I can remember in third grade, just before the MSU-University of Michigan football game, being exposed to the still-growing rivalry between the two schools.
There is a certain quirky eerieness about today, Friday the 13th. Strange superstitions and an overall scary aura surround every Friday the 13th, but especially this one, in October, just a few weeks before Halloween. Today, much like Halloween, has developed a plethora of creepy superstitions.
Before the winter weather comes to stay, Old Town Lansing is giving you your “Last Chance to Rock” in the streets. Fourteen local bands, 15 vendors and a projected 15,000 to 20,000 people will invade Turner Street in Old Town Lansing this weekend for the seventh annual Old Town Octoberfest.
Old Town Lansing’s Octoberfest drew an estimated 20,000 people last year. They came for music, food, beer and just a general good time.Those who come for the music this year will be there for a long list of local acts.
Two years ago, Annie Scott turned her teeth orange. The hospitality business senior wasn’t demonstrating her holiday spirit. She had eaten too many Halloween Oreos. “I started eating them and I was like, ‘Wow, these are really good,’ and 20 minutes later, I smiled at someone and my teeth were orange,” she said. The orange cookies are part of a growing list of specialty foods only available during the Halloween season.
Divorce is a controversial social issue that many people take seriously. In light of that, Riverwalk Theatre is producing the comedy “Let’s Get a Divorce.” Set in France during the late 19th century, the play depicts how a traditional society copes with the idea of divorce. “It’s about a society based on smoke and mirrors.
When nostalgic movies about the 1990s and the ’00s come out in another decade, cassette tapes may be something for teenagers of the future to laugh at.
The School of Music’s newest cello professor, Suren Bagratuni, is acclimating to East Lansing.“I love it here,” Bagratuni said.
In 1992, director Greg Glienna made a very low-budget short film about a young man’s tragic introduction to his girlfriend’s parents.
Face Face (Gabriel Records) The guy or the girl in the front with the microphone is invariably the focus of any band.
Meat Puppets Golden Lies (Breaking Records) Arizona’s Meat Puppets continue to throw out albums in their careerlong, and probably frustrating, flirtation with the mainstream. In the early ’90s they hit it big with their single “Backwater” and the late, great Kurt Cobain had them on Nirvana’s “MTV Unplugged” special to play a few of their tunes.
The MSU Museum hopes to do its part in promoting American cultural awareness during National Arts and Humanities Month.
Local theaters and free on-campus sneak previews aren’t the only places to see good movies in a theatrical setting.Thanks to a few on-campus film series, students can enjoy the experience of watching great films without going far from home - and for free.Every Thursday a new film is shown free of charge as part of the American Thought and Language Film Series at 7:30 p.m.
Dick Rosemont chuckles when customers in his store - Flat, Black & Circular - are surprised that vinyl records are still alive and spinning.“They never really went away,” he said.
Whether a film’s style be sleek and stylish, dark and eerie or quick and intelligent, image is nonetheless one of the most important factors and can make or break a movie.
The members of Spartasoft hope to bring together computer technicians, musicians, writers, artists and designers.
Studio art seniors have an edge up on most students - they’ve gotten a taste of what it’s like to be an artist in the real world.Already artists, these students have been focusing on what it’s like to be professional artists.
“The Electra Legend” tells a story of a young woman, betrayal and murder. Just like the story of “Oedipus” has sparked controversy around the world, “The Electra Legend” has encountered a few problems because of its sexual themes. “There’s been a lot of controversy surrounding the play because of the incest the play suggests between Electra and her brother and the all-around sexual theme,” said theater senior Kelly Kaufmann, who plays Clytemnestra, Electra’s mother. The show opened the Department of Theatre’s season last weekend at the Arena Theater in the Auditorium.
LAKEPORT - If you’re too anxious to wait until Halloween to see “Blair Witch 2,” you can create your own sequel at one of Michigan’s camping hot spots.
The Creole Gallery wants to give you choices. The gallery presents “Multiple Choices,” from 8 p.m.