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‘So many colors’

The fresh leadership team of music director Jader Bignamini and concertmaster Robyn Bollinger arrives in East Lansing next Thursday (May 2) with the energized legions of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is riding a strong spring breeze into next Thursday’s (May 2) visit to the Wharton Center.
Jeff Boerger (left) as Garth Williams and Ayden Soupal as Thomas Franklin in Peppermint Creek Theatre Co.’s production of “Alabama Story,” by Kenneth Jones.
The quote “history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes,” attributed to Mark Twain, is an apt summary of the central theme of Peppermint Creek Theatre Co.’s current production. “Alabama Story” is a cautionary tale that reminds us that the hatred and bias of the civil rights era are not bygone.
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Cait West, who lived in a Christian patriarchal household until she was in her mid-20s, hopes her new memoir, “Rift,” will reach other survivors and help them understand they’re not alone.
 When she was 5 years old, Cait West remembers her father telling her to change out of her two-piece swimsuit. In her new book, “Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy,” she writes, “I didn’t know what modesty meant then … Most of all, I remember feeling ashamed.”
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Tamara PiLar (left) as Vicky and Dani Cochrane as Erica in Williamston Theatre’s production of “Bright Half Life,” by Tanya Barfield.
There’s an old adage that the time it takes to completely get over the death of a relationship is approximately half the length of time the relationship lasted. In pondering Williamston Theatre’s production of “Bright Half Life,”
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Lansing author Dedria Humphries Barker tells the complex life story of her Irish-American great-grandmother in her book, “Mother of Orphans: The True and Curious Story of Irish Alice, A Colored Man’s Widow.”
In her book, “Mother of Orphans: The True and Curious Story of Irish Alice, A Colored Man’s Widow,” Lansing author Dedria Humphries Barker tells the true story of her great-grandmother Alice Donlan, a second-generation Irish American who married a Black man in Cincinnati, Ohio, during the hostile Jim Crow era.
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The Ukulele Kings, a Lansing-based trio, will perform a children's concert 11 a.m. Saturday at University United Methodist Church. Another ukulele-focused event, a fundraiser for this year's Mighty Uke Day Festival, runs 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday at UrbanBeat.
The schedule of events in Greater Lansing this weekend is packed, from numerous fundraising events, concerts, theater productions and film screenings to horse shows, art workshops, kids’ activities and much, much more.
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Our 2023 Arts and Culture Issue:
Coming this weekend
Fenner Nature Center will offer a variety of volunteer opportunities to help prepare the park for peak season at its Earth Day Extravaganza 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Go green with 420 and Earth Day events
Whether you’re looking to spend your weekend toking with friends in celebration of 420 on Saturday, enjoying nature and helping beautify outdoor spaces in observance of Earth Day on Monday, sampling a variety of craft beers, watching new and experimental films or dancing your heart out, events across Greater Lansing have you covered.
Adrienne Torf & Voices of the Revolution
San Francisco-based pianist and composer Adrienne Torf will perform with Voices of the Revolution, a Lansing-based group of women spoken-word artists and gospel singers, 7:30 p.m. Sunday (April 21) at UrbanBeat in Old Town.
FILMETRY
The 5 th annual FILMETRY festival, presented in partnership with the Capital City Film Festival, will premiere 11 new short films adapted from poems informed by cinema. The event begins 5:30 p.m. …
Al (left) and Beth Cafagna at an early Summer Solstice Jazz Festival in East Lansing.
‘We were always doing music’
As the 1950s jazz standard puts it, “Spring can really hang you up the most.”

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