The producers of the Lansing JazzFest and the Old Town BluesFest are hosting MiFunk from 2 p.m. to midnight on Saturday in Lansing’s Old Town, at the intersection of Turner Street and E. Grand River Avenue in Lansing.
The College of Arts and Letters is hosting a program for adults to jump back into the college experience for a day with Cool U: Arts & Humanities Programs for Adults from 1-4 p.m. Friday at Kellogg Center.
Chicago-based Empires turned up the volume Tuesday at Mac’s Bar with a mostly pleasant set of well thought-out, enthusiastic songs.
Making the rounds on its last U.S. tour, “The Phantom of the Opera” will open at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Cobb Great Hall in Wharton Center, making East Lansing its last stop in Michigan.
Just like the “Forrest Gump” explanation of life would suggest, sometimes you do get an impeccable array of candy, and the new Broken Social Scene album “Forgiveness Rock Record,” released earlier this month, is just that — an above-par selection of something for which I already had a taste.
“Jesus Christ Superstar,” the classic rock opera by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, premiered on Broadway in 1971. Two years later, the play was adapted into a film starring Ted Neeley as Jesus. Now, 37 years later, Neeley is reprising his title role as part of the “A.D. Tour.” The play will run at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Auditorium. The State News sat down with Amber Hurst-Martin, a disciple girl and understudy for soul singer, to discuss what it is like working on “Jesus Christ Superstar” with the show’s legend, Neeley.
Wednesday the Union was flooded with earfuls of improvisational jazz, and onlookers could not help but nod their heads to the beat along with the MSU jazz bands as they presented on stage from 12:30-7 p.m.
I might be one of the few people in America willing to come clean, but here it is: I think Steve Carell is annoying.
MSU’s 30th annual Jazz Spectacular will be held Wednesday through Friday and is sponsored by the College of Music.
Cellist Suren Bagratuni will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Music Building Auditorium.
Trumpetist Byron Stripling will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre.
The Spartan Dischords will present their final show of the school year, “Eating Out: A Big Show About Food,” at 7 p.m. Friday at Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre.
New Horizons Band is an opportunity for adults to play in a band whether or not they have experience with an instrument or not. The group will teach anyone interested how to play an instrument and read music in a fun learning environment. This semester there are 62 band members.
“South Pacific” will play at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets range from $31.50 to $67.50 for general admission. Student tickets are $27.50 and are available for the Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and 6:30 p.m. Sunday shows.
Apparel and textile design students loaded their hand-made sustainable designs onto a bus bound for Nashville, Tenn.
The new Lansing City Market, 325 City Market Drive, is now at 100 percent capacity with the exception of a restaurant. The market had a “soft opening” after the initial move from its previous location, 333 N. Cedar St., in January with only 25 percent to 50 percent of vendors in place.
“Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific” will be coming Tuesday Wharton Center on where it will run through May 2.
Writers Diane Wakoski and Jerome Rothenberg will be reading their poetry from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Friday in the North Conference Room (W449) of the Main Library.
The Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, will host a film screening of “Adopted” at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Room C210 Snyder Hall.
Sparty’s Spring Party will take place from 2-6 p.m. Saturday at Demonstration Field.