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Skeleton in a saxophone

This weekend, Lansing-area jazz lovers will have a welcome chance to catch up with a longtime local favorite, saxophonist Diego Rivera.

Call of the floating sheep: Gladden Space opens in Old Town with the art of Mary Gillis

Lansing’s Old Town is an ever-changing coral reef of creative culture, packed with boutiques and galleries of every stripe, but Gladden Space is a new species in this ecosystem.

‘I’m Joaquin’s dad’

How do you keep on being a parent after your son has been murdered? “Guac: The One-Man Show” is Manuel Oliver’s answer to that and other unthinkable questions. Oliver’s son, Joaquin, was one of 17 people killed in a 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida

Appetite for discovery

Compelling stories, gorgeous cinematography, sizzling salsa music, intimate family drama, hard-hitting politics, bone-deep horror and Spider-Man times infinity — how much can Michigan State University’s Latinx Film Festival pack into four days?

Sweeping away the gray: Vocalist Jazzmeia Horn lights up MSU Jazz Studies

Despite a January eternity of gray days, you heard it here first: There will be sunshine in East Lansing all of this week.

Fantasia in Black: Emerging artists make a bold mark at LookOut! Gallery

Friday afternoon (Feb. 2), the LookOut! Gallery, a cozy room tucked into the second floor of Michigan State University’s Snyder-Phillips Hall, was bursting at the seams with more than 70 people.

See it, read it, dig it: Art show delves into the mind of Robert Park

A universe was born on the day Bath artist Robert Park found a ball-toss carnival game panel in the trash at a local school.

‘Intertwined and continuous’

To experience the Michigan State University College of Music’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative concert is to be swept into a swirling celebration that’s been going on for more than 300 years and shows no sign of letting up.

Soul of the trumpet: LSO world premiere grows from a musical friendship

No matter how young and fun the party crowd is, the newborn baby will get all the attention.

Art and math collide

An intricate web of branching lines extends across six hinged panels like inky frost on a field of gold. The glowing panels evoke pine branches and sunlight, but the lines, colors and forms are anything but natural.