Tinges of warm breezes and increasingly delayed sunsets might tell you. For the literal, the calendar offers a good indication. But for those warmed by the hot stoves of winter, four words indicate spring - "pitchers and catchers report." Baseball's professional...

If Frank Sinatra ever had decided that rockabilly music was his thing, we never would have needed Chris Isaak. "Always Got Tonight" is like a road trip from the sandy beaches of California to the high stakes tables of Las Vegas. Yes, this is the same...

The NIU School of Theatre and Dance's performance of "Guys and Dolls" doesn't contain the popular dance move "jazz hands." Although, Alice Pacyga, a first-year MFA student, admits that some dance sequences feature outstretched arms and hands - but the...

DeKalb and other area residents will have the opportunity to see the much-talked-about musical "Rent" when it visits the Coronado Theatre, 300 Elm St., Rockford for a one-night-only show at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning...

Murder, gambling and poverty. All the comforts of Catfish Row, now available in DeKalb for a limited time. George Gershwin's classic folk opera "Porgy and Bess" will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Monday at The Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St. NIU students...

Throughout time there have been many inventions that have helped mankind survive the tough conditions of nature. From the invention of fire to the invention of electricity, man has had to find alternative ways to keep warm. Then the invention of the wheel...

This Valentine's Day marks one year for my girlfriend and me. This year we will be at Medieval Times and staying at two hotels, which is a far, far cry from last year's Valentine's Day massacre here in DeKalb. It is my intention to share this story in...

One student group has created a way to bring together a variety of people to promote understanding and good times. PRISM is a student organization that supports lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students. The group holds a variety of cultural, educational,...

Strap on your Velcro shoes, grab your lunchbox and hop on the bus to "Vacation Bible School." Don't panic, this is a different kind of school - it's the school of hard rock. More commonly referred to as VBS, the quartet hails from the future epicenter...

With names like Zodac, Whiplash, Jitsu and, of course, Skeletor and He-Man, it is no wonder why The Masters of the Universe toys have reached mythical levels of toy folklore. Over the past two years, Mattel has re-released the toys for nostalgic toy collectors....

At no point during this movie does one ever really feel like the movie knows what's going on, let alone the audience watching it. "Rollerball" (Metro-Goldwyn Mayer) suffers from so many poor qualities that it can't find any way to exist as an action movie,...