“Immigration” is a dry bone of a word, bleached white and worn to a nub by countless fingerprints, agendas and statistics. The stories and images that fill this weekend’s fourth annual Michigan State University Latinx Film Festival put flesh, skin and blo... See more
Walk into the latest art exhibit at East Lansing’s (SCENE) Metrospace, “Things that Stay,” and feel your blood pressure go down by about 20 points. Last week, curator Laurén Gerig was orchestrating the work of three Michigan artists, balancing their affin... See more
Russian-born, London-based conductor Vasily Petrenko tackles some heavy music with the venerable Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. But he dances with the ensemble so nimbly and has so much fun on the podium that you hardly feel the weight. Petrenko brings the... See more
Despite the risk of turning off the old guard, new music peeks through the window fairly often at the Lansing Symphony Orchestra’s regular concerts, but it doesn’t usually break the window. Composer-in-residence Jared Miller’s “Shattered Night” concerto, ... See more
For 25 years, Lansing-based pianist and recording engineer Sergei Kvitko has worked behind the scenes, helping other musicians sound their best. Most of the time, he keeps his head down and his ears up, listening, balancing, perfecting. From now on, it’s ... See more
