Real Name: Alyssa Schoeneman
Nickname: Alyssa Schoeneman
Joined: 2007-11-29 15:46:22


Occupation: Freelance Journalist - Arts
Hometown: Schaumburg, IL
Personal Website:
Favorite Bars:
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Favorite Movies: Clue.
Favorite TV Shows: Gossip Girl, So You Think You Can Dance.
Favorite Books: The Creative Habit: Learn it and Use it for Life by Twyla Tharp, Strange Nervous Laughter by Bridget McNulty
Love About C-U: Strong Arts Community. Good Music. A Panera on Green Street!?!
Hate About C-U: Parking.
Hobbies: Keeping myself busy at all times.
About Me: I chew gum like it's my job.

Articles by Alyssa Schoeneman

How to grow up - May. 12, 2010

Mother’s Day ballet - May. 05, 2010

Cinqo de salsa - May. 04, 2010

Move over meat - Apr. 28, 2010

Sinai’s got talent - Apr. 28, 2010

STUD II is a night of new, thematic work by UIUC Dance students - Apr. 20, 2010

How to make sorbet - Apr. 19, 2010

How to make tahini - Apr. 14, 2010

Armitage GONE! at Krannert lathers virtustic and high power dancing on stage with a dash of minimalism - Apr. 12, 2010

Top 10 reasons we can't resist Lady Gaga - Apr. 12, 2010

Food for thought - Apr. 07, 2010

Earn cash in style - Apr. 07, 2010

Reuse your Easter eggs - Apr. 06, 2010

The technological blues - Apr. 03, 2010

Spice Up Your Oatmeal - Mar. 29, 2010

How to make ghee - Mar. 22, 2010

The power of communal dance - Mar. 10, 2010

How to use healthy baking substitutions - Mar. 10, 2010

You don't have to be a rocket scientist to appreciate the Mark Morris Dance Company - Mar. 09, 2010

View from the stage - Mar. 03, 2010

How to make great gazpacho - Mar. 01, 2010

Spectacular Spectacular! will unleash fresh choreogrpahy from MFA Dance students at Illinois this March - Feb. 28, 2010

Cirque du Soleil to perform at Assembly Hall March 17-21 - Feb. 24, 2010

March 2 is Banana Cream Pie Day - Feb. 24, 2010

IHOP offers free short stacks for charity - Feb. 17, 2010

How to make a cajun spice mix - Feb. 15, 2010

Mardi Gras ménagerie - Feb. 10, 2010

Sweet talk your honey with these creative strategies - Feb. 10, 2010

Dating long distance: Does absence really make the heart grow fonder? - Feb. 09, 2010

Dating long distanace: Does absence really make the heart grow fonder? - Feb. 09, 2010

Can I have a job? - Feb. 03, 2010

UIUC Dance features innovative work in February Dance - Feb. 03, 2010

buzz's guide to February at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts - Jan. 27, 2010

Artists have off-seasons? - Jan. 20, 2010

Cruise Dancers or Disasters - Jan. 13, 2010

Balinese Gamelan ensembles at UI provides tradition and entertainment - Jan. 12, 2010

Dance for Parkinson’s Disease - Dec. 16, 2009

"Good Art. Bad Theater." shows a strong and innovative performance. - Dec. 10, 2009

The perfect pie crust - Dec. 09, 2009

Artists give up artistic integrity to make the big bucks. - Dec. 09, 2009

Chairs, stairs and chocolate pudding - Dec. 02, 2009

Solvable steak - Dec. 01, 2009

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company engulfs the viewer in a world of civil injustice and passionate discord. - Nov. 30, 2009

Somatics and Body Therapy are key to a healthy lifestyle - Nov. 27, 2009

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade unites all generations - Nov. 22, 2009

buzz takes a look into the life of a dancer leading up to the big show - Nov. 18, 2009

Dancers face issues around body image more than we think - Nov. 15, 2009

How the dance world does the body image waltz - Nov. 13, 2009

Check your chicken! - Nov. 09, 2009

Catchy tunes and intriguing characters of Glee captures audiences - Nov. 04, 2009

UI’s Dance Department collaborates with students, faculty and alumni - Nov. 04, 2009

The perfect hardboiled egg - Nov. 02, 2009

UIUC Dance Department hosting national festival - Oct. 28, 2009

The art of networking - Oct. 14, 2009

How to pick the perfect pumpkin - Oct. 14, 2009

Schoe & Tell - Oct. 12, 2009

Sweet Potatoes - Oct. 09, 2009

An interview with So You Think You Can Dance’s Melissa Sandvig - Sep. 30, 2009

This week, we take a look at apples - Sep. 30, 2009

Think outside of the stage - Sep. 27, 2009

A look at TV’s myriad of competitive dance shows — what’s worth your time and what isn’t? - Sep. 23, 2009

Are leggings and leotards acceptable outside of the dance studio? - Sep. 23, 2009

Pears - Sep. 22, 2009

Respecting the difficult-to-understand - Sep. 20, 2009

Broccoli - Sep. 18, 2009

A look at TV’s myriad of competitive dance shows - Sep. 16, 2009

Watermelon - Sep. 10, 2009

A modern dance performance manifests visions - Sep. 09, 2009

CU recognized by international arts network, Pecha Kucha - Sep. 02, 2009

Ray Timpone of Timpone’s - Aug. 26, 2009

A win-win situation - Aug. 04, 2009

How to go about incorporating adult material in art - Jul. 26, 2009

Beatboxing: not just for hip hop heads - Jul. 20, 2009

What UIUC’s college of FAA can learn - Jul. 15, 2009

Dancing from Durham, N.C. - Jul. 08, 2009

Exchanging dance and culture - May. 20, 2009

A fluid process for fluid motions - Apr. 25, 2009

Q&A with Ronald K. Brown - Apr. 19, 2009

Dancing behind the glass - Apr. 19, 2009