Actors reunite for ‘Murder for Two: Holiday Edition’
While warming up for their first r ehearsal, Andrea Wollenberg and Mark Schenfisch could be seen leaning into a side hug at the piano. The two star in the musical-comedy whodunit …
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Stunning sisterhood
After four months of rehearsing on Zoom, Lansing-based poetry collective Voices of the Revolution and San Francisco-based composer and pianist Adrienne Torf held their first in-person rehearsal Saturday (Nov. 4) in East Lansing.
New anime convention hopes visitors feel excited and accepted
The first time she heard of a dragon, Lilah Cray was 17 years old. While being religiously homeschooled in an insular Christian community in west Michigan, she was allowed to read one book, the Bible, and watch one cartoon, “Veggie Tales.”
Keeping it fresh with Ms. Dixie Longate at Wharton
Dixie Longate is the drag persona of playwright and actor Kris Andersson, who has written and performs “Dixie’s Tupperware Party,” one of the longest touring off-Broadway shows in American theater history. We spoke with Ms. Longate (in character) in advance of her visit to East Lansing’s Wharton Center.
Michoacán to Michigan
The monarch butterflies that flit through light-filled oil paintings by artist Jaime Vanegas Castro, on view in Casa de Rosado Galeria & Cultural Center’s main gallery, will soon begin their annual journey back to Mexico.