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Photo by Joseph Sinnott Pianist Bill Charlap (left) and vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater perform at the 2023 Jazz in July festival in New York City. The duo started working together on and off in 2019, surprising themselves with fresh musical discoveries.
The piquant pairing of Grammy-winning vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater and master pianist Bill Charlap at the Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre on Friday (Oct. 4) is not your average jazz cruise.

Voyage of variations

Courtesy photo Tommy Mesa (center), featured soloist with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra on Thursday (Oct. 3), is the principal cellist of the Sphinx Virtuosi, a chamber ensemble of top Black and Latino musicians. The bassists are Chris Johnson (left) and Jonathan Colbert (right).
Tommy Mesa, guest soloist at the Lansing Symphony Orchestra’s season opener Thursday evening (Oct. 3), is a restless soul. As soon as his singing cello beguiles you with a romantic theme, he whisks you off on a voyage of variations.

Longtime Free Press reporter reflects on career in new memoir

As a young journalist, John Gallagher dreamed of reporting from Paris. Instead, he spent 32 years covering urban affairs for the Detroit Free Press in the “Paris of the Midwest,” a popular moniker for the city.

Great Scott! Barry Bostwick to host ‘Rocky Horror’ screening at Wharton

Courtesy photo Barry Bostwick, who played Brad Majors in the 1975 cult-classic film “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” will host a screening of the film Oct. 15 at the Wharton Center.
Tony and Golden Globe-winning actor Barry Bostwick — the original Brad Majors from the 1975 cult-classic film “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” — is getting ready to do the time warp again.

With an excellent cast and humorous plot, it’s no wonder ‘Pickleball’ has sold out

Photo by Ariniko Artistry Photography The cast of “Pickleball” at Riverwalk Theatre.
This is the first time I’ve reviewed a play that has sold out before the review is published. Unfortunately for those who don’t yet have tickets, you won’t get a chance to catch the remaining performances of “Pickleball” at Riverwalk Theatre.

Peace, love and Islam

Courtesy Islamic Center of East Lansing Guests enjoy dishes from various world cuisines at the 2022 Salaam Peace Festival.
Christa Razzaq spends most of the Islamic Center of East Lansing’s annual Salaam Peace Festival at the “try on a hijab” booth, where visitors can learn more about the headscarf worn by some Muslim women.
Lansing’s newest placemaking effort comes in the form of a “Hollywood”-style sign at the corner of Grand Avenue and Saginaw Street.
 “A” is for Azya. Azya is a former student of Teresa Dunn, an associate painting professor at Michigan State University.
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Photo by Chris Purchis From left: John Lepard, Janet Haley, Zahirah Muhammad and Jayla Fletcher in Williamston Theatre’s production of “Thirst,” by Terry Guest.
Williamston Theatre is known for its balance of weighty dramas and crowd-pleasing comedies.
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Lansing's newest placemaking effort comes in the form of a “Hollywood-style” sign at the corner of Grand Avenue and Saginaw Street.
MONDAY, Sept. 23 — “A” is for Azya. Azya is a former student of Teresa Dunn, an associate painting professor at Michigan State University. Dunn was one of seven artists chosen …
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There needs to be a term like “trigger warning” that gives attendees of a show a heads up that they’re about to feel some feelings.
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The Lansing Art Gallery board is seeking ideas from the public on how it should operate after closing temporarily because of revenue issues.
THURSDAY, Sept.19 — The board of the Lansing Art Gallery is seeking pubic input as it looks for ways to reopen after closing for the month because of revenue problems. "If members of the …
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Kalamazoo pianist Tom Duffield will showcase his brand of acoustic, Chicago-style blues during two performances at Michigan BluesFest.
Kalamazoo pianist Tom Duffield keeps plenty busy playing with the Tomás Esparza Blues Band across the state and the Sand Bar Blues Quartet every other week at the Sand Bar Saloon in Saugatuck, but he’s cleared his schedule for this week’s Michigan BluesFest, where he’ll showcase his brand of acoustic, Chicago-style piano blues.
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Our 2023 Arts and Culture Issue:

September 4, 2024 Issue
Coming this weekend
Nicole Lintemuth, owner of Bettie’s Pages bookstore in Lowell, will visit Wayfaring Booksellers in REO Town Marketplace 11 a.m. Saturday (Sept. 21) to discuss her new book on book banning, “This Book Is Dangerous: For Those Who Refuse to Be Told What They Can — or Can’t — Read.”
First ‘litfest’ lights up Lansing bookstores, libraries this weekend
The pandemic may not have been good for much, as the New Yorker magazine recently noted, but it was for bookstores — as this weekend’s first-ever Lansing Lit Festival demonstrates by the number of relatively new stores that are hosting it.
A rendering of Albert Kahn Associates’ new design of the Ovation Center for Music and Arts, as seen from Washington Square in downtown Lansing. The city was scheduled to unveil the new look at a press conference today. The rendering on the cover is from the Lenawee Street side.
The ‘new’ Ovation
A big “O” that’s been building for decades in Michigan’s capital city is closer to reality.
Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Few of the vegetables grown in the 21st century are in their original, wild forms.
Greater Lansing goes German
Though Munich’s Oktoberfest celebration doesn’t start until next weekend, a few spots around Greater Lansing will celebrate this weekend with music, German food and, of course, lots of beer. This weekend will also bring comedy shows, a 5K, wrestling and football matches, an art gallery party and more.
Jeffrey Gaff, also known by his pen name, Séafra Duffy, poses in front of his artwork at Struk Studio in north Lansing.
Giggles at a funeral
The jaws of an angry opossum gape at the viewer, flashing razor-sharp teeth and a tongue that’s blood purple with aggression.
Courtesy photo Felicia B. George, a career law enforcement official and adjunct professor at Wayne State University, has turned her doctoral dissertation into a remarkable book on the history of the numbers racket in Detroit: “When Detroit Played the Numbers: Gambling’s History and Cultural Impact on the Motor City.”
Detroit native reminisces on height of illegal gambling in the city
I had a great-aunt who ran a gambling operation out of a wallpaper store, and as a small child, I was fascinated by all the numbers she and her partner wrote on scraps of wallpaper.

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