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Bernard LaFayette Jr., a minister, educator, lecturer and prominent civil rights leader of the mid-20th century, will deliver the keynote address at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of Mid-Michigan’s 40th annual Day of Celebration luncheon on Monday (Jan. 20).
Martin Luther King Jr. is lauded as one of the most influential figures in American history — so much so that his birthday is honored each year with a holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day,

Playful chaos transpires in Riverwalk Theatre’s ‘Lustful Youth’

From left: Quinn Kelly as Jake II, TJ Kelly as Walt and Lewis Elson as Jake I in Riverwalk Theatre’s production of “Lustful Youth.”
For anyone who took an introduction to theater class in college, Riverwalk Theatre’s production of “Lustful Youth” will feel like déjà vu. In such a class,
Plymouth Township-based author and Civil War historian Jack Dempsey said he can trace his interest in the war to when he was 3 years old and was boosted up onto a monument of Stonewall Jackson at Manassas National Battlefield Park for a photograph.

Historian says Civil War stories can ‘help to draw us together’

Plymouth Township-based author and historian Jack Dempsey has written 10 books, seven of them on the Civil War.

Zephyrs, zephyrs and more zephyrs

At the Lansing Symphony Orchestra’s Friday evening (Jan. 10) Masterworks concert, principal horn player Corbin Wagner (left) made performing Richard Strauss’ Horn Concerto No. 2 look easy.
“How did they do that?”  You don’t often get to experience Harry Houdini-level bafflement at a symphony performance, but the world premiere of a cleverly crafted three-part …
Ryan Andrews (right) and Phil Clark have been releasing music on Madlantis Records for more than 20 years. The latest release, Neganance’s “12 Songs,” is a Christmas grindcore LP issued on an old-fashioned VHS tape. It’s also available to stream on Bandcamp and YouTube.
From wall-rattling sludge rock to hook-laced punk, Ryan Andrews is one of the most experimental and dynamic artists to call Lansing home. Shoot, he even has a country band. His main outfit, No Skull, …
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Southeast Michigan bluegrass band Wilson Thicket performs on Feb. 8, 2024, at the Robin Theatre in REO Town, one of the Ten Pound Fiddle’s go-to venues. The Fiddle doesn’t have a brick-and-mortar location but instead rents local spaces based on expected attendance for each show, such as University Lutheran and Edgewood United churches in East Lansing and UrbanBeat in Old Town.
As the first pluck of a banjo fills the room, and the fiddle conjures a commanding, rustic sound, it becomes clear that a Ten Pound Fiddle event is more than just a concert.
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Lansing Symphony Orchestra principal horn player Corbin Wager, the featured soloist at Friday’s (Jan. 10) Masterworks concert.
It’s always a sweet moment when the orchestral thunderheads recede and honey-gold beams stream through the cracks, courtesy of the Lansing Symphony Orchestra’s principal horn player, Corbin Wagner.
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In October 1977, President Jimmy Carter traveled to Detroit to attend a conference on the needs of the nation’s poor. It was sponsored by the Community Services Administration, which was a program of President Lyndon Johnson’s “war on poverty.”
Although Jimmy Carter only served one term as president and was much maligned, since his Dec. 29 death at age 100, the nation has been reminded of his lifelong commitment to humanity.
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Our 2023 Arts and Culture Issue:

September 4, 2024 Issue
Coming this weekend
Sphinx Virtuosi, a self-conducted chamber orchestra that blends classical music with soul, bluegrass, jazz, blues and elements of rag, will travel from Detroit to perform at the Wharton Center on Feb. 22.
Notable events to keep arts aficionados busy in 2025
While the first week of the year starts off slow, allowing everyone to unwind after the busy holiday season, happenings will begin picking up quickly in the following weeks and may fly past your radar as the list grows.
Local photographer and videographer Raymond Holt has been taking tintype photographs for six years. He had his own camera custom-made by Arizona-based K.B. Canham Cameras Inc., which specializes in building large-format cameras.
‘Not for the faint of heart’
President Abraham Lincoln, abolitionist Frederick Douglass, outlaw Billy the Kid and assassin John Wilkes Booth all sat (or stood) for tintype photographs, but so did hundreds of thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers before heading off to deadly battlefields.
The cast of “Lustful Youth,” running at Riverwalk Theatre Jan. 9 through 12 and 16 through 19. From left: TJ Kelly, Rachael Steffens, Keara Hayes, Quinn Kelly, Lewis Elson and Allison Meyer.
Riverwalk’s ‘Lustful Youth’ fine-tunes the art of sexy slapstick
After kicking off its 36th season with “Angels in America,” Riverwalk Theatre took things in a lighter direction, following up with the comedies “Pickleball and “Urinetown.”
January and early February theater productions:
“Lustful Youth” Jan. 9-12 and 16-19 7 p.m. Thursday

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