Much like a plate of frog legs, Oucho Sparks' latest release "Silver Daddy" is an acquired taste that's hard to swallow. Acid Jazz Oucho Sparks An intuitive balance of composed music and improvised erratic tangents of andriod melodies. 1. Customer Service...

Today's secret word is...ahhh! By Gary Schaefer Weekender Reporter What do actors Phil Hartman and Lawrence Fishburne and director Tim Burton have in common? Three words - Pee Wee Herman. The movies, the toys and the TV show. Paul Reubens, a.k.a. Pee...

It's not often that one can get a glimpse of a portrait of Phillis Wheatley, the first African American poet, or see a book signed by Gwendolyn Brooks. These and about 20 other books and photographs will be on display at Founders Memorial Library for...

A set of four phallic-shaped objects wearing various political or military hats is one of the first pieces a visitor spots upon entering the Art Building's Jack Olson Gallery. One of them wears the helmet of Darth Vader. Anthony Fontana's piece, "The...

Five months ago, the band Clientel didn't exist. But last Friday, it played in front of a crowd of roughly 200 people at Stadium Club. Jim Caine, singer/guitarist, communication major and NIU pitcher, Jake Miller, drummer and biology major, and Zach Minor,...

Thank you Hollywood, we needed that. Written by James Kearns, directed by Nick Cassavetes and presented by New Line Cinema, "John Q" addresses the poor state of health care coverage in this, the richest country in the world. While a bit melodramatic at...

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...