Buying tickets for events at Wharton Center and Breslin Center will be more user-friendly now that they have partnered with Paciolan, a leading ticketing service provider.
The sweet aroma of local food and edgy sound of blues, rock and folk flooded Bailey Park as residents from East Lansing and beyond gathered for an evening of family fun. Musicians such as Elden Kelly and The Crane Wives came from near and far to kick off the 4th Annual Pumpstock American Roots Music Festival on Saturday.
The Lansing Symphony Orchestra, or LSO, took Lansing on a trip through time performing popular ‘80s classics from artist such as Madonna, Prince and Michael Jackson at Adado Riverfront Park in Lansing on Wednesday. The LSO Summer Pops Concert kicked off the 20th anniversary of the Lansing Parks and Recreation’s Free Concerts in the Park.
Gears, springs, shocks and bolts are not traditional things that come to mind when thinking of art. However, for Lansing artist Troy Sika, tools and automotive parts are his creative inspiration.
On Saturday afternoon, the 5th Michigan Regiment Band brought the sounds of the 19th century to the front lawn of the Capitol building.
The Mid Michigan Family Theatre is proving dreaded childhood closet monsters aren’t as scary as they might seem. In the upcoming play “Monster in the Closet,” which kicks off on Friday at the Alfreda Schmidt Southside Community Center in Lansing, director Bill Gordon said he’s looking to change the perception of the traditional childhood monster. “(The play) kind of explains the idea of monsters in the closet and lets kids know that these monsters aren’t the fearful creatures that kids imagine them to be,” Gordon said.
Dean Sienko, dean of the College of Human Medicine, will be taking a one-year leave of absence from MSU for active service as commanding general of the U.S.
After being diagnosed with lupus in 2010, graduate student Jackie Saunders said the disease took a toll on her appearance. “I did not recognize the person looking back at me in the mirror, because the disease had morphed every inch of my outward appearance,” Saunders said.
Apparel and textile design senior Elonda Willis said although MSU is not the top-ranked school for fashion design, it has a program students can really benefit from. “I’ve learned so much in the past three years that has prepared me for the real fashion industry,” Willis said.
MSU alumni and brothers Brandon and Cameron Laventure are developing a feature film, entitled “The Riverview,” that they are planning to film in Lansing.
This semester, the features desk featured scores of people and dozens of events. Here are the top three events and people profiled, as well as summer events to look forward to.
By hosting a showing of documentary “Chasing Ice” last night, Department of Geography chair Alan Arbogast hoped to build awareness, not just for environmental issues, but for the geography major at MSU.
When it comes to sharing his artwork, MSU professor Karl Gude never has been a fan of the gallery process.
An auditionee for season 11 of “American Idol” back in 2011, English junior Adam Woolsey tries not to brag about the experience.
Originally from Birmingham, Ala., graduate student Jacqueline Wheeler swore up and down she would never move anywhere without warm weather to follow her dream of the theater.
Computer science freshman Spencer Ottarson had an eventful week — a week which included travelling to the White House, meeting Bill Nye and showcasing his team’s invention to other students nationwide.
Thursday — New in Documentary: ‘Beauty is Embarrassing’
How did the weekend go? Well, it probably didn’t go as well as it did for zoology junior Jana Sedlacek, as she took first place in the Lansing Marathon on Sunday, finishing in just more than three hours and nine minutes.
Amid the scurry of final exams, hip-hop legend Ghostface Killah will make a pit stop in the Lansing area.