David Rauch is a Northern Star employee studying abroad. "An American In Paris" will chronicle his studies and adventures in France. The theater lights dim right on time, catching some people still looking for seats in the packed theater. It's a Sunday...

In this age of cookie-cutter pop punk bands and cookie-monster metal bands, very few groups can be called unique or original. But that is irrefutably what Oh My God is. The trio from Chicago is made up of over-driven organ, raunchy bass and drums, and...

Lady Sovereign is the "biggest midget in the game" and has quite a large mouth for her proportions. The caucasian female emcee hails from the grimy streets of Northwest London. Louise Harman originally took her island by storm performing with The Streets...

Fans of The Strokes are in for a surprise when first hearing the debut solo recording from the band's guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. "Yours to Keep" has very little in common with the average Strokes album. Instead of crackly, dry production, cardboard...

Dave Grohl has finally outgrown Nirvana, after logging almost twice as much time as a Foo Fighter than drumming for the grunge legends. One of Nirvana's most important albums was "MTV Unplugged in New York," a live acoustic album. It was the one feather...

A bunch of mice running around a sewer does not sound like the most interesting of concepts. But "Flushed Away" does a great job of keeping things interesting and engaging. Roddy (Hugh Jackman) is a spoiled pet mouse that has been left alone while his...

"Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause" has Tim Allen and Elizabeth Mitchell reprising roles as Scott Calvin (AKA Santa Claus) and Carol Claus. Mrs. Claus is pregnant and longing for her family, but because of the S.O.S. (Secret of Santa), Carol's parents...

Will Ferrell continues to add to his ever-growing resume with a serious turn in director Marc Forster's light-hearted but thought-provoking "Stranger than Fiction." He stars as IRS agent Harold Crick, a shy and timid man whose uneventful life revolves...

DeKALB | "Two Donuts/Dos Donas" is an original Guatemalan puppet play at the Corner Theater in the Stevens Building, with shows at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $5 and available only at the Corner Theater. Pepito is a young...

Meet junior Andy Dameron. On Monday, he happily said he officially changed his major to theater studies. His major since beginning at NIU had been pre-communication studies and was the reason he transferred here from College of Dupage. He even said he...

David Rauch is a Northern Star employee studying abroad. "An American In Paris" will chronicle his studies and adventures in France. I have less than a month and a half left in Paris. If you read my last letter, you might think there is a sigh of relief...