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Play will deal with crimes brutality
A parent faces his worst nightmare in the play “Talk About the Passion,” by Graham Farrow.
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Fairchild to host Opera
The MSU School of Music’s Opera Theatre will perform Jacques Offenbach’s comedic 1858 operetta “Orpheus In the Underworld” this weekend. Filled with raunchy humor and love scandals, the opera will show Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.
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Check out two great concerts this weekend
Hey Mercedes will perform tonight at the Erickson Hall Kiva, sponsored by Pop! Entertainment. The band, comprised of former members of the now defunct Braid, is supporting its latest effort, “Every Night Fire Works,” on Vagrant Records. For those who dig off-beat guitar chirps and tricky bass lines backed with solid brass, check out Grand Rapids-based Mustard Plug Saturday at the Common Grounds Coffeehouse, in the basement of Akers Hall. Singing on subjects ranging from thigh-high nylons to working at a gas station convenience store after hours, Mustard Plug will provide good ska/punk tunes to dance and sing along to. The band, on popular punk rock label Hopeless Records, has released a number of albums, singles and 7-inch vinyl records. Ruth’s Hat will open the show, performing its blend of goofy and lighthearted punk rock.
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Hip-hop culture event a success
Although Kangol hats and shell-toe Adidas weren’t a requirement, they definitely were a thought as urban hip-hop beats oozed out of the speakers in Wonders Hall.MSU students got a taste of hip-hop culture and a chance to celebrate its origins Wednesday night.Sigma Gamma Rho Inc. sponsored Hip-hop Ecstasy Night which included break dancing, freestyle rapping and an old school dance contest.
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Puncture perfect
The thrill of a needle driving into your raw skin repeatedly is about as enticing as licking razor blades.
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Years Oscar winners picked despite intense hatred for award shows
I hate award shows. I mean, I really, really hate award shows. At first, it’s fun to pick your favorites to win.
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The Golden Man Cometh
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.
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Weekend guide
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.
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Tony Award-winning Art hits Wharton this weekend
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.
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Real World cast members sex U up
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.
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Brandy veers away from R&B roots
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.
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Venue for artists to debut Saturday
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.
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Suge Knight in the dark about purpose of Hip Hop Summit
Hip-hop lovers and artists traveled from all over to support the second annual Hip Hop Summit last week in New York.
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No Trik can save this record
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.
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Resident Evil is another crappy video game movie without a controller
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.
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East Lansing Film Festival
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.
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Late McCartneys photography exhibit shows quirks of touring
Think of Linda McCartney, and it’s hard not to think of a life alongside one of the biggest bands in history. And one of the late McCartney’s accomplishments included capturing those moments in photographs - minus the celebrities. Ninety photographs of life on the road with The Wings and The Beatles are on display at the Saginaw Art Museum until the end of April. “It’s just a look at her travels,” museum spokeswoman Nicole Kammer said.
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Free tickets available for Spike Lee lecture
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.
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Ice Age reminiscent of cartoon classics
I recently discovered that the Cartoon Network shows Looney Tunes almost nonstop Saturday mornings.
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Joe Turners Come and Gone is a poignant look at the internal effects of of slavery
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.