Lansing Catholic Central High School’s production of “The Sound of Music” illustrates how true love can conquer all the obstacles put forth to hinder something worse than hate or warfare. “Sound of Music,” written in 1965, circles around the Von Trapp family and a girl named Maria, a student at Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg.
Like most college students, Dan Atkinson is constantly chatting on the phone. But the telecommunication senior doesn’t converse with friends or family during those long talks: He spends countless hours handling mail orders and making contacts for the record label Virus Independent. “It’s a full schedule, but everything seems to always work out,” he said. “The rest of the guys are always willing to pick up the loose ends when I’m extra busy.” The hip-hop label, based in Mount Clemens, was founded in 1999 by solo artists Skrapz, F.R.eeze and producer Sol46.
Brett Bielski admits his band, The Flow, is always looking for new influences to dig itself into. Later this month, the band will take a master class with Antibalas, an Afro-funk group from Brooklyn. “Basically, they do workshops while they’re touring and Afro-funk is something we’ve been listening to a lot lately,” Bielski said.
Brian Vander Ark will perform an acoustic set Saturday at Harper’s Downtown, 131 Albert Ave. Vander Ark will play a selection of songs from his band, The Verve Pipe, as well as performing some solo material. “We’ve already got people calling about it,” said Christian Dorsch, general manager of Harper’s.
Easiest “Best Bet” to write ever. Want to see some good movies this weekend? Go to the East Lansing Film Festival.
I hate award shows. I mean, I really, really hate award shows. At first, it’s fun to pick your favorites to win.
Maintaining a friendship sometimes can require a little creativity when lives start growing in different directions, and the Tony Award-winning play, “Art,” explores the longtime friendships of three prosperous men. Marc is an aeronautical engineer, Serge a dermatologist and Yvan a man with a new job, fiancée and $200-a-week psychiatry bill. Serge purchases a white-on-white painting for $30,000 because he values the artistic approach of the painting.
The movies have been viewed and reviewed, the best chosen and, occasionally, forgotten, and finally the time has come - time for the “best” of the year to take their spots, complete with a small statue of a golden guy.
Trying to find answers to those embarrassing questions about relationships, love and sex?Look no further than two people who have lived with these issues in front of millions of people once a week on television.Malik Cooper and Coral Smith, cast members of “The Real World” in New York, will be at the International Center on Friday as part of MSU’s third annual “Sex in the Real World” program.Cooper and Smith will be part of a panel alongside health experts Dianne Singleton and Dennis Martell to address questions about sex from students in the audience.“It’s been very successful and very popular,” Martell said.
Friday • The University Activities Board presents the third annual “Sex In The Real World,” with special guest Coral Smith and Malik Cooper of MTV’s 10th season “Real World” in New York.
Hip-hop lovers and artists traveled from all over to support the second annual Hip Hop Summit last week in New York.
Occasionally a record’s uniqueness blazes through the music industry like a locomotive. Unfortunately, Trik Turner lost its ticket. This band can rock, that’s without question.
When Lansing slam poet Shannon Sangster began performing at a local coffee shop’s open mic night a while back, he was disappointed that he and his writing partner, Marcus Mkinsic, were the only two poets. “When we first started, it was just us two,” Sangster said.
If you’re a fan of Brandy, you might be disappointed with her new album, “Full Moon.” The strong independent beats that reflect her merge into adulthood drown out the R&B ballads that made her so popular. In Brandy’s case, too much of those club beats can be annoying. R&B should have a nice rhythm with lyrics about topics that you can either sulk into or just be happy about, and this album lacks that quality. Overall, the album is good, but it’s awkward to dance to a song about a man breaking her heart.
I love video games. The fact that I really, really suck at them means nothing to me. I can’t get very far in “Metal Gear Solid,” but that doesn’t mean I don’t try over and over again.
Opening night ticket prices are $15 general admission and $8 for students with ID. Festival Films are $5 general admission and $3 for students with ID.
The School of Music’s Jazz Spectacular came to a conclusion Friday night as Octet I and the Guest Quintet performed at the Pasant Theatre.There were more than enough seats available, and it’s too bad more people didn’t jump at the opportunity to hear some solid jazz music.The evening opened with Jazz Studies director Rodney Whitaker leading Octet I through a selection of songs by Thelonious Monk and Kenn Cox, among others.East Lansing resident Robert Baecker, who saw two other jazz spectacular concerts last week, said this event shows off the talent of the jazz program.
During the early 1900s, Joe Turner, the brother of a former Tennessee governor, would capture blacks, thus breaking their ties with freedom both spiritually and physically despite the fact that slavery was abolished in 1862.Riverwalk Theatre’s presentation of “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” depicts the emotional imbalance of black people because of slavery and oppression.As the sounds of blues lure the audience into the mind frame of black culture, a sense of calm descends over the theater, 228 Museum Drive.At the center of the one-room set was a wooden table covered with a lace cloth.
Renowned director, writer and New York Knicks fan Spike Lee is the special guest Thursday at Wharton Center as part of the “World View” lecture series.
I recently discovered that the Cartoon Network shows Looney Tunes almost nonstop Saturday mornings.