“Can I cry? I don’t like! You changed your sound, man! WTF happened?” That comment, more or less verbatim, was one of the world’s first reactions to “Turn Blue.” Well, a fraction of...

5/5 Stars Artist: Todd Terje Album: It's Album Time Release Date: April 8, 2014 Genre: ElectronicPop/Rock Record Label: Soul Jazz Records Duration: 59:10 Who is Todd Terje? His debut record...

Between the construction of New Jamrich and the Upper Peninsula’s above-average amount of snowfall and extreme cold weather, parking was a hot topic around NMU throughout the Winter 2014 semester. While...

After months of snow and cold, it may come as no surprise that this year’s incarnation of “A Taste of Lake Effect Show Choir” is weather-themed. But director Sharon Green said her choice wasn’t...

Back in 1996, before the Shins became one of the most beloved and popular indie bands of the past decade, they were a side project to singer-songwriter James Mercer’s band Flake Music. If Broken...

The competitive side of NMU’s WinterFest wrapped up Monday, Feb. 17 with the annual airband competition being the last major event to pit house against house. However, the festival will continue throughout...

“I’ve been everywhere before, including the Upper Peninsula,” said Wendell Holmes, guitarist/pianist/vocalist for blues/gospel/soul trio the Holmes Brothers. “I’ve played in 50 different countries,...

“This is an all-out farce,” director Paul Truckey said of his latest project: NMU’s production of Shakespeare’s “The Comedy of Errors,” running from Tuesday, Feb. 11 to Saturday, Feb. 15 and...

As an art student, Phil Hansen was interested in the intricate style of pointillism, in which artists create detailed pictures with thousands of tiny dots, Director for the Center for Student Enrichment...

Depending on how you look at it, indie collective Mutual Benefit’s debut album “Love’s Crushing Diamond” came out in October, December or two weeks ago. It was initially self-released through...

While many NMU classes and groups have begun to wind down for winter break, the theater program is gearing up for some funny stuff to finish the semester. Over the next few weeks, the J.P. Black Box Theater...

There’s an old saying: “write what you know.” If the NMU School of Art and Design’s Fall 2013 Senior Exhibition is anything to judge by, the same axiom holds true for visual art as well. From...