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Riverwalk presents ‘intentionally tacky’ Christmas comedy

A board member of the Riverwalk Theatre since 2020, Kate Clark is making her Riverwalk directorial debut with “Christmas Belles,” a “farce about squabbling sisters, family secrets, surly Santa, a vengeful sheep and a reluctant Elvis impersonator.” The show focuses around a Southern church program that spins hilariously out of control.

A show of firsts: Riverwalk presents an experimental, musical road-trip comedy in its Black Box

When a family of five heads down the Oregon Trail in what director Ayden Soupal calls “pioneer times,” hilarity, death and family values are all part of the journey.

For victims of violence, art can help heal

Small Talk is a children’s advocacy center, a place where children receive coordinated services and counseling in the aftermath of physical or sexual abuse. The staff is trained in a variety of methods to help survivors overcome trauma.

Putting the pieces back together with MSU’s ‘Clue’

A classic whodunit, produced by Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre, takes the stage at the Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre beginning Friday (Oct. 6), featuring an ensemble cast, a board-game-esque set, complex comedic timing and — the ancient Greeks will hate this one — plenty of death on stage.

Here’s your sign

The Williamston Theatre’s 17th season begins with “On the Market,” by Jason Odell Williams, a roving, sentimental romp through middle-aged love — and the lack thereof. When …

Off to the races

Riverwalk Theatre’s 35th season opener had me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end. The 75-minute show galloped through a hilarious, harrowing story of an elite white liberal …

2023-’24 theater season offers something for everyone

The summer is winding down, which means another season of mid-Michigan theater is firing up. From professional productions to community musicals — and from student plays to Broadway tours — the Lansing theater scene has an array of offerings starting this month. 

Afrofest to add fashion show and male excellence pageant in second year

Taiwo Adeleye said one thing people in Lansing get wrong about African culture is that the food isn’t always spicy. I laughed, but he was completely serious.

In labor for 100 years

The Michigan State University Broad Art Museum sits on top of what used to be called a practice house — an apartment where, in the early 1900s, women in the home economics major lived in six-week rotations to practice the arts and sciences of homemaking.

Lansing-based, plant-based

For the local plant-based eaters continuously on the hunt for new meatless menus, a new veggie spot, Veg-Head, is headed to downtown Lansing.  Chef Kari Magee opens the new restaurant …