Since Leila Chatti was a child, the English and Residential College in the Arts and Humanities junior has spent her summers in Tunisia, where her father is from, and even lived in the north African country for part of elementary school.
Open Mic Night will be held from 8-11 p.m. Wednesday at the MSU Union.
As part of an international movement for human rights and against gender violence, the 16 Days Lansing program will be hosting “A Night of Poetry” from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at the RCAH Theatre in the basement of Snyder and Phillips halls.
The radical textile designs after World War II are on exhibit at “Designing Women of Postwar Britain: Their Art and the Modern Interior,” which will be displayed through Dec. 17 at Kresge Art Museum.
On Sunday afternoon, students and Lansing area residents were able to experience ABBA’s music in a live setting, even though the band itself has been defunct for more than 20 years.
Since his early school days, Ben Williams, who currently lives in New York City, has been pursuing his career in music wholeheartedly and won the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition last year.
The 10th annual Lansing Turkeyman Trot will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday at Lansing Community College.
The MSU community is helping promote World AIDS Day on Dec. 1.
Mrs. Claus will make an appearance from 1-4 p.m. Friday at Schuler Books & Music, 2820 Towne Center Blvd., in Eastwood Towne Center, for “Holiday Story-time with Mrs. Claus!”
East Lansing’s Barnes & Noble Booksellers will be hosting the Kresge Art Museum Books and Crafts event to benefit Kresge Art Museum’s Creative Kids summer program.
Shabazz Public School Academy will host a community yoga session at 6:45 p.m. today.
The 18th annual Wonderland of Lights celebration will take place from 5-8 p.m. Friday at Potter Park Zoo, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., in Lansing.
Instead of accepting a job offer in line with his hospitality business degree, Ryan Devlin moved to Hollywood to pursue acting, a risky dream that always had been in the back of his mind.
Silver Bells in the City is an annual event taking place throughout downtown Lansing to light Michigan’s Official Tree outside of the Capitol building. Festivities took place Friday evening throughout the downtown Lansing area.
Students will sing and rap for the chance to win the “Spartan Idol: Best of Both Worlds” competition at 9 p.m. Saturday in the International Center.
Betsy Bledsoe, a second-year music performance graduate student, is performing in “La Finta Giardiniera,” an opera featuring music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The show opens at 8 p.m. tonight in the Auditorium’s Fairchild Theatre with performances also at 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday.
Chad Jordan, the founder and owner of Cravings Gourmet Popcorn and Soda Pop Market, 1220 Turner St., in Lansing’s Old Town, said he has loved the snack since he was a kid and would eat it while watching wrestling with his grandfather.
Coming home after class to microwave a frozen dinner or eating the day’s fifth granola bar might be a reality for some students, but for Andi Wilkins, fruits and vegetables always come first.
Having three feature twirlers is not necessarily uncommon for the Spartan Marching Band, but having a senior with two freshmen is fairly out of the ordinary.
“As You Like It,” a traditional Shakespeare play with a twist, will be performed at 7:30 p.m. today in Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre and will run until Sunday. Assistant director Wes Haskell said the play leaves its original Elizabethan setting and enters “an American Victorian Carnaval.”