An elder has come to DeKalb to manipulate politicians to suit his own means. To prevent his menacing takeover, do you involve yourself in area politics, use your special ability to communicate with animals for information or contact your sources in the...

It takes a total of five minutes before the first laugh-out-loud moment in "Kung Pow! Enter the Fist" flashes onto the screen. At that rate one can expect roughly 16 laugh-out-loud moments in the entire movie. But 77 minutes after that first big laugh,...

DeKalb weekends were injected with new life last weekend, courtesy of Otto's Niteclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway. The night spot gave the weekend a shot in the arm Sunday by way of its first ever 18-and-older show. The alcohol for the upstairs bar was locked...

Eat me, drink me, listen to me. Mr. Blotto is coming to DeKalb to promote its latest release "Cabbages and Kings." The eclectic quintet will play Saturday night at Otto's Niteclub, 118 E. Lincoln Highway. Formed in 1991 as a side project, Mr. Blotto has...

A certain kind of love exists in the glass onion of fame, a love different from that staid, run-of-the-mill, Meg Ryan-romantic-comedy kind of love everyone else dreams about. Hollywood provides distinct boundaries for this kind of love, and the National...

Brotherhood and friendship are the strong bonds in Pelao, a DeKalb-based quintet that's been playing music since 1995. Brothers Ricardo (lead vocals) and Alex Galindo (bass) found drummer Josh Waddle in May 2000. Ricardo met Waddle at a talent show when...

Your computer is a harsh mistress. While on one hand, it offers unlimited access to information at the click of a button, it also can confuse, turning an ordinary person into a greasy and pale shell of a human being, sitting for hours trying to figure...

The Huskie Bus Line will begin a new bus route at 2 p.m. Friday to Fox Valley Mall in Aurora. Last semester, the Student Association Senate approved the new route, but this semester will be a trial run only, said Christy Hartnett, SA director of transportation....

"Black Hawk Down" follows the same principle that makes movies like "Apollo 13" and "Thirteen Days" so incredible - reality can be more unbelievable than fiction. In 1993, a Somalian warlord named Mohamed Farrah Aidid started seizing food shipments and...

Shanda Brash hails from New Orleans, where rock, funk, jazz and R&B mix together like a good pot of gumbo. Her release, "Good to Go," is a tasty mix of all four musical stylings. The title track rocks hard with a funky backbeat accented by driving...

Starsailor is, at best, the third-string quarterback for the new British invasion. It will have to back up Coldplay and Travis, but Starsailor's time will come. Its debut album, "Love Is Here," shows a glimpse of what is and what could be. Starsailor...

"Gosford Park" happens to be home to a good old-fashioned murder mystery, the kind popularized by many a book, movie and everyone's favorite board game, Clue. Fortunately for myself and other audience members, the characters visiting Gosford Park are...