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Local Authors Night features MSU writers
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 333 E. Grand River Ave., presents Local Authors Night from 7-9 p.m. on Sept.
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GrooveLily pleases with jazz, violin, rock combination
Lansing - Valerie Vigoda flicked the bow across the electric violin’s strings, threw her head back and sang, her clear notes slicing through the crowd.To her left, shoeless keyboarder Brendan Milburn laughed as his fingers flitted across the keys, and behind them both, Gene Lewin closed his eyes and seemed to lose himself in his drumming.The group of strangers who packed into Old Town’s tiny Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St., on Friday saw not a performance, but friends laughing and playing their music.The musicians come from different backgrounds with Vigoda’s classical violin, Lewin’s strong jazz influences and Milburn’s rock-style keyboarding and vocals, but the three individual styles blend into a spectacular fusion of sounds. East Lansing resident Laura DeGuire described the trio as “fantastic.”“The energy the audience had was a reflection of the energy the group gave us,” Deguire said.
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Kresge hosts 1982 World Trade Center photo
The Kresge Art Museum presents a new exhibit that addresses the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with a display that opened Sept.
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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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De Niro, McDormand star in City by the Sea
Before you see Robert De Niro destroy his career in “Analyze That,” you need to check out his role in the police drama “City by the Sea.” The film opens today at Celebration Cinema in Lansing.
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American Idol addictive as summers new Star Search
Hi. I‘m Juliana. And I‘m an American-Idololic. I always will be, but I was recently forced into detox.
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Wizard of Oz-themed maze, activities open for fall at Shady Lodge Farm
The “MAiZE craze” is back again at the Shady Lodge Farm, offering locals and visitors more than just traditional fall amusement.
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GrooveLily begins Creole fall line up
Lansing’s Creole Gallery begins its musical season today with a group that can be described as Paula Cole consuming Ben Folds Five with an electric violin.
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Guys gives sincere portrayal of Sept. 11 events
Nearly one year after the country was shaken with the collapse of the World Trade Center, a play about two people coping with the intense grief of sudden loss is making an impact. Set in New York a week after the Sept.
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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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Rusted Root, Tool tickets on sale this week for Breslin shows
Jam-band extraordinaire Rusted Root and the alternative metal of Tool will stop by Breslin Center next month. Tickets for Rusted Root go on sale today at 10 a.m.
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Aniston dazed, unhappy in The Good Girl
There is a difference between big budget movies that deliver visually and movies that make you think how they relate to your life.
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BoarsHead interns gain theater experience
Lansing - For young actors trying to make it in the theater industry, it’s a dream come true. Five young adults from around the nation will converge at the BoarsHead Theater, 425 S.
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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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Feardotcom confuses with senseless plot
We learn a lot from movies that we didn’t know before. For instance, with a flux capacitor installed in a DeLorean going 88 mph, one can travel through time.
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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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Leto shows more than sex-symbol status with 30 Seconds to Mars
A lot of actors have tried to hop from the bandwagon of film to the vastly more intriguing world of rock stardom with little success.
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Britneys break, Lances space travels make room for rock
From the MSU dorms to the far reaches of the globe, people of all ages are singing along to the words of fresh new faces.