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Powerface reunites on 517 Day

After eight years off the stage, Holt rock outfit Powerface reunites Saturday for a show with Royal Scene, Chance We Take and Wizardbane. The 517 Day gig is at The Studio at 414 (formerly The Loft).
In the ‘90s and early 2000s, Powerface was one of Lansing’s hardest-working bands — an unrelenting, riff-hurling force that packed clubs and sparked mosh pits across the state with …
Patrons gather outside the Historic Howell Theater for the inaugural World Goth Day Film FestEvil in 2023.

World Goth Day Film FestEvil offers a darker kind of day out

This Saturday, while East Lansing hosts a sunlit arts festival and downtown Lansing comes alive with 517 Day events, REO Town draws a different crowd — dressed in black, sipping brunch …

Library of Michigan exhibit spotlights global stories of trauma

The Library of Michigan exhibit “Innocents in Peril” pairs poetry by author Anne-Marie Oomen with photographs by Taro Yamasaki, known for his haunting images of innocents ravaged by traumatic events such as war, disease and famine. Pictured above are images he shot of children at a Hutu refugee camp in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Author Anne-Marie Oomen and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Taro Yamasaki have resurrected the art of pairing poetry and images for the dramatic Library of Michigan exhibit “Innocents in …

Orchestral alchemy

Acclaimed U.K. pianist Benjamin Grosvenor (left), the guest soloist at Friday’s (May 9) Lansing Symphony Orchestra concert, delivered a fresh, oxygenated performance of Beethoven’s “Emperor” Concerto.
Anyone expecting to be blown away by visiting U.K. piano star Benjamin Grosvenor at Friday’s (May 9) Lansing Symphony Orchestra season finale concert was in for a surprise. Yes, he blew …
An animated Grosvenor is torn between finishing a sandwich and playing George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” in a promotional video for a 2013 Decca recording.
The Lansing Symphony Orchestra has hosted its share of world-class soloists in recent years, but London-based pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is in a class by himself.
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WLNS-TV anchor Sheri Jones relaxes following a recent newscast. A mainstay of the station for decades, she retires Friday (May 9).
A familiar face on the 11 p.m. weeknight newscast for decades, WLNS-TV anchor Sheri Jones hasn’t had a Friday night off, with the exception of some vacation days, since 1989. That will …
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TJ Kelly as Patrick Star, Michael Palmer as SpongeBob SquarePants and Ny’kieria Blocker as Sandy Cheeks in Riverwalk Theatre’s production of “The SpongeBob Musical,” running May 29 to June 1 and June 5 through 8.
For Marcus Fields, Riverwalk Theatre’s production of “The SpongeBob Musical” at the end of the month will be a fitting directorial debut. Both he and his twin brother, Randy, are die-hard fans of the Nickelodeon show.
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“Baba” Through May 25 2 p.m. Thursday, Saturday-Sunday 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday Williamston Theatre 122 S. Putnam St., Williamston …
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September 4, 2024 Issue
Coming this weekend
Sarab Kamoo as Mohammed in Williamston Theatre’s production of “Baba,” by Denmo Ibrahim.
‘Baba’ invites audiences to step into an immigrant’s shoes at a dire time
In the program notes for Williamston Theatre’s production of “Baba,” co-founder and executive director Emily Sutton-Smith addresses the power of storytelling in building human connections,
Michigan Technological University educator Stephanie Carpenter went to middle school across the street from the former Northern Michigan Asylum in Traverse City. The experience inspired the setting of her new novel, “Moral Treatment,” about two teenage patients who form an unusual friendship during the latter part of the 19th century.
New novel shows just how ‘moral’ 19th-century psychiatry was
“Moral Treatment,” by Stephanie Carpenter, an assistant professor of creative writing at Michigan Technological University, is a mystifying historical novel set at the former Northern Michigan Asylum in Traverse City during the latter part of the 19th century.
This time, it’s personal
Does the name Lockheed 10-E Electra ring a bell? No? How about Amelia Earhart?
Photo by Sarah Harvey Kelley Versin (left) and Aaron Franks as leads Marian Paroo and Harold Hill in Fowlerville Community Theatre’s production of “The Music Man.”
In Fowlerville, a stage big enough for everyone
In Fowlerville, Friday nights usually belong to football. This weekend, however, a different kind of team is suiting up.

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