Along with competing with gamers around the world, one of the best parts of the Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network services is the ability to download game demos at no extra cost. No longer do players have...

Though the two members of Experimental Dental School may have grown up on opposite sides of the world, their common musical interests brought them together with one goal in mind — to break any musical...

Architecture has meaning outside of its function — a well-designed building becomes a space that leaves the beholder a personal and psychological impression. In particular, governmental institutions...

There is a long-standing misconception about art galleries that implies it takes a certain snobby, pretentious, elitist individual to fully appreciate artwork. Devon Wootten, a doctoral candidate and co-curator...

Playwright, novelist, and screenwriter Marius Ivaskevicius said he sees himself as a storyteller before anything else. “I don’t think about my position as a writer,” he said. “I don’t really...

Have you ever wanted to just pack up and leave, and start a new life? Owen McCabe (Paul Schneider), a down on his luck ghostwriter of pseudo-celebrity autobiographies, does just that in How to Lose Your...

Reality TV newcomer Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein’s alleged suicide and a TLC family announcing another child — it’s been an interesting week. Death of a Disc Jockey Goldstein’s Aug. 8 alleged suicide...

At first thought, a group of aging cowboys doesn’t sound all that exciting. But when you learn that these cowboys have won two Grammys, performed at the Hollywood Bowl, and have had songs in both Disney’s...

Michael Jackson: Bad The recent passing of music icon Michael Jackson still has left millions of music fans in a state of disbelief, and there’s no reason they shouldn’t be. From childhood through...

When Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet heard about the devastating flood that left its longtime affiliate Hancher Auditorium’s stage submerged under 18 inches of water, the dance company took the initiative...

Art is often thought of as a solo venture. Popular culture is filled with images of the lonely painter, writer, or troubadour, a one-person show that seems to work best when no others are around. Even...

As the academic year begins, many students have yet to decide their majors; they seem not to be able to figure out what they want to do with their lives. The problem may be that they don’t know what...