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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By KURT ANTHONY KRUG
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5/7/25
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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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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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5/7/25
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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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5/7/25
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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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By COURTNEY BOWERMAN
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5/7/25
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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,
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By MARY CUSACK
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5/7/25
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“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.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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5/7/25
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In Fowlerville, Friday nights usually belong to football. This weekend, however, a different kind of team is suiting up.
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By AJ GLAUB
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4/30/25
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Does the name Lockheed 10-E Electra ring a bell? No? How about Amelia Earhart?
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4/30/25
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Singer-songwriter Alex Teller has a sound that would be equally at home in another time.
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By AJ GLAUB
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4/30/25
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A satanic My Little Pony. A cow with two heads. A sexy plague doctor. A tarot card depicting an open set of skeletal jaws and a spider building a web on the inside.
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By NICOLE NOECHEL
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4/30/25
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In Clara Martinez’s life, there have been a number of experiences and moments that very clearly led her to who she is today: the dance director at Everett High School since 2017, the chair of …
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By STEVE UNDERWOOD
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4/30/25
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When he began working at Blue Owl Coffee in Old Town six years ago, Lansing native Drew Van Zee saw that the employee handbook advised baristas not to serve a cup of coffee they wouldn’t drink …
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By LEO V. KAPLAN
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4/30/25
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The Lansing area is blessed with more than its share of top-notch musical talent, but violinist-composer-conductor-DJ-educator Rodney Page earned the title of Best Classical Musician in City …
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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4/30/25
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The Historical Society of Greater Lansing has received a bust of actor John Peakes in his role of King Lear that will be displayed at the society’s new headquarters in the Rogers-Carrier House at Lansing Community College.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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4/30/25
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Today, April 30, is a monumental day in American history: the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, 20 years after it officially started.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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4/30/25
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It’s 2 o’clock Sunday morning. After one too many glasses of wine, my husband and I are ruminating on how someone could develop an obsession with guns. The conversation quickly turns into …
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By DANA DEMINK
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4/30/25
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Morgan Hill, a native of Baltimore County, Maryland, was attracted to Michigan State University partially because of the interdisciplinary nature of its master of fine arts program.
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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4/23/25
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Mozart, Haydn and Bach will have to hang up their wigs and chill out. The only way to give a proper sendoff to the Lansing Symphony Orchestra’s maestro of 20 years, Timothy Muffitt, is to kick things up to cosmic scale.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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4/23/25
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Some people will do anything to get you off the couch and out of the house. They might even offer you the world.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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4/23/25
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This weekend is the Library of Michigan’s annual Night for Notables celebration, honoring the 20 Michigan Notable Books on this year’s list and the authors behind them.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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4/23/25
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