DeKalb | NIU’s Music Library delivers a hidden resource for discovering old and new music.Cradled between the Visual Arts Building and the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, the Music Library is a part of NIU’s library system. The Music Library offers...
Acting students performing an old comedy can still dish out some new jokes.The School of Theatre and Dance presented Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata” Thursday through Sunday at the Holmes Student Center’s Diversions Lounge. This weekend’s performance...
It’s easy to accept Lady Gaga as one of the most explicitly raucous musical performers of the decade.With her third studio album released today, “ARTPOP” exhibits Lady Gaga’s dominance in electronica and Euro house music. Unlike her previous albums,...
King Krule is a musical talent who can’t even purchase a beer in the United States, but his music is intoxicating — especially during live performances in the early nights of the week.Archy Marshall, known as King Krule, is a 19-year-old British singer/songwriter...
Halloween celebrations continued into November with electronic dance music DJs Milk N Cookies leading the way.EDM was featured Saturday at Rosy’s Roadhouse, 930 Pappas Drive. Alumnus Alex Bentley opened the night under the stage name STATUT3.Bentley...
Students soaked up the sun in late October at the Sheryl Crow show Saturday.Crow and Gary Allan co-headlined the Convocation Center show as part of their Free and Easy Tour. Maggie Rose opened the night with Southern twang, honky-tonk blues and soul renditions...
Students don’t need to travel far to visit Almost, Maine: The School of Theatre and Dance premieres John Cariani’s romantic comedy at 7:30 p.m. today at Huntley Middle School, 1515 S. Fourth St.Production director Ryan Massie’s interpretation of...
Even in his senior years, Paul McCartney still discovers fresh ways to express his musical ambitions.Following a copious discography that stretches back to the “Swinging Sixties,” McCartney’s newest album release, “New,” is the former Beatles’...
Rosy’s Roadhouse, 930 Pappas Drive, was the electronic centerpiece for livetronica, dubstep and house music Thursday and Friday night.Electric duo group The Combustibles performed 9 p.m. Thursday. Midnight Saturday was a bigger show with more than 100...
Carl NadigStaff WriterHomecoming week will have a rocking hump day, as Chicago-based rock band The Meanwhile will perform 7 p.m. Wednesday at the House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway.The four-member band combines rock, pop and country throughout its songs....
Rock music was rolling with grace Thursday with Johnny and The Boomers and the NIU Jazz Band.Johnny and The Boomers play at the House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, on the first Thursday of every month. The band hosts the Open Blues Jam at venues in the...
Students and locals might be singing a requiem for a cafe come November.Unofficially called “the Center of the Universe” by customers and employees, the House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, has an uncertain future. As cafe owner Jan Pascolini, who...
