No, Daniel isn't the lion. Despite keyboardist Daniel Pingrey's thick mane of blonde frizz and silent intensity like that of a jungle cat or percussion major (Pingrey, a UW Madison alumnus, is the latter), vocalist Jimmie Linville is the growl of Daniel...
Attending NIU might make one feel disconnected from the rest of the world. An hour and a half from Chicago, we'd be lying if we said we weren't missing out on anything. But come autumn, Chicago probably feels the same way. Being nestled amongst the skyscrapers...
Turn up the lights in here, baby. Extra bright, I want y'all to see this. That's the motto at 8 p.m. tonight when performer Pretty Lights hits the Convocation Center with MacBook and headphones in tow. Fort Collins, Col.-based DJ and producer Pretty Lights...
DeKALB | Bluegrass may have been born in the windy city, but it lived on in DeKalb Wednesday night. Local bluegrass band Truman's Ridge hit the stage Wednesday night and delivered a set of what its members call "Chicago-style bluegrass." "Bluegrass was...
DeKALB | Even at a live performance, one doesn't see Lewis Black in concert so much as they hear him. But offstage, the rant-prone comedian is rather laid-back, talking almost at a whisper compared to his famous persona, which will appear at 8 p.m. tonight...
Students itching to put on their dancing shoes had the opportunity Tuesday night at the Latin Jazz Dance Party. Sponsored by the School of Music, the Center for Latino & Latin American Studies, the Campus Activities Board and the Latino Resource Center,...
On the outside, junior geology major Keith Gortowski may seem like just another NIU student, but this guy might be the closest thing NIU has to Bear Grylls. When Gortowski first came to NIU, he was looking for a group in which he could release his inner...
Getting around west campus is going to be a fiascotonight.Rapper Lupe Fiasco will perform with Tinie Tempah at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Convocation Center, 1525 W. Lincoln Highway.The Chicago native and highly regarded MC will tour in support of his third...
People dressed as giant Rubik's Cubes, a life-size cut out of Mr. T and a Michael Jackson impersonator - Oh, and unlimited food and beer. What more could you want at a party? DeKalb area residents donned their legwarmers and parachute pants for charity...
Since 1996, Art For Life has used creativity as a tool to raise both funds for and awareness of HIV and AIDS. The show has been running for close to 15 years, and Art For Life continued its long history of exciting and educating audiences for a great...
Creating a well-done “dramedy” is not as easy as it seems. But 50/50 finds the perfect balance between humor and tragedy by maintaining an element of reality and relatability throughout the film. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500 Days of Summer, Inception)...
Singer Todd Hembrook (third from left) called ska, “just a f*cking label.” While the label is frequently applied to his Chicago-based band, Deal’s Gone Bad, Hembrook considers the group a mixture of ’60s and ’70s Jamaican music and American...
