Westeros will return and perish in fire or ice with HBO’s “Game of Thrones” on Sunday.Blood has been spilt on every side of the war of five kings, and characters loved by fans have been lost. As Queen Cersei Lannister said, “When you play the...
“Raising Hope” is a show you probably haven’t seen. And with the series’ last episode airing Friday, this four-season show was ended way too early.The show is about Jimmy Chance, played by Lucas Neff, a 20-something-year-old who impregnates serial...
Whether to reflect one’s personality or to remind someone of a good memory, a tattoo is the perfect way to express yourself, and April is the perfect month to make this addition to your body.Most tattoo artists tell customers it takes about four weeks...
Communication professor Jeffrey Chown knows television has changed, and he’s adapted his course to keep up.Chown teaches Coms 460: Television Theory. In this course, Chown examines the rise of television dramas and the Third Golden Age of Television,...
Ah, the pound cake: the paradigmatic example of Americans taking something functional and messing it up.For those of you unfortunate souls who don’t know, the reason why a pound cake is called a pound cake is because the total weight of the combined...
Saturday’s Karoshi-con anime convention provided a stomping ground for students to share their love for Japanese culture and more.Karoshi-con is a free convention run by the Anime Association of NIU. Seventeen vendors were in the convention main hall...
For busy students, finding a place for playing in a college band is a problem, especially if they’re under the legal drinking age. Underage students should find alternative stages for jam sessions.Few DeKalb businesses offer open mic nights; even the...
Besides attending a live concert, resale stores are often a good place to hear music as it was meant to be heard.In one of these local shops, students who purchase a used item from a resale store might discover more than what they bargained for. In several...
NIU’s School of Theatre and Dance presents “Look Homeward, Angel” 7:30 p.m. today at Huntley Middle School, 1515 S. Fourth St.“Look Homeward, Angel” tells the story of a young man, Eugene Gant, and his dysfunctional family. His family includes...
Alexandra and Brian Fausett are planning to open the House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, by the end of April.The building closed when previous owner Jan Pascolini didn’t renew her lease after it expired in November. During this time, an interested party...
The Art Museum’s latest exhibition is intentionally chaotic and serves its purpose well, showing the horrors of obsessive-compulsive amassing, hoarding and collecting.The “Hoarding, Amassing and Excess” art exhibit features artwork that portrays...
Johnny Cash’s newest album, “Out Among the Stars,” doesn’t quite do it for this Cash fan.Cash passed away 11 years ago, but record company Legacy had an archive of recordings done in the 80’s that it used to make “Out Among the Stars.” While...
