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Taylor to play Breslin Center in November

“Sweet Baby James” Taylor will perform at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at Breslin Center. The concert is part of a tour promoting Taylor’s 14th album, “October Road,” which was released in August. The 54-year-old singer and songwriter is best known for songs such as “Steamroller,” “Walking Man,” “How Sweet It Is” and “Sweet Baby James.” Taylor’s latest album features a variety of music borrowed from his own life experiences and integrates several musical styles.

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Lightfoot cancels upcoming Wharton show

Gordon Lightfoot’s scheduled concert for Oct. 17 at Wharton Center has been canceled due to the singer’s recent hospitalization. The Canadian singer is currently recovering from surgery for a stomach ailment at the McMaster University Medical Center in Hamilton, Ontario. Lightfoot is best known to Michiganians for the song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” The song is a tribute to the November 1975 sinking of the S.S.

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Play features British comedy, bed-hopping

Lindsay Frederickson
September 20, 2002

For those looking for some simple humor, the Lansing Civic Players’ “Move Over Mrs. Markham” is set to deliver it. Billed as a “wild and zany free-for-all with lots of bed-hopping,” Ray Cooney and John Chapman’s production features nine cast members mixing up identities and popping on and off the stage with the speed that exemplifies a good farce. “You’re not supposed to overanalyze a farce, you’re just supposed to enjoy them,” director Judie Town said. Town, who has been involved in theater for 30 years, directed the play for the theater company 17 years ago with an entirely different cast. A British comedy much like Michael Frayn’s popular “Noises Off,” “Move Over Mrs. Markham” features four sets of couples converging on the same bedroom.

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Moment That Youre In memorable final album

Ben Landes
September 20, 2002

The Foolish Heads are unfortunately breaking up this October, so the band put everything it had into the latest release “The Moment That You’re In.” This rockin’ Shelby Township five-piece have produced an album that covers six songs recorded in order of creative inspiration.

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Fourth season of Sopranos promising for fans

Every semester, writers here at The State News are allowed two days off. So when I announced that I wouldn’t be working this past Sunday, my co-workers wondered why I was using one of my days so early in the semester. They asked me questions such as, “Are you going to a concert?” “Is your family having a reunion?” “Isn’t it too early for a test to study for?” “Did your dog die?” “No,” I told them.

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Response to hate

Lindsay Frederickson
September 19, 2002

When officials at University of Maryland, College Park sought to inspire a dialogue about prejudice, they found themselves embroiled in a controversy. “The Laramie Project,” a play about the murder of college student Matthew Shepard, sparked that controversy this fall, nearly four years after the event. Shepard, 21, was beaten to death in 1998 in Laramie, Wyo.

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Exhibit features toon-inspired masterpieces

Lindsay Frederickson
September 19, 2002

From a colorful imitation of a famous Manet painting to what appears to be an inflatable beach ball hanging from the ceiling, Kresge Art Museum’s new exhibit “Art in the ’Toon Age” gives visitors a glimpse at modern art inspired by Disney. “I tend to like the bright ones right away,” anthropology senior Stacie Ludwig said.

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Weekend guide

Friday • The University Activities Board presents movies at Wells Hall. “About a Boy” is showing at 7:15 p.m.

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Happenings

Events The Eli Broad College of Business Student Senate is holding a student organization fair for all students interested in business at 8 p.m.

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Lets get it on

Dan Julian
September 18, 2002

This was supposed to be easy. It started out as a casual dating thing, but eventually that person who turned your head a couple of weeks ago became something more, and you think tonight may be the night. So you decided to do the smart and responsible thing by going and picking up some condoms for the occasion. Simple enough, right? But here you are, standing in front of a wall 10 feet high with quite a variety of options.

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Souljahz creates hip-hop, funk inspired rock

Ben Landes
September 18, 2002

Here are the ingredients behind Souljahz: three attractive siblings, one love for God, inspirational modern music and a vibe that grabs on and makes you take notice. On its major label debut, 17-year-old Rachael Washington and brothers Je’Kob, 21, and Joshu’a, 22, produce a powerful Christian album that collides with modern music, fusing hip-hop, funk and Latin rhythms. Combining influences ranging from Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder to Wes Montgomery and the Fugees, Souljahz has created music beyond its years. Coming from San Diego, the threesome appeared at local churches and talent shows, garnering an amazing following and spawning such potential that their father sold his business to manage them. The album begins with the anthemic “Let Go,” which transitions between an R & B hook and a church choir vibe.

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Discounted Wharton tickets on sale this week

Students hoping to see “42nd Street” and “Bring In ’Da Noise, Bring In ’Da Funk” on the Wharton Center stage can now get their Broadway fix without breaking the bank. Wharton Center will hold a Student Single Ticket Day from 5-10 p.m.