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New movie theatre to open Friday
The new 12-screen theatre, accommodating more than 2,300 moviegoers, will offer cutting-edge auditory and visual technology.
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Students flock to Spartan Stampede
Boots, belt buckles, barrels and bull riding filled the MSU Pavilion this weekend, ringing in the 45th annual Spartan Stampede.
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Students fight for 'Hunger Games: Catching Fire' tickets
For weeks leading up to Tuesday, social media was peppered with pleas to vote on a website which promised an advance screening of the movie “Hunger Games: Catching Fire” to the college with the most votes. The website was cryptic and provided little information about the contest’s organizer, Cross Culture Marketing Group; yet MSU students appear to have flocked in droves to the poll, winning the contest by more than 4,500 votes.
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Old Town Oktoberfest draws crowds to Lansing area
The smell of beer and the sounds of Bavarian bands filled the streets of Old Town in Lansing this weekend for the 8th annual celebration of Old Town Oktoberfest. Hundreds of people, including many students, gathered in downtown Old Town Friday and Saturday to embrace the longstanding German tradition.
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E.L. Film Festival holds Five Days/Five Minutes short film contest
Professional and novice filmmakers alike are competing in the East Lansing Film Festival competion for the chance to win a cash prize and have their short film showed at the festival in November. Contestants in the Five Days/Five Minutes competition will be given five days beginning Thursday to create an original five-minute film containing three elements: a prop, a character and a line of dialogue. Films are due Sept. 24.
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Alternative career fair and DJ coming to MSU April 19
An alternative career fair mixed with entertainment and social marketing is coming to campus on April 19.
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RHA TV On-Demand offers free movie streaming for students
Since updating software last fall, Residence Halls Association, or RHA, has gotten positive feedback for it’s RHA TV On-Demand program. On the RHA website, students can watch up to 20 movies for free each month.
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Promising 2013 concert season
With every spring season, there comes the anxiety of purchasing concert tickets — for me, at least.
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In E.L. or abroad, students welcome break
As a tumbleweed rolls through Farm Lane, campus might resemble a deserted Wild West town from the 1800s more than a busy college campus.
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Who is a Spartan on 'Jeopardy!'?
For doctoral student Sara Garnett, being a contestant on “Jeopardy!” was the next step. Actually winning was an even bigger one.
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Spartan-produced 'Lagged Out' to launch Thursday
MSU alumnus Ryan “Anthony” Jurado would tell you when it comes to popular media, the geeks and nerds are underrepresented. In his new “gamer comedy,” “Lagged Out,” Jurado hopes to bring the nerd and video game subculture to the forefront.
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Macklemore, Ryan Lewis concert tickets available
Tickets for the hip-hop and rap artists Macklemore and Ryan Lewis concert on March 19 still are available, ASMSU Director of Public Relations Haley Dunnigan said.
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Super Bowl contest features MSU alumnus
Mean Joe Greene giving his jersey away. Computer generated lizards dancing to “Thriller.” Babies talking about the stock market.
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Most anticipated films for 2013
Hollywood is a fickle place — particularly its insistence on making sequels to movies that don’t call for a follow up film. I mean, “Grown Ups 2?” Really? The quality of the movies that come out in any given year is random and often unfortunate.
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The best in entertainment
Throughout the fall semester, the Features desk has covered a variety of fun, quirky events throughout Greater Lansing — almost too many to count.
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Flat, Black & Circular celebrates 35 years in E.L.
For Dave Bernath, the owner of Flat, Black & Circular, or FBC, 541 E. Grand River Ave., collecting music quickly transformed from a hobby into a full-blown career.
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Christmas season brings winter events
With Christmas break right around the corner, there will be plenty of Christmas-themed events around campus in the upcoming weeks.
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Macklemore concert sells out days early
Up-and-coming hip-hop artist Macklemore and producer Ryan Lewis recently have stirred up quite the frenzy among students in East Lansing.
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Matisyahu performs at The Loft, uses his religion to inspire music
A stroll down Michigan Avenue at 7 p.m. on Saturday night would have provided the usual suspects: bus stop passengers, bar crawls and businessmen sitting down for a late dinner.
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My wish list of MSU performances, collaborations
With more than 45,000 students attending MSU, an award-winning student radio station and hundreds upon hundreds of musicians, East Lansing still only has a few hot-ticket concerts every year.