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Museum promotes American culture
The MSU Museum hopes to do its part in promoting American cultural awareness during National Arts and Humanities Month.
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Movie series flood campus
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.
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Still spinning: People continue to buy records
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.
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For Get Carter, image is everything
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.
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Through team effort, group learns how to create video games
The members of Spartasoft hope to bring together computer technicians, musicians, writers, artists and designers.
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Seniors learn art of real world
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.
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Electra Legend creates another choice for night
“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.
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Back to nature: Camping makes for cheap getaway
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.
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Gallery hosts variety of writers, artists, musicians
The Creole Gallery wants to give you choices. The gallery presents “Multiple Choices,” from 8 p.m.
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Artist uses people as his canvas, needles as his tools
At first glance, the dentist’s chair, the Sharps container on the wall and the spotless floor of Greg Drake’s workroom might appear to be a medical office.But a closer look reveals M.C.
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New UFO lands at Wharton
A rancher, isolated in the countryside, hears a strange noise and goes to investigate. He finds one of his fields strewn with unidentifiable pieces of metal. In 1947, the country’s obsession with UFOs started with that scene in Roswell, N.M. In 2000, students and faculty members in the MSU Wind Symphony are translating it into music with a new version of Michael Daugherty’s “UFO” at 8 p.m.
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Writer to share experience as woman
Italian-American writer Helen Barolini will speak Thursday at MSU. Barolini’s lecture, “One Writer’s Journey,” starts at 7:30 p.m.
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Local artist finds muse on campus
On the surface, Dan Matson is a typical lawyer.But he’s also an artist with a passion for water colors, heavy oils, poetry and theater.Serving as DeWitt’s city attorney, Matson has fused law and art throughout his career.Matson published a collection of poems and pictures, “The Art of Art,” in September.
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the Lowdown
In the 1800s, Levi Strauss made them out of tents. These days most designers make them out of materials from corduroy to leather. Blue jeans: They’re an American classic, right up there with cheesy teen movies and www.fishydance.com. From rhinestones to cargo pockets to bright colors, most trends have found their way onto jeans.
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Woman on Top carries film
It is a fairly common occurrence to see a performer carry a movie on his or her shoulders alone. The film itself could lack most of the things it needs to be good and yet prove to be entertaining because of the mere presence of a certain actor or actress. This is more or less the case in director Fina Torres’ new film, “Woman on Top,” starring Penelope Cruz. The film sets out to be a romantic comedy, but struggles when it comes to being funny and doesn’t exactly embody romance in the literal sense.
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Owner eyes Lower Level hangout
Dan Falconer sees himself as a perfectionist.When he opened his record store, Lower Level, on Grand River Avenue on Friday, he realized he had something special.“I built this record store towards myself and what other people would want,” he said.
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Green Day sways from punk with latest,Warning
Green Day Warning (Reprise Records) Punk is one of the hardest things for a band to be these days.
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Serene Kid A allows Radiohead to explore variety, different styles
Radiohead Kid A (EMI/Capitol) There’s a moment of orchestral chaos in the middle of “How to Disappear Completely,” the fourth song on Radiohead’s new album.
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Native American writer to discuss his poetry
For writer Maurice Kenny, his Native American heritage is a strong influence on his work. “If you have Native blood, then anything you write would be about Native Americans, because first you are a human, then you are a race, then you are an artist,” Kenny said.
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Washington scores big with story of Titans
Limitations can sometimes hold people back from doing what they want and what they feel is right. Limitations can hold people down and cause them to quit striving for what they believe in.