John Smith and the Shananigans Big Band will release a CD of ballroom dance hits for the 10th annual Let’s Dance Big Band Weekend.The event, which will run from July 17-19 in the Holmes Student Center, Duke Ellington Ballroom, will feature performances...

In 2001, John Smith decided that it was time to reintroduce live band music into a community in which it was absent. Just Make It Happen, 337 Knollwood Drive, is a non-profit organization that produces events all around the DeKalb-Sycamore area to preserve...