Throughout a lifetime, one can constantly teeter on the brink of despondency and normalcy. Love, life and other elements tug at a person's health and well being, much like the infamous forces of Good and Evil fight over a man's soul.
Surrealist art can sometimes represent what we see in our deepest and most vivid dreams - blurry images, scenes that don't quite make sense and constant metamorphoses of even the simplest objects. Last Saturday, "Surrealist Drawings from the Drukier Collection" opened at Kresge Art Museum and will run through Dec.
Farmington Hills - It looked as if a rainbow of fashion had exploded at the Masonic Temple, as the 3rd annual "Dreams 2003, A Celebration of Fashion and Fun" took to the stage and wowed audiences Sunday.
After several requests from her readers, Jeneen Sterling, author of "The Bonus" and "Sister Planet Tara," decided to reissue her first two books as one edited book with additional excerpts.
If you think you've got some talent, the West Circle Talent Show might be your lucky chance to showcase it. From 7 to 10 p.m.
The raging inferno known as the California wildfires has captivated the interest of the nation. Some have loved ones whose homes have been torched by the massive flames.
For some folks, the holiday season means loving gatherings, beautiful snowdrifts and silent nights. For others, the season apparently means clap tracks, drum synthesizers and women singing about obese aunts. No, I'm not talking about Britney Spears' latest work (heaven forbid). I'm referring to the "Ho Ho Ho Spice: A Hospice awareness and benefit project" compilation CD.
When most people think of Charles Bronson movies, they usually conjure up thoughts of the "Death Wish" series. But Bronson actually deserves to be remembered for a much better film, "The Mechanic." This movie fits its three-word tag line - clean, fast and professional. From beginning to end, there's a roller coaster ride of Bronson doing what he does best - serving up bad guys with the same stoic and craggy look on his face. The action star plays a mob hit-man who is growing older.
Staying true to its signature sound, The Strokes delivers an above-average performance on its sophomore album, "Room On Fire." It was with hits such as "Last Nite," "Someday" and "Hard to Explain" that the Strokes used to launched into the American music scene just two years ago.
When a movie forces you to go elsewhere for information about its plot, then you know you're in trouble. "Wonderland" is an interesting movie, but it left more questions than answers by cheating the audience out of the facts. To bring you up to speed, John Holmes was the first well-known porn star.
If you flip through the pages of the November issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine, you might notice a familiar face from one of your classes. Michigan's hunkiest bachelor, according to editors of the magazine, is human biology senior Jamie Batzer. So what is it like to be a hunk?
With Halloween on the horizon, there will be many parties.And where there are many parties, there usually is lots of music.Which lends itself to the question: Guess which reporter will be there if there is a plethora of tune-skis?You got it - it's your friendly music reporter who plans to bust out his 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles outfit for one night only.
Horror films might not need the best actors, but they do require numerous scares and, of course, enough blood to provide a thousand transfusions.
Spoof comedies often dance around the line between silly and funny. "Scary Movie 3" hangs out for a few minutes on the funny side but crosses to the silly side, gives the finger to the funny side and then runs away. This installment finds the series' returning character Cindy (Anna Faris) as an anchorwoman trying to get to the bottom of a mystery surrounding some crop circles on a farm owned by Tom (Charlie Sheen), as well as the death of a close friend by a killer in a videotape.
Every fence has a gate, but it's not always easy to get in. About six weeks ago, journalism freshman Jasmin Johnson said she was determined to enter the gate to become a cast member of August Wilson's "Fences." Today at 7:30 p.m., the MSU Department of Theatre will launch the season's second production with "Fences."Johnson, who portrays the only female character in the show, Rose Maxson, said she was yearning to have a role in the play."I told (the director) I didn't mind playing a man's role," Johnson said.
East Lansing is going to host a party people might be dying to get invited to. Local filmmaker Jeff Burton will premier his horror film, "The Invitation," at 7 p.m.
Although the Desert Fathers' music might sound complex and deep to first-time listeners, guitarist and vocalist known as Acquaman does not want fans at his band's shows to get bogged down in the hidden meaning of each song."You just feel it," Acquaman said.
If you've been singing in the shower lately and have noticed your tunes sound pretty fantastic bouncing off the wet walls, then the perfect opportunity to get your voice out and be heard is here. "Spartan Idol," the hit MSU version of the FOX show, "American Idol," is back at MSU this year, and auditions for the singing spectacular will be held throughout the week.
While most scientists worry about the greenhouse effect, Peppermint Creek Theatre Company is making an effect on the greenhouse itself.
The MSU Museum opened a new exhibit yesterday which looks at the "Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals, 1933-1945." The exhibit is from the U.S.