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Ann Arbor musician Chris Bathgate excites with energetic performance
I usually feel sorry for bands who have to perform for crowd members immersed in their own conversations.
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E.L. brings unique blend of sounds for Folk Festival
On Friday, the Great Lakes Folk Festival will invade East Lansing, bringing music and different cultures together for the three-day event. The festival, — entering its 10th year of existence — will feature 17 musical groups and artists, a variety of food vendors and a Green Arts marketplace, which will showcase goods made by vendors who reuse and recycle materials.
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Mike Posner excited to visit MSU
Singer Mike Posner will be performing at the MSU Auditorium April 13, sponsored by ASMSU as part of their spring concert. ASMSU is MSU’s undergraduate student government. Posner said he’s familiar with MSU’s student body and is excited to perform. “College crowds are rowdier!
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Students discuss violence at murder mystery dinner
On Thursday night, about 80 students filtered into the Four Deuces, a speakeasy set up in Akers cafeteria, to participate in a murder mystery dinner. The event was part of the NASPA-Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education “Enough is Enough” campaign to stop violence, specifically violence on college campuses and schools.
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Globetrotters aim for fun family experience
Twenty-five years ago, Erik Bruns’ father took him to see the Harlem Globetrotters play in Detroit and loved the night. Saturday night, Bruns was able to experience another Globetrotters performance and come away with the same impression.
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'Palmer Park' play comes to MSU
It’s 1967, and Detroit is crumbling to the ground. Race riots have torn the city apart as vandals smash windows and thieves fend for themselves among the unwatched stores. The riots arose from a storm of integration, which pushed tensions among races to volatile levels.
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Playboy survey asks college students about sex lives
According to a survey by Playboy magazine, almost half of college students have had anal sex, and more than 40 percent know of someone who has slept with a professor or teaching assistant.
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Fray concert above average, quality vocals
If you walked into the Breslin Center Wednesday night, you might have thought you were at another Spartans basketball game.
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MSU alumnus travels world for 15th season of 'The Amazing Race'
For Eric Paskel, life is about seizing the moment. Lucky for him, he didn’t expect just how amazing the moment could be.
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Moneen's latest effort more chill than old tunes
It’s beautiful, it’s melodic and an easy listen, but if Moneen fans are looking for more of the band’s usual sound on the band’s new album, they won’t find it here.
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Blood-suckers reign over film, books, television
I swore I would never in a million years read Twilight. I swore I wouldn’t watch the movie and I wouldn’t ever pick Team Edward or Team Jacob.
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Alum writes music inspired by East Lansing bar scene
It’s been a couple of years since Scott Barnes has been a regular at the East Lansing bars, but the 2007 MSU graduate hasn’t forgotten his college nights just yet.
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Lansing band sets off on Western tour
The twangy pull of a banjo’s strings, the steady strum of a guitar and the ghostly sound of a saw being played with a violin bow combine to perform an impromptu concert on the steps before a group of housemates and friends as they relax in the nice weather and enjoy the music.
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New campus group to hold first meeting
The Music & Entertainment Career Association, or MECA, will hold its first meeting at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in room 131 of Hubbard Hall.
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Lupe Fiasco coming to campus Feb. 12
Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. and will be sold on a first come first serve basis. Tickets can be bought at whartoncenter.com or at the Wharton Center Box Office. Tickets cost $15 for MSU students and $25 for the general public.
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'Dark Knight' breaks national, local records
The long awaited Batman sequel “The Dark Knight,” broke box office and local movie theater records when it flew into cinemas across the United States, collecting more than $155.3 million in it’s opening weekend, said Pat O’Boyle, the promotions and marketing manager for NCG Cinemas, 2500 Showtime Dr. in Lansing.
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Ferrell captures audience in 'hilarious' performance
Ron Burgundy. Tom Izzo. Little Orphan Annie. Two out of these three characters may be fictional, but Tuesday night, all three of them graced the stage of Breslin Center for “Will Ferrell’s Funny or Die College Comedy Tour.”
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Real Idlewild a historical landmark
At first glance you might think the recently released movie "Idlewild," starring hip-hop duo OutKast, is about the historic community in northwestern Michigan. But it's not.
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Wharton Center box office opens Monday
Tickets to Wharton Center events will be available to the public Monday. Patrons will be able to purchase tickets to "Act One Family Series" and "Jazz Kats," as well as "Jesus Christ Superstar," "Pippin," "MAMMA MIA!" "Legends!" and "Rent". Tickets for other events will be available at a later date. Tickets can be purchased at the Wharton Center box office, by phone at (800) 942-7866 between 10 a.m.
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WEB ONLY: 'Pulse' predictable, uncreative remake
I turned my cell phone on while walking out of the movie theater, and I checked my e-mail as soon as I could after watching "Pulse" — alone. Was it a clever idea to have ghosts take over technology (computers, phones)? Yes, but it was done in such cliché, dreary manner that it just didn't work.