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Root is one of many Michigan residents now working from home, performing his daily tasks with a Windows laptop. His wife, Karin Root, is also an MSU employee working from home through the pandemic.
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Skyler Ashley
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3/28/20
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In the old days, if you ran out of toilet paper, you reached for a 200-page Sears catalog and wiped yourself in style, with ornate renderings of fancy stoves, Lincoln hats and lace gloves.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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3/27/20
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Bored? Perhaps a little bit lonely? Miss even the most mundane forms of human interaction? There’s a Facebook group filled with others just like you, and it’s called “Party Like it’s COVID-1999! Livestream Anything.”
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Skyler Ashley
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3/26/20
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John Warmb, multi-instrumentalist and chief songwriter behind Lansing folk punk band Rent Strike, is taking the time to produce demos for his upcoming projects, should the world ever get back into order.
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Skyler Ashley
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3/26/20
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If you are a reader who stockpiles books on the bedside table, you are one of the fortunate ones. Start digging in.
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Bill Castanier
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3/25/20
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Think of the title "The Lion in Winter" for a moment. What comes to mind? If you saw this play first, as I did, as an innocent young person in the early-70s, you might recall a vague impression that it has something to do with aging, and the disillusionment that comes along with it.
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Tom Helma
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3/12/20
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Thomas Lynch can’t get away from death. Last weekend, the longtime Milford funeral director, poet and essayist was at his summer home on Mullett Lake, fighting an invasion of mice that made it all the way into his silverware drawer while he was away for two months.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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3/12/20
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Owosso’s Lebowsky Center for the Performing Arts’ production of “Cinderella” isn’t exactly like the fairytale generations grew up with. This “Cinderella” is better.
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David Winkelstern
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3/5/20
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The stark black and white biological diagrams of “Gray’s Anatomy,” drawn by Henry Vandyke Carter, might not give off the same fuzzy feelings you get from your favorite homemade quilt, but they’re a surprising source of inspiration for artist and quilt crafter Milie Funk.
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Skyler Ashley
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3/5/20
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Since its formation eight years ago, Tyrant has played its incredibly fast, furious and organic metal on four national tours. The Lansing-based road warriors, so far, have gigged in 38 cities in 21 different states.
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Rich Tupica
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3/5/20
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Sam Shepard’s play “True West” has been lauded as a masterpiece that addresses themes of sibling rivalry, family dysfunction, masculinity and the mythos of the Old West versus the genteelness of suburban life.
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Mary Cusack
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2/27/20
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Ágnes Mócsy did not always want to be a theoretical physicist. Like a lot of us, she at first failed to see the beauty and grace hidden within those stale science textbooks.
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Cole Tunningley
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2/27/20
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Krissy Booth, known for her sleek-pop prowess, returns Friday to The Avenue Café to perform at Culture Clash, a monthly event highlighting diverse genres and artforms.
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Rich Tupica
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2/20/20
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Mexican lucha libre wrestling, a bombastic high-flying spectacle of physical prowess featuring flamboyant masked wrestlers, is returning to The Fledge Saturday by way of Capital Pro Wrestling.
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Ellen Dowling
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2/20/20
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Enter “Into the Woods,” now playing in the completely refurbished comforts of MSU’s Fairchild Theatre.
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Tom Helma
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2/20/20
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The odd sight of a burrowing parakeet from Michigan State University’s ornithology research collection, stuffed and encased in glass among dozens of pieces of contemporary art, provokes one of a thousand uncomfortable questions at the Broad Museum’s big new exhibit.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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2/20/20
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Williamston Theatre’s “900 Miles to International Falls” begins with projections on a wall that stretch the length of the stage and from floor to ceiling. The rapidly changing social media posts and world news clips show how our planet evolves from about 2039 to 2054.
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David Winkelstern
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2/14/20
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On the west wall of Old Town’s Absolute Gallery is a photo of three cheetahs licking each other’s faces. Fowler-based photographer Eric Johnson calls it “Triple Joy.” It looks like a love fest, but the backstory makes the hair on your neck stand up.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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2/13/20
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When you take a seat in PET ME vocalist Vikki Vera’s house, alongside some guitars and amplifiers, you’ll find a series of striking aquariums lining her wall.
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Rich Tupica
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2/13/20
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This weekend, when the Nashville-based Kyle Daniel headlines The Loft, fans of the emerging Americana-rock band will see a familiar face next to Daniel: Seth Rentfrow.
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Rich Tupica
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2/6/20
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