In the 2002 film, "Barbershop," the character Eddie calls the barbershop, "The place where a black man means something! Cornerstone of the neighborhood! Our own country club!" For those who grew up watching chunks of black hair hit the floor as the deep...

"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,...

With the writer's strike finally over, NBC is airing new episodes of five of their hit shows tonight. This will hopefully give viewers their fix of TV for the week. Here is a brief preview of what to look forward to this evening: 7 p.m. - "My Name Is...

"Ghosts I-IV" - Nine Inch Nails Rating: 4 / 10 None of the music on Nine Inch Nail's latest endeavor is ground-breaking; anyone with a copy of Pro Tools and an Aphex Twin album could have produced the same results. "Ghosts I-IV" is 36 tracks of instrumental...

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...

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...

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,...