A lively and engaging theater experience awaits kids, adults and everyone in between this weekend at Michigan State University’s Arena Theatre. While “What if Wilhelmina” is billed as a sensory-friendly, interactive musical for neurodiverse audiences, I would contend that this inclusive, immersive experience is a delight for audiences of all ages and abilities.
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By DANA DEMINK
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3/14/24
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This weekend, Lansing-area jazz lovers will have a welcome chance to catch up with a longtime local favorite, saxophonist Diego Rivera.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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3/14/24
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From a distance, it yells “fun.” Up close, it whispers “compassion.”
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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3/14/24
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Like the indomitable Blues Brothers, sportswriter and author Tom Shanahan is on “a mission from God.”
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By BILL CASTANIER
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3/14/24
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Sean Anthony Sullivan is a local singer-songwriter who’s equally inspired by the Rolling Stones’ “Exile on Main St.” as he is by Bob Seger’s “Mainstreet.” …
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3/14/24
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Lansing’s Old Town is an ever-changing coral reef of creative culture, packed with boutiques and galleries of every stripe, but Gladden Space is a new species in this ecosystem.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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3/7/24
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This month, the cast of “Amadeus,” directed by Lansing theater veteran Amy Rickett, will take to the stage of the Riverwalk Theatre in full period costumes and a surfeit of hairstyles.
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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3/7/24
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Renée Branch Canady’s book, “Room at the Table,” is part memoir, part self-help guide and part primer on equity and inclusion. It comes out at a time when diversity, equity and inclusion policies are under scrutiny across the country.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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3/7/24
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I’ve seen community theater many times in many places, yet never players so immersed in their roles that I felt as if I were invading their space.
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By VIC RAUCH
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3/7/24
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Wind ensembles from across Michigan will gather at Okemos High School from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday for the Red Cedar Festival of Community Bands, an all-day gathering, first established in …
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3/7/24
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Presented by Rock City Group, the Forever Young Throwback Prom will open its doors at 7 p.m. Saturday (March 9) to kick off a night of nostalgic escape back to decades past at …
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3/7/24
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NOW Ensemble, a five-piece instrumental chamber group now in its 20th year, has performed and collaborated with hundreds of composers throughout the world. In their return to East Lansing …
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3/7/24
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Whether you prefer film, music, theater, visual art, dance or comedy, Greater Lansing offers events for all arts enthusiasts this weekend. There’s also Impression 5 Science Center’s LEGOPalooza fundraiser, a euchre tournament, a few Friday evening fish fries and more.
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Nicole Noechel
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2/29/24
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When Paul Rothman was in high school, he created a short film that made it into the East Lansing Film Festival. That early success led him to enroll in the film program at Lansing Community College, but he didn’t finish film school.
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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2/29/24
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It’s been a long and winding road for Marianne Williamson, a noted lecturer, self-help author, former spiritual director of a megachurch in Warren and two-time former presidential candidate. She also admits to hitting the road as a young woman in pursuit of happiness, which led her to “bad boys and good dope.”
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By BILL CASTANIER
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2/29/24
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Lansing Community College’s production of “The Thanksgiving Play” might not be seasonal, but it is incredibly timely.
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By MARY CUSACK
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2/29/24
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To close out Black History Month, representatives from churches and other organizations that have made reparations payments to the Justice League of Greater Lansing will participate in a …
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2/29/24
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The Golden Girls will bring their lovable hijinks to the Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall Tuesday.
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2/29/24
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Get your folk on this weekend with concerts by the Wild Honey Collective and May Erlewine, plus a couple of mandolin workshops at Elderly Instruments. If that’s not your speed, there are plenty of other options for live music, as well as a gothic prom, an orchid show, two comedy events and much more.
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Nicole Noechel
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2/22/24
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During a service last Sunday (Feb. 18), Zachariah Shipman, the new associate pastor of East Lansing’s University Lutheran Church, preached to the congregation, “Who can be saved?
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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2/22/24
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