I’ve never read the book “The Time Machine.” The reason is not, as many suspect, that I am barely literate, but that I was too busy being nerdy and reading comic books.
If anything is colorblind, it’s love, and the perfect story to convey such a message is the musical “South Pacific,” which tests racial barriers during World War II . Dance captain Lenny Daniel said despite being written in 1949, the play’s story line is relevant today. “It also shows what the daily life was like for the soldiers,” he said. The plot centers around Nellie, a nurse from Arkansas who falls in love with a French painter named Emile.
I missed my favorite television program Wednesday. It’s a special time I put aside every Wednesday night at 10.
At some point in all our lives, we all waste a good two hours watching some made-for-television movie.
It’s about that time - time to put on a teeny-weeny bikini. OK, maybe I’ve exaggerated just a bit.
Well, if you’re like me and you work somewhere where you get paid jack, (I love my job, boss!) you’re not going anywhere for spring break.
Hundreds of miles from home, you squat on a toilet for three hours because you drank the water, horribly sunburned and hung over from the day before. Chances are, you won’t have to deal with anything worse than this on your spring break.
Singer and songwriter Brooks Williams will perform with fiddler Rani Arbo tonight at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 855 Grove St.
Calling all book lovers and art buffs. This weekend there’s a chance see the exhibit “A Reader’s Art2: artist’s books in North America” at The Art Apartment, 210 Abbott Road, suite 18. National and international artists will showcase a variety of books using different materials.
Friday • Breslin Center presents veteran rockers REO Speedwagon and Styx on their “Arch Allies Tour” at 7:30 p.m.
It’s been a while since I did a DVD review. Why, you ask? Because it takes friggin’ forever to do one.
Released on a Lansing-based record label, each song on “The Entertainers” is masterfully done and shows off the precision talent of Russian natives cello player Viktor Uzur and violinist Andrej Kurti.
I was pretty surprised after the Daniel Pearl tragedy when I realized that being a journalist could be a dangerous profession.
If you’re seeking acting techniques, check out “Theatre of the Inner Hues,” performed by a few MSU theater students. The acting techniques displayed are called Buddhist Chakras, used by Fay Simpson. Director and theater senior Lindsey Stakoe said she learned the techniques at a conservatory at Michael Howard Studios in New York City. “It inspired me so much I decided to create a play to teach the students about the technique,” Stakoe said.
Whatever happened to Kevin Costner? Once upon a time he was great, starring in movies like “Bull Durham” and “Dances With Wolves.” But now he seems to pick movies by throwing darts at scripts, and he hasn’t gotten a good one yet.“3000 Miles to Graceland,” “Thirteen Days” and “The Postman,” for God’s sake?
Josh Clayton-Felt is someone who needs to be heard. The former School of Fish leader died in 2000, at 32, of cancer.
Love her or hate her, she’s going to continue making records for quite a while - so it’s important to take her for what she’s worth, even if she’s way past her prime.
Lansing - In front of a table of middle-aged locals celebrating a 30-year-old’s birthday and working folk kicking back Saturday at the Point After Eatery & Pub, five bands on the Lansing-based Rexrode Records celebrated its roster. Curt Micol, president of Rexrode Records, said the review went far beyond his expectations. “I thought the bands had really good shows and they had a lot of fans there,” he said.
The University Activities Board presents a Network Event Theater advance screening of “Sorority Boys” at 9 p.m.
BoarsHead’s Young People’s Theater has added an extra twist to the classic tale “Hansel and Gretel” by using children in the audience as the seventh cast member.