Owosso’s Lebowsky Center for the Performing Arts’ production of “Cinderella” isn’t exactly like the fairytale generations grew up with. This “Cinderella” is better. more

I was introduced to Matias Brimmer by his father, Henry, a graphic designer who recently retired from being a professor of advertising. He talked ecstatically about his son’s art. In a proudly paternal fashion, he told me that it looks like Matias is fighting his demons on the canvas.  more

It’s officially the end of the year, so say goodbye to 2022 and hello to 2023 with the many festivities happening throughout the area. Celebrate the new year one night early ... more

“Be Here Now,” by Deborah Zoe Laufer, running at the Williamston Theatre through Aug. 20, is a strong showing by all involved. I highly recommend seeing this production, though it deals … more

Schuler Books isn’t doing it by the numbers. more

Starting Sunday, you can turn your living room into a vibrant concert hall with this year’s online editions of Michigan JazzFest and Michigan BluesFest. more

It’s a broiling summer day, and rather than lounging in an air-conditioned living room, John Dickerson is toiling in the sun at Magnolia Farms, planting crops like kale and Swiss chard.  more

Lansing’s Old Town is an ever-changing coral reef of creative culture, packed with boutiques and galleries of every stripe, but Gladden Space is a new species in this ecosystem. more

I have some bad news for readers of Ron Erskine’s mystery series that’s set in Pennsylvania’s Amish country: His new book, “Ghosts of Lost Dreams,” is the last of three … more

If you grew up in Greater Lansing, or have spent time hanging out on Michigan State University’s campus, you probably have a great story about Pinball Pete’s. The arcade hall and Spartan stomping ground is an epicenter for first dates, birthday parties and otherwise unforgettable nights out. Now, amid the devastating coronavirus pandemic, Pinball Pete’s is calling on the public for help. more

Soulful Detroit trumpeter Dwight Adams can teach MSU Jazz Studies students a lot of things when he comes to town for a week-long residency and a concert Friday night, but self-promotion is not one of … more

Scott Pohl is a retired reporter and host with the WKAR radio station. He fell in love with John Irving’s novel “A Prayer For Owen Meany,” and later met the author at a reception. … more

For all their diversity, this year’s recipients share two rare attributes. They excel at bringing people together and they are passionate and tireless builders of safe spaces for the LGBTQIA+ community. more

Every summer, Michigan State University’s College of Music hosts a weeklong piano program for young musicians on the autism spectrum. Participants take part in instruction, lectures, … more

On an otherwise quiet Sunday afternoon in late May 1927, more than 85,000 vehicles crowded the roads leading to Bath. They were drawn by a sense of morbid curiosity to see the remnants of a massive explosion, which on May 18 ripped into the Bath Consolidated School, killing 44 including 38 children. more

In 2021, few bystanders will bat an eye at an LGBTQ pride parade, and cantankerous right-wing protesters often find themselves drowned out by a rainbow sea of bodies. While there’s work required toward LGBTQ acceptance forevermore, events like pride rallies, marches and parades become more normalized as each year passes. But this acceptance didn’t come from nowhere — it took decades of hard work and statewide networking and organizing efforts.  more

Monica Ramirez-Montagut, the MSU Broad Art Museum’s executive director, still considers the lab to have been a success.  more

Some listeners are sick to death of the same old music, while others have enough challenges in their lives and long for familiar comforts. How do you satisfy them all?For this Saturday’s … more

Hot and cold crosswinds of relief, celebration, hope and uncertainty swept the greater Lansing arts and culture scene in 2022.  Much of the hope sprang from the capital area’s evergreen, grassroots network of interlocking creative souls … more

On a Wednesday night in Lansing, one has a greater chance of seeing a horde of stray plastic bags tumbling toward the Capitol building than a line of patrons waiting to get inside a music venue. more