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Old Town venue offers historic feel

This weekend kicks off the musical season for the Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St. in Lansing. If you haven’t bothered to read today’s story on the New York City-based trio GrooveLily, you should glance through it.

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Curtain rises on tragic tale

Lansing At a warehouse converted into a rehearsal space, two actors and various directors hammer out scene after scene as opening night approaches, working quickly to perfect lines, blocking and most importantly, emotion. They are preparing to perform a play written by a New York journalist about people trying to make sense of the Sept.

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Weekend guide

Friday • The University Activities Board presents Mike Super and his Magic & Illusion Show.

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Left out

Sure, they’re all former presidents, but dig deeper. How about Billy Corgan (formerly of the Smashing Pumpkins), surf guitarist Dick Dale and the late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain? Besides being important political or music icons, these six characters share a rare but honorable trait. They’re all lefties. Roughly one in 10 people are left-handed, but having this rare characteristic isn’t always as wonderful as it seems.

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Happenings

Kresge Art Museum: “Art in the ’Toon Age” curator’s walk, noon today, Kresge Art Museum.

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Simple tasks pose problems for left-handed crowd

With a dumbfounded look on my face, I tried to repeat in my head what this foolish salesman was suggesting I do. “OK, so you want me to learn to play guitar right-handed?” “Yes,” he said. “Even though I’m left-handed?” “It might work better for you,” he said. This whole time I’m trying to take this music store salesman seriously, but I am having trouble understanding his suggestion. He gives me some lame excuse that because I’m left handed, my fingers will be able to better occupy the frets on the neck of the guitar, and I can hit the notes more effectively.

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Tragically Hip plays to mostly-Canadian crowd at DTE

Clarkston - The parking lot at DTE Energy Music Theatre was covered in empty bottles of Labatt Blue and the familiar red and white of our neighbors to the north. Canadians invaded the small suburb of Detroit on Saturday for a chance to catch one of Canada’s biggest attractions, The Tragically Hip. The Hip took the stage to the screams of, “Hip, hip, hip

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Tadpole rules as first quality flick of season

It’s too bad mid-Michigan is considered the backwoods by Hollywood’s standards, because we miss out on seeing many good performances as soon as they hit theaters. Not only are there no real theaters in East Lansing, but some films will only arrive in this area after they premiered months ago in Detroit and Grand Rapids. “Tadpole” premiered at the Sundance Film Festival Jan.