Do you suffer from cough, cold, nausea, liver dysfunction, stress, or high blood pressure? Instead of collecting pharmaceuticals, why not try a spice-stocked plate of tandoori chicken? “Coriander seed,...

An adage of rock music says it takes merely three guitar chords to start a band and write songs. With a little more than that, and some equipment, electric guitarists David Daniell and Douglas McCombs...

The world has had its eyes on Chile since an 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit on Feb. 27. Professor Steve Stern, the vice provost for faculty and staff, as well as an Alberto Flores Galindo, professor of...

Poignant guitar licks, expressive lyrics, and improvisation are the basis of Chicago soul music, which is embodied by the band JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound. The group will perform at the Blue Moose...

Just as the religious figure Abraham is incorporated into Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the band Abraham Inc. uses a blend of funk, hip-hop, and klezmer-style music. While Abraham Inc. (named after...

Joshua Marie Wilkinson writes poetry with form in mind. G.C. Waldrep is content to let the form come naturally to him. Both, by nature of being poets, tend to write in solitude. But when Wilkinson and...

Couture gowns by Valentino, Escada, and Balmain, the dazzle of diamonds on Nicole Kidman’s neck, George Clooney in a tux. Whether playing fashion police along with the commentators on “E!” or simply...

Writers and friends Malena Watrous and Sabrina Orah Mark have much in common. They both attended Barnard, the Columbia-affiliated women’s college, for their bachelor’s degrees before receiving M.F.A.s...

Peter Gabriel rose to fame a couple decades ago with hits like “Solsbury Hill,” “In Your Eyes,” and “Sledgehammer.” Now, at age 60 — and eight years after his most recent album release —...

Every famous composer receives a “Happy Birthday” decoration on Alan Huckleberry’s office door. However, for the bicentennial of Frédéric Chopin’s birth, the UI piano assistant professor is...

*** 1/2 out of ***** During the 1973 début of George Romero’s, The Crazies, America was in the middle of the Watergate scandal and dealing with a loss of faith in government. The concept of the original...

Kevin Kellett has witnessed more drama in his first year as bassist for the hard-core band Liferuiner than many other musicians see in a lifetime. Not only has he nearly been sucker-punched in the face...