Twice a year the Michigan State University College of Music hosts an opera at Fairchild Theatre. The spring semester show was performed March 26-30. Directed by MSU professor of voice Melanie Helton, this spring’s show was Gioachino Rossini’s "La Cenerentola."
VIM's annual spring fashion show was held on Thursday, March 27, at 7 p.m. The show featured designs from 20 different student designers, and members of the club modeled each look down the runway.
The annual spring concert was held at the Breslin Center on Thursday, March 27. Students enjoyed the music from openers James Gardin and Gavin Turek, and headliner bbno$.
On Tuesday, March 25, the Jazz at Lincoln Center’s “New Orleans Songbook” will make an appearance at the Wharton Center for Performing Arts’ Cobb Great Hall. The “New Orleans Songbook” will be led by music director, arranger and pianist Luther S. Allison, who received his Master of Music in jazz studies from MSU in 2019, and will also feature bass player Liany Mateo, who received her bachelor's degree in jazz studies, majoring in bass performance, in 2020.
Starting as early as 8 a.m. on Saturday morning, over 150 students from 11 schools in the Michigan area participated in Michigan State University’s first Designathon.
Last Thursday, “Dentro (inside): A True Story, If You Think So” made its U.S. debut at Michigan State University’s Wharton Center, bringing a dramatization of real-life conversations about sexual abuse to stage. Written, directed and performed by acclaimed Italian playwright Giuliana Musso, this play confronts the silence and societal challenges surrounding survivors.
On Sunday, March 23, Michigan State University held the 11th annual TEDxMSU conference at the Wharton Center for Performing Arts’ Cobb Great Hall. Speakers presented a vast variety of topics, all fitting within the theme of "inversion."
MSU Libraries partnered with various university departments to host Video Games for Learning Japanese (and Other Languages) on March 21. Gaming developers and teaching faculty presented and demonstrated elements of video and board games that help students learn primarily Japanese, but also other languages such as Swahili, French and Portuguese.
Over 200 Michigan State University students, staff, faculty and family members gathered at the MSU Kellogg Center for the annual mega Shabbat on Friday evening. This event, which first started in the spring of 2019, is the largest Shabbat dinner on campus.
The conference’s organizers said the event fosters community among like-minded individuals, with this year's theme being "Embracing diversity and rewriting narratives."
As a part of the Michigan State University museum’s current Techno: The Rise of Detroit’s Machine Music exhibition, Her Sound, Her City: Detroit’s Women Shaping Electronic Music was a two-part event March 20. The event’s goal was to recognize Detroit’s electronic music scene and the women who helped build it.
On Thursday, Columbia University professor and MSU graduate school alum Peter Clement spoke to MSU students and staff about Putin and his threats of nuclear war from 2018 to present day.
Fashion trends seem to come and go much more quickly than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic. MSU experts and students reflect on the impacts of social media and fast fashion on the longevity of trends and the quality of clothing.
The headliner of the 2025 Spring Concert has been announced as bbno$, a Canadian rapper and singer most known for his song "Lalala" with Y2K, which went viral in 2019. The concert will take place on March 27 at the Breslin Center. Tickets are now on sale on the Spartan Athletic Ticket Office.
The newest show at the Wharton Center for Performing Arts is 'Life of Pi,' which opened on Tuesday, March 11 and will be running until Sunday, March 16. The cast of the show gathered in the Wharton Center on March 12 to answer questions from fans and community members.
Michigan State University’s Wharton Center for Performing Arts has officially announced its selections for the upcoming 2025-2026 Broadway series. The list of shows includes six Broadway shows that will be making their Wharton Center debut, as well as two special events.
On Friday, Feb. 28, MSU’s University Activities Board (UAB) hosted the Feed the Break event at the Multicultural Center. In collaboration with MSU’s Spartan Food Security Council (SFSC). Feed the Break was established to provide a meal for students before spring break and to raise awareness about food insecurity.
On Thursday, Feb. 27, cartoonist and historian Joel Christian Gill led a presentation at Michigan State University where he explored the importance of sharing stories. From the moment that his parents met right up to his current project, Gill used humor, creativity and comic art to tell his own story.
Dr. Russell J. Ledet spoke about the history of slavery, his family and his ancestors’ resistance that led him to where he is today.
James Madison roundtable discussion African American Art and Activism was held on Feb. 25. It was hosted by JMC professor Rashida Harrison and JMC academic and DEI specialist Jahshua Smith, with guests Jasmine Hamilton-Wray and Ozay Moore. They discussed the community, advocacy and legacy of hip hop, particularly in Black culture and activism.