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Spencer TrittA new exhibit at Northern Illinois University’s Art Museum is an ambitious look at the school’s vaunted printmaking program, which is in its 60th year. It also marks the end of a chapter for the museum. In the latest Under Rocks podcast, curator Peter Olson takes us on a tour of the exhibit and clues us into what the future holds for the campus museum. -
NIUModell, who started a long career as a trumpeter at age 15, founded Northern Illinois University's world-renowned jazz program and led it for decades.
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An Ottawa teen combines his love of technology and poetry to help other writers. His main outreach is to those who are well beyond his years. -
An annual northern Illinois art grant cycle is now open. -
A Boston musician is asking performers across the country to give voters a soothing experience at election polls. -
As this year’s season winds down, some unhappy White Sox fans turn to another era for their baseball fix. The Under Rocks team heads to Creston, IL for a vintage baseball match. -
Over the weekend, celebrations throughout the country celebrated Mexican Independence Day and commemorated other independence commemorations for Central American countries as part of the launch of Hispanic Heritage Month. Hispanic Heritage Month ends on October 15. -
Sara Franco, a Chihuahua, Mexico, native and Sandwich local, will perform traditional mariachi songs at Plano’s Hispanic Heritage Street Market on Saturday and at DeKalb’s St. Mary’s Church for a fundraising event on Sunday. -
Artists' Ensemble Theater's Linda Abronski has died. -
Lustron Houses. They're in your neighborhood. You just have to look for these mid-century metal marvels. You Under Rocks team heads to Mt. Morris to check out a cluster of Lustrons. -
The event is scheduled for Sunday, June 9, from noon to 7pm and includes live bands, vendors, food trucks and a family fun zone in Rockford. -
This month’s feature artist is Zilka Joseph.
