Movie review: Caged No More
We give the movie low marks for quality, high marks for calling attention to human trafficking and the sex trade, which touches the US in many ways.
Fine Arts
Show choir bus engulfed in flames
A bus carrying the show choir from Wheaton Warrenville South High School caught fire Friday. Everybody's OK, and the group won 1st place at the contest.
Movie review: Yellow Day
A Christian telling of a great story out of Alabama confuses the message of service to our fellow human being. Too bad.
Musicals at IL high schools, Feb. 2016
Musicals get underway this spring in Illinois. Here's the list we have so far for the month of February (updates possible).
19 marching bands rock the 127th Rose Parade
Here are brief stories from the marching bands that participated in the 2016 Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena on New Year's Day.
Movie review: Concussion
In the work of Dr Bennet Omalu, we see a true American hero, one who is working to ease the suffering of a players who play one of our favorite games.
Circus visions dance in the dreams at Miamisburg
The band at Miamisburg HS in Ohio creates memories in a memorable show about the things you might see at a circus, a student writes.
Avon band learns about oil & a few other things
The lessons we learn from participating in band can be shown nowhere better than in one of Indiana's and the nation's top performing ensembles.
Break-ups, beginnings, & the Beechwood band
Bechwood HS in Ft Mitchell, Ky., brings a marching band to the BOA Grand National Championships & offers advice for coping with break-ups.
Dizzy Goshen band stands proud on national stage
Goshen High School , a microcosm of American public schools, shows how effective music education can be in producing lifelong success for kids.