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Jazz Heaven

MSU Offers Jazz Spectacular
When MSU saxophone major Diego Rivera, a fierce eight-hours-of-practice-a-day jazz warrior, says that “now is a wonderful time for the MSU Jazz Department,” he’s talking straight from the middle of the sandwich. Next week he’ll be doing some of the most intense play
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Marian McPartland promises ‘real jazz’
Go ahead and throw a dart anywhere at Marian McPartland’s long and incredible life, and don’t trouble yourself to aim: it’s nothing but bull’s-eye from one end to the other.
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Councilman faces likely sexual harassment suit
A lawyer is preparing a civil suit that alleges that Lansing City Councilman Louis Adado Jr. sexually harassed a female Council employee for several years.
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Genesee neighborhood winning war against drugs
They called it a “war zone.”
There were drug houses on every block, dealers walking the streets and violence around every corner, all roughly within 10 square blocks.
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Disc golf: It’s about ‘chillin’ out’ (especially in March)
Bill Geake has just finished warming up with a few stretches and toe touches. He steps up to the tee and lines up his shot. He can see the pin from the tee box and he tries to envision the path that will land his shot within at least 30 feet of the pin. “If you can get within 30 feet of the pin, you are in good shape for making the putt,” Geake says.
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Social workers name executive director
Maxine A. Thorne, a founder of the Lansing Area Aids Network and a longtime gay rights activist, has been named the new executive director of the National Association of Social Workers – Michigan Chapter.
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