The school year ends the same way every time: slowly, then all at once. You look up and it’s June, and you need something to do with all that unstructured time. For me, that something became guitar. My introduction came in November of 2023 when one of my best friends dadsoffered me an old...

Ms. Beth Topping’s 31st and final show at Community did not go quietly. Severe weather knocked out power between acts of the April 17 performance of “Something Rotten!,” forcing the cast and crew to postpone act two until 2 p.m. the following afternoon. By the time the final curtain fell...

The spring musical “Something Rotten!” opened April 16 and runs through April 19 on the Ms. Kevin Yale Vernon Stage in Community’s auditorium. The show follows Nick and Nigel Bottom, two brothers jealous of Shakespeare’s success, as the pair schemes to steal the bard’s greatest play. After...

Mario is an icon—a mustached plumbing legend who somehow became a global staple in games, TV and, honestly, just life. For March 10, 2026—this year’s Mar10 Day—The Inkspot decided to celebrate the only way that feels appropriate: by pitting Bowser’s minions against each other in a no-rules,...

By the time Leah Chapman heads downstairs, the rest of the house is quiet. A music stand waits in the basement, pages already marked. Chapman, a freshman in the choir program, runs each selection twice—enough to build confidence, not enough to spiral into overthinking. “If you run it too much,...

In the third episode of “The Up-Beat,” Inkspot reporters Pranav Bhookya, Anna Chang and Coelton Harris share what’s been making them happy this week: the return of snow, a four-day weekend, progress on the winter play set and Illinois’ road upset over Purdue.