What does it take to make an honest album? Or better yet, what does it take just to make it? With two successful albums under its belt, the Motor City's Sponge turned local ripples into national waves.
In a city where the sun appears only about 65 days during the year, where weeks of little sleep stem from never-ending summer daylight, where the rate of alcoholism is among the highest in the world - the art is bound to be interesting and diverse.Religious confusion, scratched-out faces and demonic creatures make up part of this winter's "The Brotherhood of Free Culture: Recent Art from St.
Can you really fall in love with your soul mate in six weeks? I guess anything is possible, but let's be realistic.
Otherwise Gallery opened its new exhibit, "Waking the Slumber: Otherwise Originals," last weekend for a reception and an awards presentation."We had a really good showing; we had over 75 people here and the place was packed," said Alison Alfredson, program director for the gallery, 1207 Turner St.
Although its original intent was to satirize politics and military policy during the Cold War, "Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" packs a wallop of a punch that can easily be applied to our current dilemma with international relations.
My car has more than 102,000 miles on it and is due for some much needed repairs. They won't happen anytime soon, however, since I'm about $18,000 in debt and I still owe my brother a birthday gift from August. This with only a few hundred dollars to my name.
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," the second installment in the extremely popular series, is the kind of epic picture that makes a movie experience.
A brand-new chapter to the "Resident Evil" survival horror empire has evolved into a prequel, which sadly adds little illumination to the series' already bewildering plot.
After 300 miles in the white wagon, 2,850 minutes of film and $150 in ticket stubs and even more in free passes, this film reporter is prepared to give a few parting shots to the industry that gave him so little and took so much. In fact, the entire entertainment industry is on the hook. And through 30 films, I was reduced to a pawn in the entertainment world.
If you are watching movies this weekend, you must either be ready for finals or you've already failed the class.
This is my last chance to make it up to the MSU School of Music. Why? Because it's extremely talented, and for way too long it's been ignored.
After 10 years of touring and five solid albums, Domestic Problems will perform its final show in its hometown of Grand Rapids, at the Intersection on New Year's Eve. "We're just stopping, that's what we're calling it," said frontman and primary songwriter Andy Holtgreive.
Year after year, the sounds of Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" announce the news the holidays are finally here. And MSU's one and only chance to catch Handel's "Messiah" on campus this year will be 8 p.m.
If you don't own a GameCube yet, "Metroid Prime" is the game to make you run out and buy one immediately.
Jason Mraz walked on stage with a red mesh baseball cap tilted slightly to the right, an acoustic guitar and a baggy gray MSU sweatshirt.The sweatshirt, however, quickly came off."It's hot as shit in here," Mraz said, flustered from the rising temperature because of the almost-packed Union Ballroom on Wednesday night.
From university classrooms to the foreign soil of Austria, combined efforts of international programs and university affiliates have given 57 student art works a new home.
Throw in a group of skiers, stunt performers and camera crew trying to shoot an extreme commercial with the Austrian Alps and a war criminal and you're bound to get a confusing film. "Extreme Ops" is just that. The distinction between the actor and characters is blurred by the separate goals of the film and its characters. The production crew discovers an unfinished ski resort at the top of a range dividing the former Yugoslavia and Austria.
For a weekend or two, actors bask in the glory they have earned by spending countless nights perfecting each line and movement.
As the holidays creep steadily nearer, area artists and venues are gearing up for annual holiday shows and new Christmas comedies to fill each chilly December weekend."I think people love tradition at Christmas," said Josh Rafsky, an MSU-Detroit College of Law first-year student, as he carried his coffee to a table at Espresso Royale Caffe, 527 E.
Friday • The Temple Club, 500 E. Grand River Ave. in Lansing, presents Jazz Prodigies during Live Jazz Happy Hour from 5-9 p.m.