"Troubadour" - George Strait Rating: 9 / 10 Calling all true country music fans: Are you looking for someone who consistently stays loyal to true southern sound? Then George Strait is the man for you. On his new album, "Troubadour," Strait keeps things...

Umphrey's McGee, Chicago's favorite eclectic jam band, returned to DeKalb after a four-year absence, uniting the full capacity crowd at The Egyptian Theatre Tuesday night. Hemp necklaces and knotty dreadlocks overwhelmed the theater as college students,...

The Book "I Am Legend" - Richard Matheson (1954) In one of the best post-apocalyptic novels ever, Robert Neville, the sole survivor of a bacteria-spread disease, fights his own battle against both vampires and his crushing loneliness. Neville's inner...

The past weekend, DeKalb finally saw a hint of the spring we have been anxiously waiting for. As temperatures rise and flowers start to bloom, put on the song, "Lovely Day" by Donovan Frankenreiter. It is one of those songs that just gets people in the...

"Planet B-Boy" (2007) Director: Benson Lee Synopsis: A truly moving and colorful documentary about five B-Boy crews competing at an international break dancing competition in Germany. The physical feats are simply mind-blowing and the emotional substance...

NIU's Chamber Choir will be one of eight choirs performing at this year's National Association for Music Education (MENC) convention Saturday. The 61st biennial convention, in Milwaukee, will include educational workshops and keynote speakers catering...

Rating: 7 / 10 Starring: Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, Gerard Butler Plot: On a secret island, a little girl named Nim (Abigail Breslin) reaches out to her favorite adventure author, Alex Rover (Jodie Foster), for help to find her missing father. The...

Increasing temperatures, chirping birds and warm sunny skies not only indicate the beginning of spring, but also the beginning of the season for the fastest growing sport in the United States: disc golf. Still, not many people know about disc golf, or...

Director: Tony Scott Starring: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning Synopsis: The film focuses on the life of a washed-up CIA agent. Turning into an alcoholic, Creasy (Washington) is headed down a rough road fast, until he gets a job as the bodyguard of...

Dear John McCain, I see Heidi Montag has succeeded in wooing you in her bid for the vice-presidential candidacy. Your dear spokesman, Jeff Sadosky, told E! Online that, "We have not ruled anyone on or off the list." I'm heartbroken, Mr. McCain. Surely,...

Before Billy Joel wrote "The Entertainer," before Roger Waters sat on "The Wall," Melanie wrote the song about the song. "Look What They've Done to My Song," is the theme for the down-trodden and compromised. Sometimes "the only thing" you can "do half...

NIU's New Music Ensemble will perform Steve Reich's piece, "Music for 18 Musicians" at 8 p.m. today in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Music Building. "If people already know the piece, then they know why they need to come," said Greg Beyer,...