When MSU political science sophomore Katie Williams went to see "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes," she found herself terrified during violent and suspenseful scenes. MSU urban journalism professor Danielle Brown said this is because people are often drawn to violent media.
Michigan State University Audrey and John Leslie Endowed Chair in Literary Studies Dr. Kinitra Brooks researches the Black horror genre and Afrofuturism. She seeks to fill in gaps of representation, all while salvaging what the genres lost along the way.
MSU’s Wharton Center for Performing Arts hosted the Lansing Symphony Orchestra and their performance of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone" in concert.
On Monday Nov. 20, MSU Health4U hosts their third Rest with Music concert of the year with singer-songwriter Jessica Dominic performing. This free event takes place in Abrams Planetarium from 12 to 12:50 p.m.
After recent allegations and an admission from the famous comedian, stories told during Hasan Minhaj’s stand-up comedy specials are under scrutiny for fabricating scenes and stories where he experienced racial discrimination that never happened.
The Broad Art Museum hosted the grand opening of the highly anticipated Center for Object Research and Engagement, or the CORE, on Friday. Unlike some of the museum's other exhibitions, which rotate every few years or so, the CORE provides a permanent space for over thousands of objects that the university has been accumulating as far back as 1945.
MSU's Abrams Planetarium held its annual Pink Floyd planetarium show Friday night, showcasing celestial displays alongside the band's "Dark Side of the Moon" album.
The East Lansing Film Festival, or ELFF, has officially started and is taking place in Meridian Mall's Studio C! Celebration Theater until Nov. 16, marking the event's 26th anniversary. During the festival's opening night yesterday, community members filled the theater with complimentary popcorn and brochures explaining each film in hand, after walking a small red carpet to get inside the theater – a mirrored appreciation for the movie-watchers and their support for the independent films.
Michigan State University's WE ARE SAATH and University Activities Board lit up the Union with a Diwali celebration last evening.
We’ve all seen it: the so-called “trauma bangs” or damaged “do-it-yourself” bleach blond hair that ensues after someone goes through a bad breakup. It is common for people to change their appearance after ending a relationship, but why exactly do we see frustration in the form of drastic hair transformations?
The Lansing Model Train Show and Sale took place on November 5, 2023 and drew in crowds of around 3,000 people.
Michigan State is holding their annual "It's on us" week of action events this week. Evens include sharing messages, tie dyeing tote bags, leaving a handprint on a banner and assembling self-care kits all in efforts to combat sexual violence and providing awareness to those in need.
"The Hip Hop Nutcracker" is coming to Michigan State University's Wharton Center on Dec. 6. Among the show's stacked cast is legendary rapper and singer Kurtis Blow. Blow, the MC for "The Hip Hop Nutcracker," called the role "another feather in (his cap)" over his over 40-year career.
With the recent release of singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's album, "1989 (Taylor's Version)" and film, "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour", Michigan State University students and swifties alike have had a lot of muscial content to engage with.
"Odyssey" is coming to Michigan State University's Wharton Center this weekend. This new adaptation of Homer’s epic, "The Odyssey," modernizes the ancient tale of Odysseus’s return to Ithaca and tells the story of four migrant women, who recount the original story as they struggle to make their own journey home.
The Center for Poetry hosted Nandi Comer, Poet Laureate of Michigan Thursday, Oct. 19. Comer read pieces from her two books as well as some new poems she has been working on, engaging with the audience in discussion of art and storytelling.
The MSU Ethics Lecture Series hosted Tyler Shultz, the whistleblower who helped take down the biotech company, Theranos, which defrauded millions of dollars from investors. Shultz drew on his experience to teach students in the College of Business about how to be ethical in their careers.
From Oct. 19-20, the interactive comedy show "Dixie's Tupperware Party" will run at MSU's Wharton Center. Drag performer John Kristien Andersson, more commonly known as Dixie Longate, seeks to lift people up in the same ways - by using tupperware.
This past Saturday, on Oct. 14, East Lansing community members, breast cancer survivors and Michigan State University students attended the 25th annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk at the Michigan State Capitol. Attendees gathered in pink apparel to show support for people who are battling, surviving and thriving- or currently living with- breast cancer.
Last Thursday, Michigan State University hosted the first day of the Michigan Great Lakes International Horse Show and Pull at its Pavillion for Agriculture and Livestock Education. The yearly event, which ran from Thursday, Oct. 12 to Sunday, Oct. 15, attracted horse trainers, breeders, and drivers from all around the United States and Canada, and brought together around 1,200 horses to flaunt and compete.