Oz and Gilligan’s Island – and they were on stage doubling as musicians.

The creative and thought-provoking music of Jenny Franck will rock the stage at 8:30 p.m. today at Otto’s Nightclub & Underground in DeKalb.

A woman’s role in the 1920s was mostly limited to wife and mother. The Northern Illinois University School of Theatre and Dance will present the story of one young woman who chose to escape from these limits by instead taking on the role of murderer. The next Studio Series production, “Machinal,” runs today through Sunday in the Stevens Building Corner Theatre in DeKalb.

Children’s Community Theatre has selected the cast for its upcoming stage production of the classic Christmas movie, “Miracle on 34th Street.”

Michael W. Smith will bring his “New Hallelujah World Tour” to the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center on Nov. 7.

The curtain has barely come down on “Seussical: the Musical” and Indian Valley Theater is already gearing up for its holiday production of “The Christmas Toyshop,” set to hit the stage this December.

Guest demonstrator at the next Kishwaukee Valley Art League meeting will be DeKalb artist Peter Olson, who also is the assistant director of the Northern Illinois University Art Museum.

The Northern Illinois University Art Museum will host several fall events in conjunction with the NIU School of Art Faculty Exhibition.

Sycamore High School will present the Broadway classic “Oklahoma!” Nov. 6-8.

Journey to a place where the supernatural is a commonplace and all is not how it seems ...

Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra will have a unique look when the musicians take the stage Friday for two free Halloween concerts at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Music Building at Northern Illinois University.

Just in time for Halloween, Stagecoach Players will present a staged reading of selected Edgar Allen Poe works, as part of the DeKalb Public Library’s program, The Big Read.

With Halloween rapidly approaching, the bewitching season is upon the county, and what better way to celebrate the season than with a good old fashioned zombie flick?

A group of writers met Saturday to prepare for a feat of literary accomplishment.

Junkyard Empire will perform at 8 p.m. Saturday at Java 101, 901 Lucinda Ave. in DeKalb. All ages will be admitted.

Sycamore High School will present the Broadway classic “Oklahoma!” on Nov. 6-8.

The fourth annual TS Family Day on the Farm at Kuipers Family Farm, 1N318 Watson Road in Maple Park, is set for the scariest day of the year – Halloween. 

Screams and gasps are heard as zombies overtake a small ragtag team of survivors desperate to live.

The Northern Illinois University Art Education Division welcomed visiting 2009 Fulbright Scholar and guest speaker, Andrea Kárpáti, on Tuesday.

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The Northern Illinois University Jazz Lab Band, under the direction of Rodrigo Villanueva, and the NIU All-University Jazz Band, directed by Shawn Bell and Zavier Breaker, will perform their first joined concert of the Fall 2009 season.

ost historical landmarks don’t host haunted houses every year. But DeKalb’s Egyptian Theatre does, and it is no small feat transforming this historical theater into a fully functional haunted house every October.

Grammy Award-winning band, OK Go will make its debut in DeKalb at Otto’s Nightclub on Nov. 13. Tickets for OK Go cost $12 and are available at www.yourticketstand.com. Must be 21 or older to attend.

Athens-based psych-shoegaze-indie-pop gems Twin Tigers will be joining Minus the Bear on tour this fall and will be at Otto’s on Nov. 21 in DeKalb.

Life is better on the Bayou – especially with Mojo and the Bayou Gypsies coming to town, according to a news release from the Sandwich Opera House.

The NIU Community School of the Arts invites instrumentalists and vocalists 18 years old and younger to participate in the annual CSA Sinfonia Concerto Competition.