Tag: DeKalb Area Women's Center
“A Song for Coretta” from the NIU School of Theater and Dance is being presented at a 2 p.m. matinee and a 7 p.m. evening performance on Saturday, March 25. The benefit performances, directed by Bethany Mangum, are being remounted at the DeKalb Area Women’s Center (DAWC), 1021 State St., DeKalb, to commemorate Women’s History Month. The...
NIU sociology graduate student Dana Peterson has been picking up a lot of business tips and life lessons from local women business owners this past academic year. Peterson has embarked on a collaborative project between NIU, the non-profit organization DeKalb Area Women’s Center (DAWC) and the local business community to explore the road some local...
NIU School of Theatre and Dance students will remount their December production of “Women In To Light” at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 13, to benefit the DeKalb Area Women’s Center. As a part of the center’s Women’s History Month programming, the NIU actresses will host a talk-back immediately following their performance to discuss their process...
NIU’s Huskie Service Scholars program is collaborating with the DeKalb Area Women’s Center (DAWC) to coordinate a Winter Wear Drive for the community. This event will be held from Monday, Nov. 9, through Wednesday, Nov. 18, as part of National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. Donations of gently used jackets, hats, gloves, scarves, boots and...
May is National Preservation Month, and with the help of grants and donations, DeKalb Area Women’s Center is ready to begin its own preservation efforts on the former Finnish Hall, now home to this non-profit organization. The DAWC was incorporated in 1993 to advocate for women and sponsors an art gallery along with a wide...
Artists Danielle Dobies and Lynn Hill will exhibit their works in “Experiences in India,” on display this month at the DeKalb Area Women’s Center, 1021 State St. The opening reception takes place from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8. Open viewing dates and times are from 7 to 9 p.m. Fridays (Nov. 8, 15...
NIU and the DeKalb Area Women’s Center connect again through an August 2013 fine arts exhibition at the DAWC galleries showcasing figurative paintings by NIU School of Art Professor Emerita Carmen Armstrong. Her oil-on-canvas paintings of human figures and objects in their meaningful environments are available for viewing from 7 to 9 p.m. each Friday...
A research report compiled and presented by an NIU sociology professor and her student research team to the Landmark Commission of DeKalb and the DeKalb City Council has prompted the granting of historic landmark status to the former Finnish Majakka Hall. The current occupant of the building at 1021 State St. is the non-profit organization,...
The DeKalb Area Women’s Center will host the group art exhibition “We Work. Art Talks. We Offer.” Curated by Siew Lian Lim, the exhibition will take place from Tuesday, May 1, through Friday, May 25, at 1021 State St. in DeKalb. An opening reception is scheduled from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, May 4, and will...
The DeKalb Area Women’s Center will host “Echoing Balance,” a solo exhibition of Siew Lian Lim, in its galleries from Thursday, Sept. 1, through Friday, Oct. 28. An artist’s reception, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16. Lim is in her final year...
