Vive La Taylor! Yesterday I was cleaning my room, speakers a-blasting, loudly singing “WE ARE NEVER EVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER!” when I heard a noise coming from the other room. “No. No. NO! Are you listening to Taylor Swift?” My roommate...

Is there anything better than a quality cover song? Well, of course there is: strawberry ice cream, a good hair day, handwritten letters, buttery pastries, etc. But, I digress. A truly great cover song is still a wonderful thing. My iTunes library happens...

I’ve come to the realization that fan mail has been replaced by tweets. Do you even remember fan mail? How many of you ever actually wrote a letter to an artist or band, licked an envelope and sent it off in the mail with hopes of a handwritten response...

Like any other music enthusiast, I’ve developed rather ardent crushes on a handful of musicians. There is just something about talented individuals that really revs my engine. Usually, the objects of my affection are bearded, bespectacled and wearing...

The Stage Coach Players will close their 66th summer season with a production of Not Now, Darling this weekend. Not Now, Darling, written by John Chapman and Ray Cooney, is a 1967 British farce about secrets, mistresses and fur coats. The play centers...

Feeling world-weary? All you need is a break from reality and a heavy dose of whimsy. Thankfully, Under Wildwood, the sophomore children’s novel from Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy, is in stores and ready to transport you away from your worries....

I am always the hostess. I don’t know why exactly, but some inherent need to entertain lays deep within me. I jump at any chance to invite people over. Recently, I moved out of my shoebox apartment on one side of town and into a bigger, much more grown-up...

The Stage Coach Players are performing A.R. Gurney’s The Dining Room, directed by NIU’s own David Booth, 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St. Tickets are $12. A “comedy of manners,” The...