I've spent years of my life watching music everywhere, from clubs to living rooms. In the last few months, however, I've watched the small do-it-yourself (DIY) show space in my town turn into a battleground for "gangs." Not gangs in the traditional sense,...
DeKALB | To generalize, all bands have that one “jack of all trades”: the keyboardist who pulls trumpets, bells and bongos out of his bottomless bag of instruments. Because they’re often the most fun to watch, the quirky multi-instrumental sidekick...
DeKALB | Tapa La Luna, 226 E. Lincoln Highway, will host cooking classes on the last Saturday of each month through April. The series of classes is called Taste of Tapa La Luna. They will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Each class has a different theme from...
DeKALB | It’s the last weekend of February and it’s snowy again. Don’t go home. Here are the things you should be doing in DeKalb this weekend:What: “One Foot In and One Foot Back”Where: Stevens Building Corner TheatreWhen: Friday. Saturday,...
"Moby Dick Rehearsed" was originally written and directed by Orson Welles. Performed for the first time in 1955, this modernist spin on the Melville classic has arrived to the O'Connell theatre at NIU. Director Stanton Davis has fought through blizzards...
The 83rd Annual Academy Awards are this Sunday. The DeKalb Scene staff is used to giving you its take on local entertainment, but here are some of our writers' predictions and hopes for how things go down on Hollywood’s biggest night. CONNOR RICE DeKALB...
"How can a girl with so many lovers be so unlovable?" The protagonist of "One Foot In and One Foot Back" must ask this question of herself in the newest School of Theatre and Dance Third Onion production. The one-act play, written by senior theatre major...
Today's submission is from Stevie Clark, someone who is apparently not a student but stumbled across my challenge and wanted me to review her Facebook statuses. The e-mail itself was capitalized well, but an overabundance of "ur" instead of "your" kind...
A few weeks ago, it was looking pretty grim. The line-up for the spring semester at the Convocation Center was filled with shows that weren't directly aimed at college students. So far, there's been a Christian music concert, well-respected gospel singer...
U know Big Sean? His name has been spreading increasingly throughout campus since it was announced that he would perform at the NIU Convocation Center Party at 11 p.m. on Saturday. Rapper Big Sean was born Sean Anderson on March 25, 1988 in Santa Monica,...
The Center for Latino and Latin American Studies wants you to know that it's here. Sharing a Garden Road address with the Latino Resource Center, it offers students a minor, a graduate concentration and a variety of programs to expand their knowledge...
Just because the temperature is in the 40s doesn’t mean you should go home this weekend. This semester is already a month old and gaining momentum. You need to take a break from freaking out about imminent midterms. Here are my choice picks for what...
