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Tommy Mesa, guest soloist at the Lansing Symphony Orchestra’s season opener Thursday evening (Oct. 3), is a restless soul. As soon as his singing cello beguiles you with a romantic theme, he whisks you off on a voyage of variations.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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10/2/24
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As a young journalist, John Gallagher dreamed of reporting from Paris. Instead, he spent 32 years covering urban affairs for the Detroit Free Press in the “Paris of the Midwest,” a popular moniker for the city.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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10/2/24
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Tony and Golden Globe-winning actor Barry Bostwick — the original Brad Majors from the 1975 cult-classic film “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” — is getting ready to do the time warp again.
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By KURT ANTHONY KRUG
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10/2/24
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This is the first time I’ve reviewed a play that has sold out before the review is published. Unfortunately for those who don’t yet have tickets, you won’t get a chance to catch the remaining performances of “Pickleball” at Riverwalk Theatre.
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By MARY CUSACK
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10/2/24
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Christa Razzaq spends most of the Islamic Center of East Lansing’s annual Salaam Peace Festival at the “try on a hijab” booth, where visitors can learn more about the headscarf worn by some Muslim women.
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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9/26/24
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“A” is for Azya.
Azya is a former student of Teresa Dunn, an associate painting professor at Michigan State University.
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By TYLER SCHEIDER
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9/26/24
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Williamston Theatre is known for its balance of weighty dramas and crowd-pleasing comedies.
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By MARY CUSACK
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9/26/24
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MONDAY, Sept. 23 — “A” is for Azya.
Azya is a former student of Teresa Dunn, an associate painting professor at Michigan State University. Dunn was one of seven artists chosen …
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Tyler Schneider
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9/23/24
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THURSDAY, Sept.19 — The board of the Lansing Art Gallery is seeking pubic input as it looks for ways to reopen after closing for the month because of revenue problems.
"If members of the …
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Staff
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9/19/24
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Kalamazoo pianist Tom Duffield keeps plenty busy playing with the Tomás Esparza Blues Band across the state and the Sand Bar Blues Quartet every other week at the Sand Bar Saloon in Saugatuck, but he’s cleared his schedule for this week’s Michigan BluesFest, where he’ll showcase his brand of acoustic, Chicago-style piano blues.
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By NICOLE NOECHEL
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9/19/24
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The pandemic may not have been good for much, as the New Yorker magazine recently noted, but it was for bookstores — as this weekend’s first-ever Lansing Lit Festival demonstrates by the number of relatively new stores that are hosting it.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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9/19/24
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A big “O” that’s been building for decades in Michigan’s capital city is closer to reality.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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9/19/24
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The jaws of an angry opossum gape at the viewer, flashing razor-sharp teeth and a tongue that’s blood purple with aggression.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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9/12/24
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I had a great-aunt who ran a gambling operation out of a wallpaper store, and as a small child, I was fascinated by all the numbers she and her partner wrote on scraps of wallpaper.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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9/12/24
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Peppermint Creek Theatre Co. has aptly chosen to kick off its 21st season, a celebration of barrier-breaking women, with the lighthearted, boomer-bait jukebox musical “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.”
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By DANA DEMINK
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9/12/24
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A remarkable music venue will forever be engrained in a city’s sonic legacy. You have CBGB in New York, Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood, the Bluebird Café in Nashville, Tennessee — the list goes on.
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BY RICH TUPICA
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9/11/24
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With so many local arts venues and organizations announcing their fall and spring seasons, it may seem daunting to choose which events to purchase tickets for and make time to attend.
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9/4/24
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Graphic designer Milton Glaser may have become famous for his “I Love New York” logo and his poster for Bob Dylan’s “Greatest Hits” LP, which helped launch the psychedelic art movement.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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9/4/24
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Is it possible to walk into someone else’s dream? If you do, does it become your dream?
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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9/4/24
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As we head into September, the leaves of summer stock Shakespeare productions are starting to curl into a Greater Lansing theater season teeming with artistry, entertainment and even some new plays!
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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9/4/24
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