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In a dimly lit theater, the last survivors of an obliterated culture search for spiritual bonds in a reality show from hell.
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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10/16/24
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Seven prestigious writers, including a National Book Award winner, will gather in East Lansing next week for an author reunion of the Great Michigan Read program, which has annually picked a book for the whole state to read starting with Ernest Hemingway’s “The Nick Adams Stories” in 2007.
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By Bill Castiner
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10/16/24
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When Owosso’s Shiawassee Arts Center invited Lansing artist Michelle Detering to show her work this year, she immediately thought of her teacher and friend Jim Ferguson.
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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10/16/24
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Unfortunately for Ixion Ensemble Theatre, its production of “Turn, Turn, Turn,” a collection of monlogues, is an undercooked, under-rehearsed and nearly pointless rehashing of an uncompelling, previously staged original work.
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By MARK GMAZEL
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10/16/24
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What’s the antithesis of a tug of war? It took some heavy pulling from both sides of the ocean, in the same direction, to bring about a rare visit from the fabled London Philharmonic Orchestra to Michigan State University’s Wharton Center on Oct. 17.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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10/10/24
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On a peaceful fall day in 1972, Baker Street was about to get loud. The residential neighborhood on Lansing’s south side wasn’t known for hosting rock ‘n’ roll concerts — there wasn’t even a music venue.
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By RICH TUPICA
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10/10/24
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In old movies, cigar-chomping trainers give their boxers a brisk volley of slaps to get them into the zone.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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10/10/24
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Henry Ford, Ernest Hemingway, Mickey and Minnie Mouse and the humble porcupine were all part of the picnic phenomenon that spread across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in the early 20th century.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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10/10/24
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“Inherit the Wind,” running at Michigan State University’s Arena Theatre through Sunday (Oct. 13), is a fictionalized account of the very real Scopes trial, which argued the relative merits of teaching the scientific theory of evolution, as opposed to Bible-based interpretations of creation, to public school students.
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By MARK GMAZEL
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10/10/24
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On the opening night of “Les Misérables” at Wharton, I was taken on a wild ride through young love, student revolt, the debate over God’s existence and moving songs about class warfare.
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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10/9/24
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The piquant pairing of Grammy-winning vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and master pianist Bill Charlap at the Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre on Friday (Oct. 4) is not your average jazz cruise.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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10/2/24
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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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There needs to be a term like “trigger warning” that gives attendees of a show a heads up that they’re about to feel some feelings.
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By KAREN RICH
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9/20/24
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