From the second the show began, Ariel, played by Sydney Miller, captivated the audience's attention with her mesmerizing voice. A rush of childhood nostalgia flooded over me as Ariel sang her opening ballad....

My friend and I started the new Netflix limited series One Day together on a Friday night. We were instantly hooked on Dexter and Emma’s story, enthralled by the 20 year long journey that elapses over...

“Essentially Ellington” is an annual event held at the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts in Manhattan, New York. The event started in 1995 and it hosts only 15 jazz bands from across the country....

Musical composition, an amalgam of any and all musical components, is a daring task taken upon by only a handful of talented individuals here at DGN. Whether it’s for the Illinois Music Education Association...

Picture the Lighthouse Cafe from La La Land - people casually chatting while enjoying live jazz music - but in the DGN commons. The DGN jazz lab band and jazz ensemble, Jefferson middle school jazz band,...

At the 66th Grammy Awards February 4, superstar Taylor Swift became the first artist in the history of the Academy to win “Album of The Year” four times, which she received for “Midnights.”...

It seems to be that DGN is anything but shy in the triumphs of our famed alumni. Anywhere from one of the best wrestlers in the world, US Marine band instrumentalists, or professional athletes, the spread...

       After nine years of preparation, Studio Ghibli finally released a new film this winter: The Boy and the Heron.       Mahito Makimoto, a 12-year-old Japanese kid who lost his...

Imagine, buying tickets in August, eagerly waiting for December 15 to roll around. And once it does your outfit is picked out, hair tools hot and ready to be used, music blasting, and vibes ready to be...

The Mosaic musical performance has been an annual event at DGN for 27 years. For the past 26 years ‘Hallelujah’ has been the closing song for the Mosaic, but this year the concert’s closing song...

This was the movie I had been waiting to see for the past three years, “Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.” After I had read the book in 2020 I heard it would also be made into a movie,...

Every morning at 7:15 a.m. sharp, I waltz into DGN’s doors with eyebags down to my toes and a minute away from hitting snooze on myself. Even so, there always seems to be someone waiting at the front...