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Lansing’s planned performing arts center does finance dance
If all goes as planned, Lansing’s 2022-‘23 arts calendar will bring the first act of a multi-million-dollar, real-world production, decades in the making: the groundbreaking of a new …
The rise and fall of Lansing wrestling legend ‘the Sheik’
If you ever met Eddie Farhat (and I did), he came across as a mild-mannered family man. But when he entered the “squared circle” —the wrestling ring — he switched on his …
A colossal, awe-inspiring tale
A cast of 28 actors of varying ages, abilities and backgrounds brought down the house Saturday night at Lansing’s Riverwalk Theatre with its immense “Big Fish” production. …
Luxury Flux returns with ‘For Rent’
In April 2017, Luxury Flux released its remarkable debut album and seemed to be on an upward trajectory in Lansing’s music scene. The self-titled disc combined minimalistic art-rock with early …
Retracing a ‘Path Lit By Lightning’
If Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss has one regret about his riveting new book, “Path Lit By Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe,” it’s the unfortunate publication …
The next act
Eric Olmscheid has a strange sense of timing when it comes to taking a new job. He started work as the fourth executive director in the 40-year history of MSU’s Wharton Center for Performing …
From Big Sur goes full-Lansing, records live album at Horrocks
From Big Sur, a prolific Lansing-based rock ‘n’ roll band, just went full-Lansing and released a new album recorded live at Horrocks Farm Market. The live record, fittingly titled …
Lansing’s planned performing arts center does finance dance
If all goes as planned, Lansing’s 2022-‘23 arts calendar will bring the first act of a multi-million-dollar, real-world production, decades in the making: the groundbreaking of a new …
The rise and fall of Lansing wrestling legend ‘the Sheik’
If you ever met Eddie Farhat (and I did), he came across as a mild-mannered family man. But when he entered the “squared circle” —the wrestling ring — he switched on his …
A colossal, awe-inspiring tale
A cast of 28 actors of varying ages, abilities and backgrounds brought down the house Saturday night at Lansing’s Riverwalk Theatre with its immense “Big Fish” production. …
Luxury Flux returns with ‘For Rent’
In April 2017, Luxury Flux released its remarkable debut album and seemed to be on an upward trajectory in Lansing’s music scene. The self-titled disc combined minimalistic art-rock with early …
Retracing a ‘Path Lit By Lightning’
If Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss has one regret about his riveting new book, “Path Lit By Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe,” it’s the unfortunate publication …
The next act
Eric Olmscheid has a strange sense of timing when it comes to taking a new job. He started work as the fourth executive director in the 40-year history of MSU’s Wharton Center for Performing …
From Big Sur goes full-Lansing, records live album at Horrocks
From Big Sur, a prolific Lansing-based rock ‘n’ roll band, just went full-Lansing and released a new album recorded live at Horrocks Farm Market. The live record, fittingly titled …