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Sleigh bells are ringing

Santa and Mrs. Claus will be busy traveling around the Lansing area in the coming weeks to greet children at an array of holiday events.

From concerts to gift markets to galas and parties, there is an abundance of holiday events throughout the Lansing area in the coming weeks.

‘Holiday at Lebowsky’ brings Radio City to Owosso

A still from the Lebowsky Center for Performing Arts’ 2023 “Holiday at Lebowsky” show.

Are you looking for a big, splashy holiday show that delivers on all the glitz and sentimentality that everybody loves to see this time of year?

Great Michigan Read authors sound off on book banning

Bill Castanier (center) moderates a literary discussion between Great Michigan Read authors (from left) Beth Nguyen, Kevin Boyle, Steve Luxenberg, Kekla Magoon, Mona Hanna, Mary Doria Russell and Angeline Boulley on Oct. 24 at the Wharton Center.

At the 75th annual National Book Awards on Nov. 20, Percival Everett took home the fiction prize for his novel “James,” a humorous reimagining of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”

Public Art of the Week

Drive around Lansing, especially downtown, and the city lights up at night during the Christmas season.

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“Let the Earth Bring Forth Living Creatures,” day six of Doug DeLind’s “Creation Revisited” series, reveals the spontaneous rainbow effects produced by the superheated raku firing process.

Some people took up cross stitching or painting by numbers to fill their time during the pandemic. Others took on a long-delayed project, like fixing up the basement. Artist Doug DeLind had bigger ideas.

40th Anniversary of Lansing's Silver Bells in the City celebration

It’s Christmas time in the city

What’s left to say about Silver Bells? It arrived Friday. Thousands attended. The weather was tolerably cold. Floats floated. Lights lit up the tree and the sky. The season of peace …

Gift Guide 2024

It’s easy to visit Amazon or another major online retailer and purchase all your holiday gifts with a few simple button clicks, but supporting area businesses and keeping money in the community,

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Ana Gasteyer likened her holiday-themed musical act, “Sugar and Booze,” to “throwing a cocktail party, except it’s live and on stage.”

‘SNL’ alumna Ana Gasteyer brings her ‘Sugar and Booze’ show to Wharton

Comedian, actress and musician Ana Gasteyer may be making her debut at the Wharton Center next week, but she’s no stranger to East Lansing. She said she and her family have spent “quite a bit” of time in the city visiting relatives.

September 4, 2024 Issue

Coming this weekend

MSU jazz orchestras with John Clayton, jazz bass

The Michigan State University jazz orchestras, accompanied by Grammy-winning bassist, composer, arranger and producer John Clayton, will cap off a busy week of College of Music …

NCROWD Magazine fall/winter fashion show

Michigan State University student-run fashion collective and publication NCROWD Magazine will hold its fall/winter 2024 fashion show 7 p.m. Sunday (Dec. 8) at the Lansing Center. …

Big stocking stuffers: Books for all the readers on your list

I remember one Christmas Eve family gathering when my cousin Ricky, who couldn’t have been more than 5, exclaimed, “All I get for Christmas is underwear and socks. Socks, socks, socks.”

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Patrick Loos as Mr. Earde, Nick Yocum as George, Dani Cochrane as Felice and Emily Sutton-Smith as Old Woman in Williamston Theatre’s production of “A Very Williamston Christmas.”

Williamston Theatre’s Christmas play is so Lansing

For most of us, a “Christmas play” conjures images of old men being visited by ghosts and rosy-cheeked children peacefully opening presents on Christmas morning.

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Edward Heldt (left) as Sherlock Holmes and Paul Levandowski as Dr. John Watson in Starlight Dinner Theatre’s production of “Sherlock Holmes and the Great Royal Goose Chase.”

Starlight Dinner Theatre returns to the stage with delightful musical mystery

What happens when American chocolatier Milton Hershey travels to Victorian London and meets renowned detective Sherlock Holmes and his best mate, Dr. John Watson?

The Plasticity Saxophone Quartet performs at a 2021 Lansing Matinee Musicale program at Frances Park.

Lansing Matinee Musicale expands outreach in wake of pandemic

Like many arts-focused institutions, the Lansing Matinee Musicale has suffered its share of pandemic-related struggles, but that hasn’t halted the organization’s longstanding streak of support for the local arts. In fact, its outreach has only grown.

September 4, 2024 Issue

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