The MSU Community Music School will present a free performance by the adult members of the New Horizons Band at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Community Music School, 841 Timberlane St.
Wharton Center will present a performance by James Taylor with special guest and James Taylor’s son, Ben Taylor, at 7:30 p.m. March 9 at Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall.
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering will sponsor Rong Yan as a part of the Computer Science and Engineering, or CSE, Lecture Series at 10 a.m. on March 8 in Room 3105 of the Engineering Building.
From sitting at a picnic table with his father, listening to Ernie Harwell’s voice on the radio, to taking in a warm July evening at Comerica Park in Detroit, the Detroit Tigers always have been a big part of Don Middlebrook’s life. Middlebrook, a Haslett resident and MSU alumnus, wanted to express his passion for his favorite team when writing a song to enter Fox Sports Detroit’s annual April in the D contest.
Eric Colton doesn’t consider himself to be a moron — but he willingly has joined ranks with people who don’t mind acting like them on the Internet. Colton, a Los Angeles resident and MSU alumnus, recently landed a recurring role on a new online series, “Dumbass Filmmakers!”
Although some students utilize little of what they learn in college, Matthew Bambach is making his knowledge go to work for him and the MSU community. Bambach, a media arts and technology senior, is in the process of creating a presentation to synthesize information about bikes and bike usage on campus.
It might be difficult to imagine a band that utilizes banjos, bass guitars, violins, clarinets and mandolins on stage, but The Red Sea Pedestrians don’t pride themselves on being conventional. The band performed from 8-10:30 p.m. Friday in the Erickson Hall Kiva and was invited to play by Ten Pound Fiddle, a 37-year-old folk music organization in East Lansing.
When MSU alumnus Chad Rehmann set off for Los Angeles in August 2003 to chase his dream of becoming a music composer, he and his wife left their hometown of St. Johns, Mich., with $1,000, a few suitcases and no home to greet them in their new state.
Members of the Spartan Dischords are proponents of the saying, “Better late than never,” when it comes to their latest concert on campus. The all-male a capella group will perform “Baby, It’s Not Our Fault” at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre. The concert, which originally was planned closer to Valentine’s Day, was pushed back because the group faced booking issues.
For most elementary school students, a typical school day might involve math, writing, gym and the occasional break for recess. But in the coming weeks, students at three Lansing-area schools will be treated to a different kind of activity during their school day: instruction in the art of string instrument performance from the MSU Community Music School, or CMS.
When MSU alumni Mike and Denise Busley started Grand Traverse Pie Company, they were looking for a way to take control of their lives. The Busleys, who graduated from MSU in 1980, opened the first Grand Traverse Pie Company in 1996, and it since has expanded to 20 different locations. Although they only own five of the locations, they have franchised the other 15 to people who personify their business style.
Greg Spencer sees bright things on Detroit’s horizon. Along with his childhood friend Kyle Lechner, Spencer, a supply chain management senior, co-founded sEnt, a company that promotes art, including music, films and paintings, in Detroit. Spencer said the purpose of sEnt is to display the true talent of the city to others who typically aren’t able to see it in mainstream media.
It all began with one aluminum tube. Ilan Azriel was in a hardware store searching for materials to jump-start a production idea when a small aluminum tube fell from one of the shelves. Azriel picked up the tube and, after observing its movement, decided to create “The Aluminum Show” on this concept, said David Azulay, the show’s executive producer and CEO.Now, less than a decade after dreaming up the idea, Azriel’s show is onstage on a four-month U.S. tour, which includes a stop at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Wharton Center.
College is a whole new world for many freshmen traveling campus for the first time. The State News sat down with one of these explorers to get a glimpse, in 15 questions or fewer, at a new face on campus and her perspective of her new frontier.
The University Activities Board, or UAB, will sponsor an advance screening of the film, “Paul,” at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Room 319 of the Union.
Perspective2 will sponsor the “Old Town Stomp,” from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday at Perspective2, 319 E. Grand River Ave., in Lansing.
The College of Music will celebrate classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven in Everything Beethoven at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Music Building Auditorium.
There are nearly as many similarities as differences when it comes to comparing the two student ballroom dance organizations on campus — but the differences are important if you ask Nick Mizesko. Mizesko, a journalism junior and president of the newly established Spartan Ballroom Dance Team, said his organization reaches for different goals than the original ballroom dance organization on campus, the MSU Ballroom Dance Team.
At two different points in her life, Chelsea Hill has been a victim of sexual violence. The psychology senior said it often is hard for women to find an outlet to talk about their experiences and the negative things that have happened to their bodies. For Hill, “The Vagina Monologues,” a series of stories that was performed this past Friday and Saturday at Wharton Center, has given her and many other women that outlet.
Annie Rzepecki said she has two specific reasons to be part of “The Vagina Monologues” — two of the closest people in her life have been sexually assaulted. Rzepecki, a public relations graduate student, is one of the directors of “The Vagina Monologues,” which will debut at 8 p.m. Friday in Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre. The play is supported through VDAY, an organization globally working to end violence against women.