What do belly dancing and tap dancing have in common? You can seek out instruction for both in DeKalb. The ancient Middle-Eastern art of belly dancing has found its way to Emergence Dance Theatre, 824 Market St. The class is taught by Sandra Schnamel,...

It's OK to be sad. That's the picture that E., the lead singer of The Eels, has painted on the band's fourth album, "Souljacker." For years, The Eels have released deep and meaningful songs under the mainstream radar. Listener's first memory of the band...

Watch out Sundance. Next week, the NIU department of communication and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will host Reality Bytes, a three-day film festival featuring guest speakers, presentations and student documentary films. The student films...

Next week, four acts will invade Otto's Niteclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway. Starting Tuesday, the club will shuffle through four days of big acts. Kicking off at 8 p.m. Tuesday is the rock band Papa Roach. Rounding off the rest of the week is George Clinton...

It's March Madness - Hollywood style. This Sunday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out the Oscars, everyone's favorite award. Sure, most spend the evening screaming at the idiot voters when their nominee comes up empty, but we all...

Jasmine Guy will not speak at NIU next Tuesday, as previously announced by CAB. Guy had to cancel her lecture "The Hyphenated Woman" because she will shoot a pilot for Showtime. "It's a big loss for Northern," said Brooke Beyers, CAB Speakers coordinator....

After 10 years of performing in everything from "Miss Saigon" to "Dick Clark's American Bandstand," Dustin Lewis comes to DeKalb to start a dinner theater. The theater group he has planned, The At Home Players, will perform at The House, 263 E. Lincoln...

John, you definitely remember MY number. "John Madden '94" for Sega Genesis is the holiest of football games, at least in the M.O.O.S.E. kingdom. Men have been made, pride has been lost and friendships have been destroyed over this stupid, silly game....

Music labels are trying hard to replicate the mammoth success of pop stars Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. In one of many industry-wide efforts to find the next star, record company MCA spent $2.2 million on 18-year-old Carly Hennessy. Her debut,...

Waiting. We find ourselves waiting for many things - the weekend, our next birthday, graduation, our first job above minimum wage. As we sit and wait for these things to happen, our lives are being lived without proper participation or consent. We are...

Spring break is nearly upon us and while arrangements already have been made, you always can plan ahead for next year. All you need to know are your options. The popular places for travel? Cancun, Mexico, to name a few. Sandy beaches, warm weather, strangers...

The scene plays out on the walls of romantics everywhere, a posterized snapshot with so much symbolism that a surrealist would drool. On the poster a lanky and worn young man stands defiant. Clad in clunky Nike sneakers, a deteriorating Clash T-shirt...