Although the weather is cooling down, the campus concert scene will be heating up this weekend. Enki, The Mad Note and Know Lyfe will perform a free show Saturday night at Common Grounds in Akers Hall. The show is an 18 years and older event and features three local rock bands.
Although the musical is named "Nine," the cast and crew of the MSU Opera Theatre production are concentrating on another number - three. That's because Federico Fellini's show takes the audience through the mind of Italian filmmaker Guido Contini, an alias for Fellini, as he jumps from the world of fantasy to flashback and reality. Hence, director and producer Melanie Helton said continuity will be the cast's key to success, as it performs at the Fairchild Theatre on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. "The difficult part of the show is that it exists on three planes of existence," Helton said.
Marker. Roll camera. And, action. Hollywood and Los Angeles, not Detroit and Lansing, have been the typical cities where directors, producers, actors and writers work and live. But Michigan filmmakers are proving that conception wrong.
Finally — a concert geared for adults that even those under 21 can attend. And best of all, it's free for you and one guest. Friday, local bands LeGusta, Killer Miller and With Special Guest are slated to rock the International Center from 9 p.m.
The hit PBS children's show, "Dragon Tales," will come to life and play its final shows at the Breslin Center at 10 a.m.
The Fall MidMichigan Art Guild Membership Exhibit will be on display at the Michigan Library and Historical Museum, 717 W.
Every Sunday night. 8 p.m. If we're lucky, 8:30, too. There is no better place to be, no place I'd personally rather be, than on the couch.
Calling all hep cats. Tonight at the Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St. in Lansing, the Old Town Poetry Series will continue its monthly poetry installment with beat-poetry night kicking off at 7:30 p.m.
You know when you see a preview, and it's really funny? In fact, it is so funny that you decide to buy a ticket with your friends so you can have some laughs. But afterward, you realize all of the funny parts were in the preview, and it wasn't even worth seeing. Don't you hate it when that happens? Well, that certainly isn't the case with "Elf." The holiday comedy, starring Will Ferrell, is far more family-friendly than the boob- and beer-influenced comedy of "Old School," but the comedian still makes you laugh. Ferrell plays Buddy the elf, a human who was raised by Santa's elves in the North Pole.
Sometimes the world is too loud, and it seems impossible to find a bit of quiet. But when night has finally settled in and darkness blankets us, there's an answer to the daily racket we all live with -
What happens when a mother plots her daughters' path to success?At 8 p.m. on Friday, the Lansing Community College Performing Arts will answer that question with Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice."Directed by Mary Job, a visiting instructor from MSU, and featuring MSU theater seniors Amber Zmick and Dan Swalec, this stage adaptation of Austen's novel opened Friday in Dart Auditorium, 500 N.
When Dustin Diamond took stage at Connxtions Comedy Club, 2900 N. East St. in Lansing on Saturday, he made sure to let the audience know he isn't Screech from "Saved by the Bell" anymore.
By Lenox Magee Special for The State News Cheering fans crammed the Erickson Hall Kiva for two electrifying performances Saturday night.
A quintet from the Detroit area is trying to bump its way onto the Lansing music radar. Bump has a gig set for Saturday night at The Temple Club, 500 E.
Had "Radio" been made 10 years ago, I'm sure Michael Landon and Victor French would have been cast as the small-town football coaches.
The average band would likely not be upset by having a song off its debut album creep into the top 100 on The Billboard 200 chart. But Junior Senior is not your average band. The Danish power-pop duo is touring the nation, including a stop at Erickson Kiva with Electric Six on Saturday night, and it's noticing that releasing "Move Your Feet" as its first single might not have been very beneficial. "We've learned a lot about how things work over here," Junior told The State News via telephone from Pittsburgh.
Tonight at Connxtions Comedy Club, 2900 N. East St., in Lansing, Mike Green will finish his week-long stay in Lansing with his final show at 8 p.m. Green is known to make people laugh about anything from beer to fire trucks and has performed with nationally renowned acts such as Tim Allen and Jerry Seinfeld. Dustin Diamond will take the mic at the club tomorrow and Saturday, with shows at 7:45 p.m.
"Whale Rider," starring Keisha Castle-Hughes, will be playing at 7 and 9:15 p.m. tonight, Saturday and Sunday at Wells Hall. Castle-Hughes has been cast in the third "Star Wars" flick and won critical acclaim in this New Zealand film.
Two months ago, I got a whole lot of money deposited into my bank account from loan and class refunds.
Years ago, Marcus Olson performed "Into the Woods" at the Wharton Center. Now, 13 years later, the head of acting for the MSU Theatre Department has gone back into the woods, but on a different mission.After he finishes directing "Into the Woods," his last play at MSU, he will begin his own difficult journey as he leaves the university.Olson said he is looking for work elsewhere because he is seeking an environment that constantly appreciates theater, and where, when budget cuts come up, the theater department isn't always the first to be hit.