Normally on a Tuesday night in DeKalb, there is not much to do. Yet this week a band called Of Montreal came to town. The House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, was filled to capacity for of one of Polyvinyl Record’s biggest acts. While the show was only...

Tonight at The House Café, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, there will be a show that both talent buyer John Ugolini and Troubled Hubble Bassist Andrew Lanthrum feel comfortable calling "a barn burner." The lineup of the show consists of five bands - Troubled...

Thank goodness for Nick Cannon. While playing the only focused character in this confused teen montage, he makes this drag-of-a-movie not entirely unbearable. He manages to carry this formulaic bungling of tired clichés, a predictable plot and a generally...

The other night I went out for a few drinks with some friends and my roommate told me to be home by a certain time for dinner because she was making some lasagna. But I think I may have spoiled my dinner by eating a little bit at the bar. Should I confess...

It would be hard to deny DeKalb’s animal population is a bit out of control, especially if one were to consider the inhabitants of a certain area often called "Greek Row." There are a large number of squirrels, ducks, geese and cats which all have their...

"Ahoj!," "Guten Tag!" and "Goedemorgen!" are foreign phrases many Americans mark off as oddities of international tongue. For associate history professor Nancy Wingfield, these words bring back fond memories of European excursions. The innovative professor...

Of Montreal will play The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, tonight at 8 p.m., but the Northern Star asked guitarist and singer Kevin Barnes a few questions before he hit the stage. Northern Star: You just got back from Canada. Tell us a bit about that....

The Brothers Grimm were the authors of such fairy tales as "Little Red Riding Hood," and "Hansel and Gretel." But these stories weren’t the cute Disney films seen today. Instead, they were bleak, cautionary tales served to warn children about the dangers...

Unlike its watchable forerunner "The Osbournes," "Tommy Lee Goes to College" is so-bad-it-is-actually-bad. The reality television program follows the moronic middle-aged Mötley Crüe drummer as he redeems his educational shortcomings by finally getting...

The letters P, D and A, when used in an acronym of that order have two meanings. The first is Personal Digital Assistant. The second is public display of affection. To restate the obvious, it is when one person is affectionate with their significant other...

People write me every week wanting me to give them advice on what is going on in their lives. Out of the hundred advice questions I receive per week, it is really hard to pick only two or three to answer. Sometimes I respond to them because I feel the...

The Egyptian Theater will not be continuing their tradition of showing independent and foreign movies this fall due to a broken film projector. The theater, run and staffed entirely by volunteers from a group called the Preservation of the Egyptian Theater,...