For those searching for Motor City-made rock ‘n’ roll this weekend, a drive to Detroit is unnecessary because Lee Cleaveland & The Lefthand Band is rolling into town. The …
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4/6/23
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This weekend, Greater Lansing offers drum circles, art workshops, more than 100 STEAM-focused events from the MSU Science Festival and even more opportunities to get your creative juices flowing.
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Nicole Noechel
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3/30/23
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Top instrumentalists from the Michigan State University College of Music will compete for scholarships, performance opportunities and more at the 3rd annual Barbara Wagner Chamber Music Competition …
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3/30/23
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As the stars of “Mrs. Harrison” at the Williamston Theatre, Janai Lashon and Alysia Kolascz have some of the most enviable jobs in local theater right now.
But explaining the …
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Todd Heywood
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3/30/23
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This weekend, Greater Lansing has several theater productions in store as well as arts-and-crafts workshops, a spooky celebration at REO Town Marketplace and more.
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Nicole Noechel
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3/23/23
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Cyrille Aimée, the ebullient embodiment of pure sunshine in 21st-century vocal jazz, was lolling in a hammock Monday afternoon charging up with photons on the deck of her self-designed house …
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Lawrence Cosentino
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3/23/23
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Plymouth-based rockers Jeremy Porter and The Tucos return to The Avenue Café this weekend for yet another show at their home away from home, but the road-warrior band has gigged as far away as …
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Rich Tupica
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3/23/23
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This week, Michigan State University Opera Theatre will present “Falstaff,” by Giuseppe Verdi, the composer’s last of 28 operas. Based on Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives …
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3/23/23
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In 1989, Cleveland native Keith LaMar was imprisoned after fatally shooting a man in the chest during a drug deal that went south. Then, in 1993, his life changed forever when 10 people were killed …
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CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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3/16/23
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For almost 20 years, The Goddamn Gallows has continued to reinvent itself both on record and onstage. The group, formed in Lansing in 2004, continuously teeters between rockabilly, …
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Rich Tupica
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3/16/23
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Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day, so don your favorite green attire, crack open a Guinness and get ready to celebrate with a host of events throughout Greater Lansing.
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Nicole Noechel
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3/16/23
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This weekend brings early chances to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day as well as plenty of art exhibits, live music, movie screenings and more.
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Nicole Noechel
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3/9/23
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Among the most reliable harbingers of spring in greater Lansing are snowdrops, crocuses and the comforting sight of Brian Snyder in a paint-spattered smock, dabbing al fresco at his latest …
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Lawrence Cosentino
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3/9/23
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“The East Lansing library was the first place I went to when I moved here,” said Cindy Hunter Morgan, an East Lansing poet and a Michigan State University assistant professor. She also …
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Bill Castanier
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3/9/23
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For Shawna Morton, 24, a strategic communication master’s student at Michigan State University, her undergraduate years at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, were filled with discoveries of influential women …
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Nicole Noechel
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3/9/23
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For the past month or so, Lansing has been home to several billboards that simply proclaim “Shostakovich Symphony No. 9.” The brave decision not to filter the work of a troubled, mid-20th-century Russian master …
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Lawrence Cosentino
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3/9/23
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As Riverwalk Theatre’s production of ‘Kinky Boots’ gets rolling with its opening number, “Price and Son Theme/The Most Beautiful Thing in the World,” the cast …
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Todd Heywood
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3/9/23
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“I’m inspired by Nina Simone, Prince a nd Bill Withers, mostly,” said Benjamin Richard Hall, the commanding lead vocalist of The Further Adventures of FatBoy and JiveTurkey. The …
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Rich Tupica
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3/9/23
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Standard orbit was not Wayne Shorter’s style. Shorter, a questing and creative spirit and giant of American music, died Thursday, March 2 at 89. His piercing, bird-like cry was a mainstay of Miles Davis’ second great quintet. He flexed into flux …
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3/3/23
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The first weekend of March brings new art exhibits, theater productions and plenty of entertaining events to start your month off with a bang.
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Nicole Noechel
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3/2/23
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