Serious research is being conducted Monday nights in the Eustace-Cole Lounge. Recent studies have included a grandma who was a space pirate, a flower that took over Mars and a purple blob that tried to communicate with astronauts. Monday night marked the kick-off meeting of the Science Fiction Genre Evolution Project.
Watching "Cold Creek Manor" is like eating cold leftovers from the fridge. The suspense film left little on the screen in the way of plot or real danger, just a lot of boring exposition and a mystery so easy anyone could have solved it. Cooper Tilson (Dennis Quaid) is a documentary filmmaker living in New York with his wife Leah (Sharon Stone) and their two children, Kristen and Jesse.
Scott M. Atkinson Special for The State News Robert "Bubba" Grundner knows he has friends who care.
The 55th Annual Emmy Awards were held Sunday night and though they were laced with bits of comedy and drama, the overall feel of the yearly television award show was quite somber.I'm not one to normally catch four-hour-long, boring award shows, but since my favorite television comedy, "Sex and the City," was up for a handful of awards, I thought I would tune in to see if the leading ladies from New York City would walk away with a golden statue or not.And in case 'U' didn't catch it, the raunchy, laugh-filled comedy about four women's out-of-this-world lives only took home one Emmy - outstanding casting for a comedy series.Boo-hoo!
The University Activities Board brought new fashions to students this weekend. More than 200 students attended the Friday night UAB-sponsored fashion show "Street Style - Taking Fashion to the Streetz" in the Crossroads Food Court inside the International Center.
One of the biggest attractions at this year's Old Town BluesFest wasn't a live act but the recorded performances of bluesmen such as Son House and B.B.
While some people slouched in their chairs or guzzled beer in the beverage tent at Lansing's Old Town BluesFest, freshmen Emily Olenzek and Heidi Dowding bounced up and down, left and right, jamming to the sounds of Sam Cockrell and the Groove.
Okemos has found a new way to celebrate Native-American heritage.The first Nokomis Fall Festival, held Saturday at the Nokomis Learning Center, 5153 Marsh Road in Okemos, helped raise money for the learning center while educating people on various Native-American traditions.
Bubbapalooza organizer Rick Nalett is on a mission to get everyone he can to the 10-hour party at The Dollar Nightclub, 3411 E.
With a special photo exhibit opening and a fall festival ready to go, this weekend is an ideal opportunity for people to get out and learn about Native-American culture in Michigan. The Grace Chandler exhibit "Photographs of Indian Life, 1908-1923" opened at the Nokomis Learning Center, 5153 Marsh Road in Okemos, on Wednesday night.
For Kathryn Barquez, dancing for Urban Dreams is more than a dream come true. "I am very privileged," the nursing freshman said.
It's always a surprise when no one mentions this famous comedy team. Both have been linked to other actors as comedy teams but came together on the big screen a number of times.
Five local bands are hoping Friday night's rock festival at the Temple Club will pique the interest of area music fans. Playing at "The Rock Show" are Five-Fifty, 100 Watt Head, Powerface, Hawks and Snakes and The Caustic Pop!. The doors open at 7 p.m.
Theater senior Amber Zmick said she hopes to learn about the real world of theater before she reaches her final destination.
For people looking to find love, or maybe just a date or good friend, East Lansing might be the perfect place, and for obvious reasons.Lining the outskirts of campus are restaurants, bars and coffeehouses full of students, especially in autumn.
Whether it's one of his greatest hits albums or one of his early records, any CD collection that doesn't have some Al Green in it is incomplete.
If "American Splendor" is anything, it is intimate and honest - just like its real-life main character's comic book. It's the biography of comic-book writer Harvey Pekar, the creator of the underground comic "American Splendor." The comic follows Pekar's own life, the people he works with and his gloom and doom outlook on existence.
It's been a few weeks since MTV's 2003 Video Music Awards aired, but the wave of giddy gossip from boys and girls alike is still being felt from the kiss seen around the world. Yeah, folks, I'm talking about the Madonna-Britney-Christina kiss, and if you missed it live, I'm sure you saw it plastered everywhere else - even yahoo.com had the picture of the threesome that most guys would love to be a part of up on their homepage.
Something about those awful home-decor shops always leaves me wishing I had more money to spend. Every time I go into those places and see all the weird lamps, sweet chairs and artwork, I get inspired, thinking of all the awesome things I could do to spruce up the area where I live.
Robert Rodriguez's "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" shouldn't disappoint fans who have been drooling for an encore after "El Mariachi," and "Desperado." The final edition to the trilogy has all the same style, humor and action as the other films, which made the director/writer famous. The only real disappointment is that El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas) must fight for screen time against its other colorful characters. When audiences last left El Mariachi, he had run off with his love Carolina (Salma Hayek). In flashbacks, we learn the couple finally settled down, married and started a family.