If you give a curious monkey a bucket of paint, he will splash colors all over the walls and make a jungle-themed mural. If you give a curious monkey a balloon, he will find hundreds more, so he can soar over the skyline. These scenarios involving the famous Curious George straight from Margret Rey's beloved children's book are completely expected.
Erik Adams For The State News Someone please stop Hawthorne Heights before the band destroys the art of screaming. There was once a time when if a band screamed, it was for good reason.
The somber tone is blatant from the movie's beginning. A slight 17-year-old girl in angel wings finds out that she didn't fare well in a battle of the bands.
Lips peek through a white-painted face just aching to talk. If the pantomime could, he would speak of society's whitewash.
With strong blues influences, the Detroit-based band The Muggs rocks hard and rocks often. The trio will be performing in Lansing at The Temple Club, 500 E.
They are perhaps the most hated and feared group on campus. Certainly more hated than our weasel-like neighbors to the east.
By Justin Kroll For The State News There are so many talented people in Hollywood today who can write, direct and star in their own film — Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee and George Clooney. Tyler Perry does all three of these things as well, but the difference between him and everyone else is that they deliver entertaining, high-quality films.
Not everyone can afford plane tickets to Cancun for spring break. Here are the five hottest things to get you through spring break if you're strapped for cash and stuck trying to sunbathe in East Lansing. 1 For all those obsessed with everything that is Harry, Hermione and Hogwarts, there is much to rejoice about.
There is something missing in my life. A void. An absence. Like my friend Magda always says, "Sometimes I just want to pet something." Walking around campus, I must restrain myself and put my hands in my pockets.
Bree Osbourne, formerly Stanley Osbourne, is a preoperative male-to-female transsexual who was unaware that she fathered a son when she was a male college student.
The underground is alive and well. And the proof is in the pudding. Animal Collective sonically astonished a capacity crowd — 600 advanced tickets sold — at Lansing's The Temple Club, 500 E.
Shirley, an all-knowing box turtle, delighted a full auditorium of moviegoers on opening night of the 9th Annual East Lansing Children's Film Festival. The first film shown was "Lost in the Woods: The Movie." Shirley narrates the scenic film and teaches the audience about the signs of spring. "Lost in the Woods: The Movie" was followed by five short films that were very different despite having nature themes.
On Sunday afternoon, the Kellogg Center bustled with bakers and hundreds of chocolate lovers tasting truffles, tortes and teacakes.
Astrologists study the positions of the moon, sun and other planets in the belief that their locations will affect people.
The Veronicas kind of look like the Olsen twins and sort of sing like Ashlee Simpson. The 20-year-old identical twins from Australia released their debut album "The Secret Life Of…" on Valentine's Day. It sounds like the soundtrack to a mall during the winter holiday shopping season — teenage girls gossiping and the stomps of shoppers running toward a sale. With the debut album, it's obvious the girls are trying to fit into the world of terrible, trendy musicianship — Britney Spears, Avril Lavigne, the glamorized Jewel, Ryan Cabrera or, more generally, what MTV is shoveling down the throats of American youth. Neither one of the twins is named Veronica — they're Jess and Lisa Origliasso.
It takes hours to compose a song, let alone an entire concert. John Kratus has worked many countless hours to put together a concert of original songs. The program is titled "Stars in Our Bones" and includes all original songs, which will be performed by Kratus and many students. Countless hours have been put into rehearsals and composing for the concert.
"If your vagina could talk, what would it say?" asked "The Vagina Monologues" co-director and human biology junior Lori Carlin of the group of 16 women who met at Espresso Royale Caffe for Vagina Open Mic Night. One of the women began to answer, "My vagina would say ?" as a man walked by with a bewildered look on his face.
Qasim Basir went to college on a football scholarship, and when he graduated from Wayne State University in May 2004, it seemed he would play in the professional leagues.
By Justin Kroll For The State News There are so many things wrong with the new film "Freedomland" that it's surprising so many quality actors are in it.
After doing an interview with The New York Times, Jonathan Larson went home, made a cup of tea and died of an aortic aneurysm.