Michigan often is known for its odd shape and abundance of water, but contemporary landscape artist Ben Whitehouse is portraying a part of Michigan not often exhibited. On display at the Grand Rapids Art Museum until January 4, 2004 is Whitehouse's series of paintings, "Leelanau: Michigan's Eden," which show the beauty of the peninsula while using water as a medium.
Ever since I was a kid, I've looked forward to deer season, even though I'm not a hunter.I looked forward to opening day for my own purposes; "Deer Day," as it was referred to affectionately, was a school holiday.
Pi Kappa Phi has been good to Ryan Cabrera, and now the Dallas-raised musician is giving back to the fraternity, which has supplied him with venues for a nationwide tour.Cabrera brings his pop sound to the Auditorium tonight, and all proceeds will benefit the fraternity's Push America organization, which collects money for people with disabilities.
Westerns seem to be coming back into style - now it's just a matter of creating something new. Ron Howard's latest is "The Missing," and stars Tommy Lee Jones as Samuel Jones, a white man who left his family to live with a tribe of Native Americans.
With a little bit of theatrics, jurors decided Tuesday night that Artemus Mann was guilty for leaving the scene of an accident, but not guilty on both counts of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, causing death.Mann was charged for the deaths of Michael Ice and Blake Trout during the mock trial for Trial I of the Geoffrey Fieger Trial Practice Institute class.
What do you get when you have five gallons of ice cream and one gallon of manure? Well, it's either something you won't eat, or the new Richard Donner film, "Timeline." The trouble begins when a mysterious technology company funds a group of archaeologists on a dig in Europe.
In a letter to me, keyboardist Joe Denslow made it clear his band has no hidden agenda with its debut album, "Believe In America." The Lansing-based quartet known as Hidden Agenda has been making music since the '80s, but has finally released its 15-track album, full of mellow melodies that will put most minds at ease or even into contemplation. Hidden Agenda does fall short in some areas, such as showing off its vocal talent as well as it could, but for the low-key music fan, the album should strike a chord.
Mother Nature changes her mind regarding Michigan weather about as frequently as I change my undergarments.
"Flood," the 1990 classic from They Might Be Giants, saturates its listeners with 19 entertaining and quirky ditties. It's an album best known to many college folk as the CD which spawned two songs that cartoon shorts were created for on "Tiny Toon Adventures" - "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" and "Particle Man." But "Flood" is more than just a nostalgic piece of art.
If you haven't had the time to volunteer at a soup kitchen or haven't had the opportunity to donate to the needy, there will be a comedy show on Saturday to help the less fortunate at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The alarm goes off. It's a mix between that staticky oldies station and that merciless, high-pitched beeping noise.
It's nice to see Peter Weir put himself among recent filmmakers who are reviving epic flicks. But "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" deserves to sit with the mediocre rather than the good.
Turkey Day is finally here. Time to prepare the feast, but this year could be different. Fake it, fry it, freeze it ? drink it?
By Blake Schmidt Special for The State News At the age of 7, she was listening to hip-hop. By second grade, she had learned to break dance. Now, 26-year-old Jaime Wilkins, aka Addverse, is the owner of Code of tha Cutz, a record store specializing in hip-hop and vinyl that opened earlier this year. The store, located at 317 E.
If the annual ritual of seeing a movie during Thanksgiving break is a bit boring for your comedic tastebuds, Connxtions Comedy Club, 2900 N.
When the name Britney Spears comes up, many thoughts come to mind: naughty schoolgirl, heartbreaker of America's favorite *NSYNC babe and the newest installment of pop-culture commercialism - the Madonna kiss. Her last stints with the public haven't had anything to do with music, including posing topless and bottomless for numerous magazines like "Rolling Stone" and "Esquire." Although everyone has an opinion about how talented Miss Britney is, she's back at it again after two years with her fourth album, "In The Zone," from Jive Records.
"Philadelphia, Here I Come!" by Brian Friel will be the farewell performance of John Peakes, artistic director of BoarsHead Professional Theater, 425 S.
For those with an interest in painting or drawing, Schuler Books & Music, 1982 Grand River Ave. in Okemos, will host an afternoon of art with featured children's book illustrator Michael Monroe.
If you're overly focused on logic and accountability, "Gothika" will frustrate you to no end.