"Exercises in Style" is the next production from the School of Theater and Dance. It opens Thursday and runs through Sunday in the Stevens Building Corner Theater. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and 2:00 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are...

On Saturday, pop-rock act MER will perform at Otto's, 118 E. Lincoln Highway. Also scheduled to perform are Monkey Fingers and Scottie Long. Admission is $6 at the door and the first band will take the stage at 9 p.m. MER has a lengthy history and relationship...

iTunes' darling Jet has discovered a way to avoid the sophomore jinx: improve. "Shine On" is a pure 70's rock record. The distorted vocals, brief songs and springy keyboards littered throughout are a step forward from the AC/DC obsession that plagued...

Imagine the most stereotypical dive bar possible, complete with dim lighting, dirty glasses and peanuts all over the floor. That was the Hold Steady's bar last year when its sophomore effort, "Separation Sunday," was released. But somehow, with "Boys...

The Las Vegas quartet's sophomore release features the good, bad and the ugly at its own expense. In 2004, "Hot Fuss" brought the synth-rockers success with singles "Mr. Brightside" and "All These Things That I've Done." Both bands the Bravery and Fall...

Beck has never been one to repeat himself, unless it's absolutely intentional. Between the mellow melancholy of 2002's "Sea Change" and the pseudo-techno beats of last year's "Guero," a more jarring contrast is difficult to imagine. But "The Information"...

"Open Season" is the story of Boog (Martin Lawrence), a grizzly bear who has been raised since he was a cub in the quiet town of Timberline by Park Ranger Beth (Debra Messing). He meets Elliot (Ashton Kutcher), a small, hyperactive deer who happens to...

The concept of the hunter becoming the hunted is very prominent in, "School for Scoundrels." Billy Bob Thornton plays Dr. P, who teaches guys who are considered losers, to win. The cast includes Jon Heder of "Napolean Dynamite," Horatio Sanz of "Saturday...

A doorway at 132 Harrison St. is like a portal to another place. From the outside, the unassuming, two-story house looks like the other dozen or so 1920s-era homes on the street. There's nothing spectacular about the screen door that hangs slightly downhill...

"The World Series of Punk" will come to Otto's Niteclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway. The venue will host a six band show featuring Chicago and out-of-state talent. The line-up includes: Swizzle Tree, Starter Kit, Logan Square, Declare This an Emergency (MN),...

David Rauch is a Northern Star employee studying abroad. "An American In Paris" will chronicle his studies and adventures in France. For Americans, traveling after the turn of the century has become a surreal experience. We travel to get away from America...

DeKALB | Saturday, the House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, will be home to a punk rock prom party, complete with patron's canvas shoes, ridiculous suits and dressed and gaudily accessories. John Ugolini of Kickstand Productions has organized the second...