A local artist has decided to take the idea behind family quilts and heirlooms and weave a history encompassing the greater Lansing community instead.Nancy McRay, a fiber artist, is putting together a room-sized tapestry she hopes will reflect society as it is today.
Remember your high school English teachers’ warnings that, without a solid understanding of such classics as “Romeo and Juliet,” “Great Expectations” and “The Odyssey,” you wouldn’t catch most of the vital literary references in today’s pop culture? Turns out they were right. The Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, help prove the point with their latest trip through weirdness, “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” Set in Depression-era Mississippi, the film stars the ever-grizzled George Clooney as fast-talking, well-spoken convict Ulysses Everett McGill.
What could be more remarkable to watch than Tom Hanks scratching himself for two and a half hours in the box office king “Cast Away?” The winter movie season, for one thing.
Holly Herzog kicked off 2001 vowing to better her disposition for the new year.The anthropology sophomore’s intentions were threefold - exercise regularly, stop smoking and be nicer to people.More than a week into the new millennium, Herzog has yet to master her resolutions.
MSU students can now find out what’s happening at their favorite club, when the latest blockbuster is being released or what the hottest CD is with the click of their mouse. LansingVibe.com is a company that started last fall and advertises local events such as bar specials, movie times and concerts online. “LansingVibe is an excellent site to see what\'s going on in the Lansing area, especially if you are looking for an East Lansing bar,” MSU journalism senior Dan DeCapua said.
Blur The Best Of Virgin Records Brit-pop veterans Blur have proven themselves to be one of the brightest and best groups in their genre, but their success soars much farther than the adrenaline-packed Song 2, which is still played frequently during warm-ups at most high school and college hockey games. “The Best Of” was put together with their fans in mind - all the songs complimenting the next as the album flows along without a single downfall. “There’s No Other Way” is driven by a catchy blues riff, then molds itself into a great Top 40 tune.
Starflyer 59 Easy Come, Easy Go Tooth and Nail Records Southern California gave birth to the best-kept secret in American rock n’ roll in 1993.
All hail MTV. But you won’t hear me doing it.The mega-hip music network begins its yearlong “Fight For Your Rights: Take a Stand Against Discrimination” campaign Wednesday evening.
The Wharton Center will be showcasing talent ranging from a Broadway touring company to the celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma this month.The Broadway musical Cabaret, which received four Tony Awards in 1998, will be performing Tuesday through Jan.
When “Traffic” begins, we’re introduced to two Mexican policemen busting a small, but important cocaine shipment.
Unlike the costume drama it appears to be, “Quills” is decidedly free of the lavish sets and pretentious history lessons that grind other period pieces like it to a screeching halt.
Can’t stop those teeth from grinding when thinking about that half-eaten box of chocolate grandma sent for Christmas?
Friday The MSU Philharmonic Orchestra and Campus Orchestra perform at 8 p.m. in the Fairchild Theatre in the Auditorium.
MSU staff member Patricia Johannes practices ringing the bells on the carillon Thursday in Beaumont Tower.
He sits on a large chair, dressed lavishly from head to toe, in a small castle topped with golden turrets.He doesn’t rule a country.
Jon Styf’s life changed two years ago when his best friend, Western Michigan University student Taylor Pierce, was diagnosed with leukemia.“That was a really important event in my life and I learned a lot about myself from it,” the journalism sophomore said.
“Traffic,” a contemporary thriller set in the world of drug trafficking and enforcement, paints a bleak picture of the current state of the war on drugs and its casualties.Through a series of interrelated stories, the film tackles the world of drug trade as seen through the eyes of an undercover Drug Enforcement Agency officer, a Mexican policeman, an increasingly drug-addicted teenager and a pampered wife set to take over her husband’s drug empire.“I think what’s interesting is the scope of (the movie) - it’s vast,” said Emmy-winning screenwriter Stephen Gaghan.And “Traffic” just may be the feel-good drug movie of the holiday season, the stoner comedy “Dude, Where’s my Car?” notwithstanding.That’s what Gaghan said of the one to two minutes of cheer in the otherwise violent and intense movie.Gaghan went all around the country to research the story, he said in a telephone interview Wednesday from New York City, where the film was having a premiere.
Fusing God with technology is only one theme of the hit Broadway musical “Godspell,” which brings a spirited and technologically enhanced cast to the stage. The show opens Tuesday at Wharton Center’s Great Hall.
MSU alumna Kristen Plater wanted to take a break from the Boston music scene to visit East Lansing for a couple of weeks.
Movies are constantly being split into categories and genres, be it horror, comedy, drama or action.