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March 29 will see Scottish rockers The Red Hot Chili Pipers return to The Egyptian Theatre to play a rousing combination of Scottish folk music and rock and roll.

Upcoming Egyptian Theatre Events: March 15-31

By Northern Star Entertainment Staff | March 15, 2019

March 29 will see Scottish rockers The Red Hot Chili Pipers return to The Egyptian Theatre to play a rousing combination of Scottish folk music and rock and roll.

The box office has once again been dominated by superheroes with Marvel's release of "Captain Marvel."

Highest Grossing Films of the Weekend: March 8-10

By Northern Star Entertainment Staff | March 14, 2019

The box office has once again been dominated by superheroes with Marvel's release of "Captain Marvel."

Daily Playlist: Pink Floyd

Upcoming Star Billie Eilish stuns

By Peter Zemeske | March 12, 2019

Pop music’s latest hitmaker comes in the form of Billie Eilish, a 17 year old girl from Los Angeles whose music is as tranquil as it is emotionally dense. Her minimalist sound has already garnered her two national tours, an opening act for Florence...

The 21st film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, "Captain Marvel" delivers action filled sequences with strong characters.

‘Captain Marvel’ delivers a new hero for the Marvel Cinematic Universe

By Parker Otto | March 10, 2019

The 21st film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, "Captain Marvel" delivers action filled sequences with strong characters.

Tyler the Creator stuns with new album

Weezer’s ‘Black Album’ polarizes

By Peter Zemeske | March 9, 2019

Weezer is a band that might bring one of two sets of thought to people: the band that put out “Blue Album” in 1994 and “Pinkerton” in 1996 and went downhill from there, or a band that consistently puts out fun and entertaining albums every few...

This year's Record Store Day promises to unveil exclusive content for music lovers including unreleased recordings by Green Day and new content by Foo Fighters.

Green Day and Pearl Jam among many artists to release exclusive content on Record Store Day

By Peter Zemeske | March 6, 2019

This year's Record Store Day promises to unveil exclusive content for music lovers including unreleased recordings by Green Day and new content by Foo Fighters.

The box office has once again been dominated by superheroes with Marvel's release of "Captain Marvel."

Highest Grossing Films of the Weekend: March 1-3

The weekend box office statistics are used to determine what audiences are going to see and what is popular at the moment.

Pacific Garden rocks The House with sweeping sound

By Peter Zemeske | March 4, 2019

Indie rock band Pacific Garden brought their unique vision of music Friday night to The House, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. The band followed two other acts, alternative rock band From the Start and shoegaze band Solemn Meant Walks.Based out of Aurora, Pacific...

5 films The Oscars forgot

By Ginger Simons | March 3, 2019

This year’s Academy Awards had celebrated choices, as well as bitter disappointments. Following the ceremony, fans weighed in on the highs and lows of the evening, rejoicing the long awaited recognition of Spike Lee’s work for his “BlacKkKlansman”...

Comic Book series of the week: The Punisher

By Parker Otto | March 3, 2019

Among Marvel’s darkest characters, “The Punisher” continues to bring readers into the violent and gritty world of Frank Castle who brings justice as the titular anti-hero. With the Netflix series centered around the character ended, fans of the...

Among the pieces of art in the Young Artist Show at the Rockford Art Museum is Gabby Klatt's "Untitled."

Rockford Art Museum to open Young Artist Show March 3

By Sarah McNamara | March 1, 2019

Among the pieces of art in the Young Artist Show at the Rockford Art Museum is Gabby Klatt's "Untitled."