Jean Lee’s job requires her to keep her eyes and ears on the present moment, the near future and generations to come.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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3/5/25
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Fire up your DeLoreans, dust off your old Clue notepads and brush up on the lyrics of your favorite Neil Diamond tunes.
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By COURTNEY BOWERMAN
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3/3/25
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When my theater companion asked me, “If men could reproduce, would they exterminate women?”
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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2/26/25
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If you’re a theater nerd like me — and let’s face it, here you are — I hope you’ll agree that few things are better than watching young talents find their voice under the care of expert guidance.
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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2/26/25
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Before “rural noir” became a popular literary term, there were writers like Flannery O’Connor,
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By BILL CASTANIER
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2/26/25
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Bob Stein isn’t the type to sit still. At nearly 90 years old — his birthday is Tuesday (March 4) — he’s still tearing up dance floors across the country.
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By AJ GLAUB
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2/26/25
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The history of Black students at MSU has been mostly obscured over the last 150 years by gridiron tales and feats of Black athletes.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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2/19/25
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Timothy Muffitt will retire from his role as music director of the Lansing Symphony Orchestra in spring 2026, the end of his 20th season as maestro,
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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2/19/25
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Willye Bryan moves through the world, in dark days and bright days, through storm and calm, with a quiet sense of purpose.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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2/19/25
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“First Date,” a one-act romantic comedy, opened on a cold and snowy Valentine’s Day Eve. The show took my mind off the world’s uncertainties for 90 minutes, and it warmed my heart. It can warm yours, too, this Thursday through Sunday.
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By VIC RAUCH
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2/19/25
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The title of Williamston Theatre’s first production of 2025, “A Case for the Existence of God,” might lead one to believe that this is a grandiose, preachy story that deals with deep theological debates.
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By MARY CUSACK
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2/19/25
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Dolly Parton was front and center at Michigan State University’s Fairchild Theatre for the Broadway revival of “9 to 5, The Musical.”
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By DANA DEMINK
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2/19/25
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If you never had the chance to see Michael Jackson perform live, here’s a brief glimpse at what you missed.
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Detroit native Don Was has performed worldwide, recorded the Rolling Stones at his house and won six Grammy Awards over his decades-long career, but one thing he’s never done is perform in Lansing.
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By RICH TUPICA
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2/12/25
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If Gail Offen and Jon Milan weren’t the authors of the new book “Classic Michigan Food and Drinks,” they could easily make a living as circus barkers, and I mean that in a good way.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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2/12/25
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Don’t get pianist Rick Roe started on the subject of his favorite musician and composer, Thelonious Monk, unless you’re ready for an instant and intensive lesson in music, psychology, philosophy and life in general.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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2/12/25
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784 Wilson Road, East Lansing
The Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine is worth a trip for its terrific animal sculptures and artwork.
The most spectacular is …
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2/5/25
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To put the Lansing Foodies group and its jaw-dropping 75,600-person Facebook membership in some perspective, consider that a Google search of similar foodie groups in Grand Rapids and Detroit,
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By STEVE UNDERWOOD
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2/5/25
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“Big Gretch” is on the promotion trail for the young-adult version of her memoir, “True Gretch,” which was recently selected as a Michigan Notable Book for 2025.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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2/5/25
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Quiet spaces for meditation and healing, sobering visual reminders of the scope and impact of gun violence in America and calls to action are all part of a new exhibit at Michigan State University’s Broad Art Museum, “Art in the Aftermath: Healing Gun Violence Through Artivism.”
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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2/5/25
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