‘It goes right to the gut’
The great thing about the six Bach solo Cello Suites is that you can resort to the most outrageous hyperbole to describe them and still fall short. It’s music to be born to, to live to and to …
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‘Chamber music times 1,000’
No Internet bio or program booklet will tell you what Jon Nakamatsu, the guest soloist for this week’s Lansing Symphony Orchestra concert, had to go through to pursue a life in music …
Blossom with care: Greater Lansing arts scene springs to life in 2022
Hot and cold crosswinds of relief, celebration, hope and uncertainty swept the greater Lansing arts and culture scene in 2022. Much of the hope sprang from the capital area’s evergreen, grassroots network of interlocking creative souls …
Alexandra and Bob’s big adventure
Take an early winter walk along the downtown stretch of the Lansing River Trail and you will find that the year 2022 left Lansing with a quietly spectacular gift. A swirling, 650-square-foot mosaic, newly installed on the south side of the Shiawassee Street Bridge over the Grand River …
Last chance to absorb Zaha in full at MSU Broad
Is that a salt and pepper set or a prototype for a skyscraper in Stockholm? A cheese grater or a performing arts center? When the designer is Zaha Hadid, you never know. The same …
From prophets to nonprofits
There’s no secret to demolishing a temple. In the Old Testament, Samson did it by grabbing the middle two pillars and giving them a shove. Saving a temple is a more complicated task. Monday marks the official opening of the Temple Lofts, a 31-unit apartment …
The Baron scores big
Brian Major spent the past month or so walking the hallowed boards of New York’s Metropolitan Opera in an electric blue waistcoat embroidered with gold. No big deal, right? “Honestly, …
Concert celebrates musical genius lost to AIDS in 1984
If you hung out in Manhattan in the early 1980s and wanted to light up your night, Studio 54 wasn’t the only place to go. Fridays at midnight, at Calvary Episcopal Church in Gramercy Park, …
On air or sleigh runners, Melik Brown keeps it real
He’s the man of the hour, and not just from 3 to 7 weekday afternoons. Melik Brown, aka Metro Melik, king of Lansing’s afternoon drive time on WQTX Stacks 92.1, is the runaway choice for …
Painters and firebirds
Some listeners are sick to death of the same old music, while others have enough challenges in their lives and long for familiar comforts. How do you satisfy them all?For this Saturday’s …