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[[highlight 1]] Are you ready to roll? “For The Love Of (or The Roller Derby Play),” written by Gina Femia and directed …
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11/10/22
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The return of the Women in the Arts Festival may bring a roster of music, an artist market, food and good times. But over the years, it’s also provided a welcoming safe space during times of …
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Taylor Blair
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11/10/22
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“We would describe our sound as alternative folk-rock — a crossroads where The Cranberries meet R.E.M.,” said Tammy Cook, bassist for Half Looking, an East Lansing-based group that …
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Rich Tupica
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11/10/22
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With this week’s cover story covering the reopening of the remodeled Mac’s Bar, what better time to dig into the back story of the notorious location at 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing? …
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Rich Tupica
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11/3/22
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I’d love to clue you in on the weird and wonderful dance production coming to the Wharton Center Sunday, but it won’t be easy. As Frank Zappa should have said, writing about dancing is like dancing about isotopes. …
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Lawrence Cosentino
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11/3/22
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Soulful Detroit trumpeter Dwight Adams can teach MSU Jazz Studies students a lot of things when he comes to town for a week-long residency and a concert Friday night, but self-promotion is not one of …
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Lawrence Cosentino
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11/3/22
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Some listeners are sick to death of the same old music, while others have enough challenges in their lives and long for familiar comforts. How do you satisfy them all?For this Saturday’s …
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Lawrence Cosentino
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11/3/22
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With Halloween around the corner, what better time to take in a few scares? “Misery” at The Lebowsky Center for Performing Arts in Owosso might be just the …
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10/27/22
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Peppermint Creek Theatre Co. has never shied away from a challenge, and its decision to open the 2022-‘23 season with the musical “Merrily We Roll Along” continues that tradition. …
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Mary Cusack
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10/27/22
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When Kai Harris got the news her book “What the Fireflies Knew” was reviewed in The New York Times, she said, “It was surreal.” For a book by a first-time author to be …
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Bill Castanier
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10/27/22
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Good ensemble comedy requires tight timing, connected actors and clear direction. “Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine,” at Riverwalk Theater, stands just on the threshold of …
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Todd Heywood
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10/27/22
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Stephen Woida Jr., who performs under Hardigrade, has recorded experimental music in the Lansing scene for years. His new single, “Headstrong,” shows the songwriter exploring new sonic …
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Rich Tupica
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10/27/22
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String quartets are so 19th century. Saxophone quartets are the room-swell-ing, bone-buzzing, shape-shifting vehicle of choice for many of the 21st century’s most vital and compelling …
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Lawrence Cosentino
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10/27/22
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Grace Rosen, a local performer, makes her solo UrbanBeat debut Sunday, Oct. 30. ...
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10/27/22
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W.S. Penn’s new book, “Raising Bean,” is a written testament to Native American storytelling. Penn wrote the collection of essays for his granddaughter Bean (Clare) in the form of …
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Bill Castanier
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10/20/22
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On the first anniversary of opening up a tiny pop-up bookshop inside Middle Village Micro Market, A Novel Concept co-owners Christine Peffer Bennett, 31, and Elise Jajuga, 38, were still adjusting to …
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Sarah Spohn
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10/20/22
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On paper, the plot and themes of playwright Jeff Augustin’s work “Corktown, Or Through the Valley of Dry Bones” is an intriguing play for Michigan residents.
The story, …
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Mary Cusack
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10/20/22
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Known for its seductive Latin rhythms, Tiempo Libre is one of the hottest Latin bands today. The three-time Grammy-nominated Afro-Caribbean music group has performed its tropical music pallet …
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10/20/22
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Back in 2005, GTG Records pressed up its first release, The Plurals’ “A Very Good Thing” CD. Since then, the label, operated by The Plurals, has issued a tall stack of records, most …
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Rich Tupica
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10/20/22
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For those counting down the days to Halloween, this festival, marketed toward “ghouls and goblins of all ages,” might be the ticket. How-To Halloween, which supports local nonprofits, is a …
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10/20/22
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