REVIEW "Some Racing, Some Stopping" - Headlights Rating: 10/10 "Some Racing, Some Stopping," the newest endeavor from Champaign's beloved Headlights, stands alone as the defining album of the band's genre. The only problem is figuring out what genre that...

"Lost," we need to talk. We've been together going on four seasons now, and I feel like we've really grown. When I first started seeing you, all you did was dwell on the past, but that's changing now. You're starting to look to the future, and while I...

REVIEW "NY's Finest" - Pete Rock Rating: 9/10 Hip-hop royalty Pete Rock has gone crate digging again and has recruited an all-star cast to breathe life into the feel-good vibe of "NY's Finest," an album that does its job and doesn't overstay its welcome...

"Definitely, Maybe" Rating: 8/10 Staring Ryan Reynolds, Abigail Breslin, Isla Fisher, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Wiesz The Plot William Hayes' (Reynolds) daughter, Maya (Breslin), wants to know the entire story of her father's relationships before she was...

Throughout this difficult time, indulging in arts and entertainment has proven to be tremendously therapeutic for me as well as a lot of my friends and colleagues. Listening to music serves as an especially fine escape. After being exposed to the reality...

"Be Kind Rewind" Rating: 7/10 Starring Jack Black, Mos Def, Melonie Diaz, Danny Glover, Mia Farrow Plot After his brain becomes magnetized, Jerry (Black) accidentally erases all of the VHS tapes inside a video shop. In order to replace the destroyed movies,...

DeKalb Mayor Frank Van Buer is coming to the Egyptian Theatre to announce Saturday, March 1 as Preservation of the Egyptian Theatre Day. In recognition of the 30th anniversary of the community takeover of the Egyptian, Van Buer will have a news conference...

Six years after a sold-out performance at Otto's, Umphrey's McGee is coming back to DeKalb. The jam band, originally from South Bend, Ind., returns at 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, at the Egyptian Theatre. Tickets for this all-ages concert are $30 in advance...

Grief recovery in one word: babies. While Nyssa Bulkes retreated to pre-teen pastimes yesterday, I passed the time with a pre-teen in my own family. My cousin had a baby in January - the first of the new generation - and I finally got to meet him over...

Eight-year-old Nyssa was my best friend last week. To help myself through the emotional roller coaster, I did things I did as a kid. I played "Dr. Mario" on an original Nintendo system. My family and I broke out games such as "Tetris" and "Loopz," and...

To help NIU and DeKalb community members carry on, the Convocation Center announced two shows that fans of rock bands both old and new can attend CHEAP TRICK / JOAN JETT - SATURDAY, MARCH 29 Joan Jett will open for Cheap Trick, headlining. Tickets go...

10:48 P.M. CST | The 80th film to win Best Picture is "No Country For Old Men." The Coens win three awards in one night, and a new record is set. This is just another Oscar show with the only big suprise being Marion Cotillard winning for "La Vie En Rose."...