NIU jazz aficionados will rub elbows with one of the greats this afternoon. Jazz guitar legend Pat Martino will be presenting a clinic today at 3:30 p.m. in room 173 of the NIU Music Building, where he will impart words of wisdom and perform with NIU...

7 / 10 PJ Harvey belongs with an elite group of musicians. Like The Beastie Boys and Beck, she's considered an influential and original artist who has sustained a lengthy career without repeating herself. But even her hardcore following will be checking...

When I was 12, I heard the song "Guerilla Radio" and discovered Rage Against The Machine, a band that would later teach me to "Testify." This was a time when my love for rap and my love for rock hadn't yet reconciled with one another. To hear a hip-hop...

Friday night's show at Otto's was good enough to keep this admitted smoker inside for most of the night. Baby Teeth opened the show. While I wasn't too partial to their music, they did everything else pretty well. They tried to win over the apathetic...

Rating 6 / 10 There was once a time when the Farrelly brothers could do no wrong, but that time has passed. In the '90s, they were at the top of their game when it came to making hilarious, gross-out movies that made the stars of the their films household...

What's remarkable about Smoking Popes is how enjoyable they are without any kind of pyrotechnics, theatrics or stage antics. In fact all four members, brothers Josh, Eli and Matt Caterer on vocals, guitar and bass respectively, and drummer Ryan Chavez,...

For about six years, "Sex and the City" was one of, if not the most, popular shows on television (or at least on HBO, though I'd give "Curb Your Enthusiasm" more credit). "Sex and the City" gradually permeated our culture in a way only rivaled by last...

Everyone's favorite TV New York police squad is back. NBC continued its stroke of genius with the return its hit drama "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." The ninth-season of the Golden Globe winning show will continue to take on the shocking and...

Celebrities need new job descriptions. Acting: cool. Modeling: sure. International peacemaking and awareness: barf. Paris Hilton's taking a vacation, um, I mean, trip to Rwanda in November. She wants to use her celebrity to bring awareness to the country's...

The number one song in the U.S. deals with super soaking, bathin' apes and jockin' on haters. Soulja Boy's song aptly titled "Crank Dat (Soulja Boy)," sits atop the Billboard Hot 100 at number one this week. The song is a nonsensical farce about learning...

Columnist Not too long ago, BET (Black Entertainment Television) aired an animated music video featuring the song "Read a Book" by Bomani Armah. The song features the following chants: "Read a book!" "Not a sports page! Not a magazine! But a book!" "Raise...

Staff Writer 7 / 10 DeKALB | Andras Visky's "Disciples" under the direction of Christopher Hibbard is currently playing at NIU's O'Connell Theatre. The School of Theatre and Dance welcomed audience members at the play's premiere. The audience's anticipation...