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Trevor Noah travels to DeKalb for Saturday show

By Parker Otto | October 9, 2019

DeKALB – Trevor Noah, stand up comedian and “The Daily Show” host, will perform at the Convocation Center 7 p.m. Saturday after being booked by NIU. The performance comes after a nearly year-long delay, with ticket prices starting at $25.50, according...

Trevor Noah comes to Convocation Center

By Northern Star Staff | November 7, 2018

DeKALB — “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah is bringing his political satire and sly wit to NIU 7 p.m. Saturday at the Convocation Center.Trevor Noah took over hosting “The Daily Show” from comedian Jon Stewart in 2014 after Stewart retired....

A supreme waste of time

By Anthony Szudarski | September 12, 2012

All hail Vermin Supreme. Do I have your attention? Now, with a name like that, I’m sure you’re thinking of some cartoon super villain—an oversized rat or something. That’s what I thought the first time I heard the name. Imagine my surprise when...

Black is on the attack

By Connor Rice | October 5, 2011

DeKALB | Even at a live performance, one doesn't see Lewis Black in concert so much as they hear him. But offstage, the rant-prone comedian is rather laid-back, talking almost at a whisper compared to his famous persona, which will appear at 8 p.m. tonight...

‘Memorandum’ parallels modern life, also entertains

By Troy Doetch | February 6, 2011

Billed as a 1960s Czechoslovakian absurdist black comedy The Memorandum by Václav Havel suggests that it may go over the audience's head. The parables to the communist regime might exclude the everyman, and the Kafkaesque themes of painful bureaucracy...

The Rally to Restore Sanity restored my faith in America

By Aaron Brooks | October 31, 2010

We came by car, train and plane. We came from across mountains, oceans and plains. We came together to proclaim: we are sane. Last weekend I traveled to Washington D.C. to take part in the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. This was my first trip to...