After a 36-year teaching career, Ralph Votapek, an MSU music professor, international performer and recording artist, will strike his last note as a faculty member tonight. Choosing to devote more time to his family and his professional music career as a classical pianist, Votapek will perform a final solo concert at 7:30 p.m.
If you haven't heard about Mel Gibson's "The Passion of The Christ," chances are, you haven't been watching the news. As a labor of love for Gibson, the director, many Christians regard the film, which graphically depicts the final 12 hours of the life of Christ, as a way to bring the pinnacle event of Christianity to a mass audience.
The root of all conflict - religion - hits theater screens today for all to digest, ponder and for some to even react with a cringe.
The liner notes in The Elected's debut, "Me First," explain almost everything there is to know about Blake Sennett's life away from Rilo Kiley. There are thanks to Elliott Smith, who opened his studio to Sennett.
BLUES"Whiskey Store Live," Tab Benoit and Jimmy Thackery, Telarc Recorded live on the "Whiskey Store" tour, which supported the 2002 release by the same name, this album features Baton Rouge blues guitarist/vocalist Tab Benoit and blues rock guitarist Jimmy Thackery for dueling six-strings.
There's something immediately appealing about The Blanks' debut release, "kiss you on the mouth." The Lansing-area band mixes clear guitar tones, fuzzy keys and groovy bass to help create its revival sound.
The Lansing Civic Players showcase backseat driving at its best. "Driving Miss Daisy," which opened at the Hannah Community Center, 819 Abbott Road, last weekend, is the frequently adapted story of a growing friendship between two polar opposites, breaking down prejudices.
The Upper Peninsula is like another world compared to the rest of Michigan. It's really cold, there's plenty of places without electricity or a Meijer and there's rarely a traffic jam. And Yoopers are their own breed of people, musically.
As the strings of red and pink hearts were pulled down from the chandeliers and the rose petals were swept away, there was not a sense of sorrow in the air.
It's hard to understand H.I.M., also know as His Infernal Majesty. The fact that the band is from Helsinki, Finland, doesn't help.
The unabashed Larry David has done it again with help from some of his deepest, darkest, most embarrassing secrets.
From Staff Reports The State News Music Friday: · Grand Rapids-based guitar-playing songstress Brie Stoner will roll into the Union Ballroom tonight for a free show that also will feature local groups thefarewelldrive, Westrin and Mowry and the giveaway.
Surrounded by wooden paneling covered by music posters, With Special Guest members gathered Monday night to practice another time before their final upcoming gigs. Walking into the basement practice space of the old East Lansing house, it's easy to feel immediately comfortable.
The euphoric feeling chocolate gives off can be one sweet thing. Peeling back the small wrapper, revealing the rich treat and letting it and the mouth connect creates a pre-indulgent moment of satisfaction.
Two weekends ago, I spent an estimated 12 hours on a rampant, graphically violent killing spree. I hacked through necks with machetes.
In a day of Pixar computer effects and "South Park," traditional, 2-D, hand-drawn animation is being viewed as a dying art form.
In the wake of the Detroit garage-rock resurgence, The Von Bondies are selling out shows in Paris and Detroit.
BLUES"Changing the Game," Willie Clayton, N-Zone Entertainment Willie Clayton is known for his longevity in the music business, recording for more than 30 years.
Recently, a friend asked me who I thought would win in a fight: The Distillers' Brody Dalle or Courtney Love.
Six days. Only six days until it's gone. It's the show that opened my eyes to a little world called Manhattan, where four single gals more than 10 years older than me taught lessons about friendship, romance and, of course, sex.