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Cable-access station to hold anniversary special

Drew Harmon
September 17, 2001

Local cable-access favorite “Skitz” will celebrate its 10th anniversary tonight with a two-hour live special on station WELM, a local cable-access station. Producer Nathan Quinn, 30, has high hopes of the program making its way to a network and being sponsored in the near future.But more than anything, they are celebrating all the fun they’ve had and plan on continuing, regardless of the near future.“I would be doing this for most of my 30s,” said Quinn, who started the station 10 years ago.

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Love is blind

Juliana Keeping
September 14, 2001

Jeff and Rachel met for the first time recently at midnight. Before their encounter Jeff admitted he’s much too into himself and has more personality than most gals can handle.

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Weekend Guide

Friday The Campus Center will present the Black Comedy Tour. There will be two shows in Anthony Hall, at 10 p.m.

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Cinemas to release moves on time

Despite recent closings of airports across the nation, local theaters (who have movies flown to them) plan on new releases being aired as scheduled this weekend.“Hardball” and “The Glass House” will both open Friday as planned.“None of the movies are going to be delayed,” said Chris Couling, assistant manager of Celebration Cinema, 200 E.

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Student film crew to hold auditions for movie today

Drew Harmon
September 14, 2001

For anyone who has stayed up late watching the likes of “Halloween,” “Evil Dead” or “Friday the 13th,” this weekend you may just get your chance to be in a horror movie yourself.A film crew is holding open auditions this weekend to fill the cast of their new flick “Terror at Baxter U.,” and it will be made entirely by local filmmakers and shot in the area.“I just had an idea,” said English Professor Bill Vincent, who wrote the script.

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Local rockers to perform in Ann Arbor this weekend

Cavan Moon
September 14, 2001

If you are one of the many Domestic Problems fans who missed its most recent show in East Lansing, you may have to take a road trip to catch the band this fall.The Grand Rapids sextet played at Rick’s American Cafe, 224 Abbott Road, in late August, before many students returned for the fall semester and doesn’t have any other shows in East Lansing planned for the coming months.But that doesn’t mean it won’t be nearby.

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19 Wheels to play at Ricks

Cavan Moon
September 13, 2001

Thursday’s concert at Rick’s American Cafe, 224 Abbott Road,will showcase area band 19 Wheels returning to its roots, while The Foolish Heads look to make a new home for itself. Tim Morzoroti,who plays bass for 19 Wheels, said the band is looking forward to tonight’s show for a few reasons. “It’s the big place to play in East Lansing,” Morzoroti said.

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DVD blows away theater version of film, features in-depth interview

Drew Harmon
September 13, 2001

If you’ve already seen the cocaine-fest “Blow,” which came out in theaters earlier this year, then you know what it is - a high-energy movie featuring a sympathetic, but occasionally foolish, lead character who was responsible for almost 75 percent of the cocaine in the United States in the late 1970s and early 1980s. But now the movie is available for everyone to rent (or own - cue commercial) on DVD, having been released this week on the format.

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Events canceled, postponed

Before you head out to a special event this weekend, you might want to check that it hasn’t been canceled or postponed in light of recent events in New York City and Washington. Some activities have been canceled as a sign of respect for those dead and missing on the east coast, while others are facing technical problems because of lack of air transportation. Bridgette Redman, spokeswoman for Bath Community Theatre Guild, said this weekend’s production of “Goodnight Desdemona” will be postponed one week.

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19 Wheels to play at Ricks

Cavan Moon
September 13, 2001

Thursday’s concert at Rick’s American Cafe, 224 Abbott Road,will showcase area band 19 Wheels returning to its roots, while The Foolish Heads look to make a new home for itself.Tim Morzoroti,who plays bass for 19 Wheels, said the band is looking forward to tonight’s show for a few reasons.“It’s the big place to play in East Lansing,” Morzoroti said.

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Orchestra celebrates anniversary

By MARINA IONESCU The State News The MSU Symphony Orchestra celebrates its 75th Anniversary season this year with a performance Saturday in the Wharton Center’s Great Hall, featuring a solo performance by Dmitri Berlinsky, violinist and a new faculty member at MSU. “To commemorate the 75 years of the existence of the symphony I have asked composers to write celebration fanfares,” Leon Gregorian, conductor of the Symphony Orchestra, said. “For this first concert we will open with James Niblock’s Fanfare,” Gregorian said.

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Poetry Club starts new season

Jason Giddings
September 12, 2001

The Lansing Poetry Club will begin its fall season by kicking off the Old Town Poetry Series Wednesday at The Creole Gallery, 1218 Turner St., in Lansing. The season starts with a reading and publication party for Lansing Community College’s annual student literary magazine, The Washington Square Review.

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Sophomore release anything but chaotic

Cavan Moon
September 12, 2001

Ozomatli Embrace the Chaos (Interscope) Don’t let the title scare you, Ozomatli’s sophomore release, “Embrace The Chaos,” is anything but chaotic. It has been three years since the Los Angeles band released its self-titled debut, but the new album is worth the wait. Unfortunately, I don’t speak Spanish, so I don’t understand half of the lyrics on the album, but that doesn’t make a difference.

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Galleries present new artists, exhibits

Don’t complain there’s no culture in Lansing before taking a stroll through Old Town Lansing this fall.Five art galleries in Old Town held the First Sunday Gallery Walk on Sunday to introduce new artists and exhibits, most of which will run through October.“Each gallery has a new artist,” said Todd Mack, owner of Todd Mack Custom Framing Gallery, 307 E.

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Rendition of classic uninspiring

Drew Harmon
September 11, 2001

The original was written by Alexandre Dumas. But this one is pure dumbass. The ad promotion for the new stinker “The Musketeer” goes like this - “Like you’ve never seen it before.” Well, they got that right.