Friday
• Breslin Center presents veteran rockers REO Speedwagon and Styx on their “Arch Allies Tour” at 7:30 p.m. REO Speedwagon is best known for their hits such as “Keep on Loving You” and “Can’t Fight This Feeling.” Styx is most known for their hits with “Come Sail Away” and “Mr. Roboto.” Tickets for the show are $32.50 for all seats, and are on sale now at the Breslin Center Box Office and Ticketmaster locations. For more ticket information, call (517)432-5000, (800)968-BRES or (517)484-5656 to charge tickets by phone, and online at cc.com.
• The Arts Council of Greater Lansing presents “Friday Night Music Series,” for bands performing for the first time. The show will be at the Otherwise Gallery, 1207 Turner St., Old Town Lansing, at 7 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call (517)371-4600.
Saturday
• The Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St. in Lansing, presents Steppin’ In It at 8 p.m. The trio features multi-instrumentalists performing traditional music such as blues and waltzes. Tickets are $10, or $8 for students, and must be purchased before 7:45 p.m. that day. For more information call (517)487-9549. Seats also may be reserved at www.lansing.com/boxoffice.htm, but no student price is available and there is a charge of $2 for each seat reserved.
• MSU Pavilion for Agriculture and Livestock Education, at the corner of Mount Hope Road and Farm Lane, presents a “Quiet Water Symposium” from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The symposium is for visitors to learn about recreation and activities in the Great Lakes region. There will be hand-built and antique watercrafts, snowshoes and dog sleds. Boat-building demonstrations will go on all day, and there also will be speakers to talk about their new books and wild trips. Tickets are available at the door, and adult admission is $5; ages 17 and under are free. This is open to everyone. For more information, visit qws.homestead.com/index.html
• The Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra All Orchestral Program with music director and conductor Gustav Meier will be performing its “MasterWorks V Concert” at 8 p.m. in the Great Hall at Wharton Center. The concert is entirely orchestral. Tickets for adults are $10 to $30, and students are $7 to $18. For more information call the Wharton Center Box Office at (517)432-2000 or 1-800-WHARTON.
Sunday
• The Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St. in Lansing, in cooperation with MSU School of Labor and Industrial Relations, presents a new show called “Child Labor in the 19th Century.” The show features photographs by Lewis Hines, Jacob Riis and Augustus Sherman, and also will have a collection of antique children’s shoes to help communicate child labor. Gallery Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursdays through Saturdays, and noon-4 p.m. on Sundays. Appointments may also be made. For more information, call (517)487-9549.
• The Conifer Gallery, 4211 Okemos Road in Okemos, presents the First Sunday Gallery Walk - “Silent Voices” from 1-4 p.m. Barbara MacKellar’s Ceremonial Robe Series of water media will be featured in the program. Admission is free. For more information, call (517)347-2425.
• The Art Apartment, 210 Abbot Road, Suite 18, presents “A Reader’s Art2,” a show of artists’ books by nationally and internationally known artists. For more information call (517)337-8370
All weekend
• The Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbot Road, presents the comedy, “The Man Who Came to Dinner” on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and on Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students and senior citizens, and $5 for children ages 12 and under. Tickets may be purchased at the community center 30 minutes before the show begins. For more information, call the Hannah Community Center Box Office at (517)484-9191.
