2025 theater season in review
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Holiday poetry returns — under new management
The Poetry Room and the MSU Department of Art, Art History, and Design are thrilled to bring you this year’s Holiday Issue. Poetry has always been a gathering place — a table where we hear one …
A toast to 2025
Though we haven’t even made it through Christmas yet, New Year’s Eve is bound to sneak up between winter break activities, time off of work and travel plans. For those who are sticking around, …
Public Art of the Week
East Lansing’s newest gallery is pretty small and has a good admission price: free.
It’s a colorful honeycomb, about six feet tall, tucked into the alleyway behind (SCENE) Metrospace in …
Coffeehouse at All Saints gives diverse artists 15 minutes of fame
Where do poets, Ten Pound Fiddle regulars, fledgling performers and music aficionados go to congregate?
East Lansing’s All Saints Episcopal Church, for the monthly Coffeehouse at All Saints.
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Remixing reality
When Lansing artist Chelsea Roberts started the Lansing Collage Club in May, she didn’t know what the response would be. She invited ten close friends, just to avoid embarrassment.
Over 30 …
Michigan adapts to aging prison population
LANSING – More than 2,000 of Michigan prison inmates are 65 or older, about one in fifteen inmates, according to the state’s Department of Corrections.
“Our population is aging …
Greater Lansing’s happening holiday concert calendar — and more
The name of this column has changed from “Turn It Down” to “517 Sounds,” but the purpose remains the same: to champion the local music scene. And, as usual, there is plenty to …
Come for the calm, stay for the thrills at Fenner Nature Center
A couple of weeks ago, I was walking past the monarch butterfly house at Lansing’s Fenner Nature Center when a breathless 4-year-old girl hailed me from afar, leaving the rest of her family …
Elijah Ahmad Lewis talks ‘The Wiz’ 50th anniversary tour
Music runs in Elijah Ahmad Lewis’ family.
“I started in the industry when I was 7 years old,” Lewis said. “My dad is a music producer and musician, my mother works in …
Holiday poetry returns — under new management
The Poetry Room and the MSU Department of Art, Art History, and Design are thrilled to bring you this year’s Holiday Issue. Poetry has always been a gathering place — a table where we hear one …
A toast to 2025
Though we haven’t even made it through Christmas yet, New Year’s Eve is bound to sneak up between winter break activities, time off of work and travel plans. For those who are sticking around, …
Public Art of the Week
East Lansing’s newest gallery is pretty small and has a good admission price: free. It’s a colorful honeycomb, about six feet tall, tucked into the alleyway behind (SCENE) Metrospace in …
Coffeehouse at All Saints gives diverse artists 15 minutes of fame
Where do poets, Ten Pound Fiddle regulars, fledgling performers and music aficionados go to congregate? East Lansing’s All Saints Episcopal Church, for the monthly Coffeehouse at All Saints. …
Remixing reality
When Lansing artist Chelsea Roberts started the Lansing Collage Club in May, she didn’t know what the response would be. She invited ten close friends, just to avoid embarrassment. Over 30 …
Michigan adapts to aging prison population
LANSING – More than 2,000 of Michigan prison inmates are 65 or older, about one in fifteen inmates, according to the state’s Department of Corrections. “Our population is aging …
Greater Lansing’s happening holiday concert calendar — and more
The name of this column has changed from “Turn It Down” to “517 Sounds,” but the purpose remains the same: to champion the local music scene. And, as usual, there is plenty to …
Come for the calm, stay for the thrills at Fenner Nature Center
A couple of weeks ago, I was walking past the monarch butterfly house at Lansing’s Fenner Nature Center when a breathless 4-year-old girl hailed me from afar, leaving the rest of her family …
Elijah Ahmad Lewis talks ‘The Wiz’ 50th anniversary tour
Music runs in Elijah Ahmad Lewis’ family. “I started in the industry when I was 7 years old,” Lewis said. “My dad is a music producer and musician, my mother works in …