If ever there was a setting where jealousy and rage could thrive, it would be high school. Unfortunately, William Shakespeare never knew the thrills of mandatory physical education classes, after-school detentions or the big basketball game on Friday...

Are you satisfied with the visual fare offered regularly on your nearest television? Are you sufficiently stimulated? You could change the channel, but you know what to expect. You could go rent a movie, but maybe you've seen everything that looks interesting...

Digging up the roots of rock ‘n' roll is a venerable quest for any musician and many music listeners, but for one campus fingerpicker it became another career. Brian Thornton spends his days teaching classes and hovering around his Reavis Hall office...

Hey ho, let's go one last time. Joey Ramone died last April after a long battle with cancer, leaving behind his final album, "Don't Worry About Me," and a musical legacy. The new album is exactly what one would expect from the father of punk rock. While...

The independent spirit is alive and well in the music world, in the form of Ani Difranco. Difranco, known for her self-started company Righteous Babe Records as much as her non-stop work ethic, performed to a nearly full house at Illinois Wesleyan University's...

A world-renowned musical group performed Tuesday night at the Music Building and few people know the significance of its four musicians, nor do many people on NIU's campus know that the four men are members of the music department's faculty and together...

Two decades ago there was a television show that detailed the life of the rich-but-loveable Ricky Stratton. "Silver Spoons" aired with the idea that being rich doesn't necessarily mean being happy. But how can you be unhappy when you have a train going...

Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa and Rage Against the Machine shared the sweaty locker rooms, too. The 45-year legacy of the Chick Evans Field House will not just be remembered for its athletic events, but also for its memorable history of musical performances....

A wide range of families of all educational backgrounds are preparing to cancel your favorite television shows. Although February is a traditional sweeps month for TV, all-new episodes of nearly all shows began this week after being delayed because of...

You have got to feel sorry for Kevin Costner. Even if you don't like Costner, you understand that he was once a highly respected actor. Movies like "Dances with Wolves," "Field of Dreams" and "Robin Hood" solidified his career. Unfortunately, movies like...

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...