Inside the Arts

MSU photography faculty member Lara Shipley will use her Guggenheim Fellowship to help finance an art project on wolves in Minnesota.

Congressman Bob Carr represented East Lansing in Washington for nine terms between the mid-1970s and mid-1990s.

The Michigan State University Wharton Center's upcoming 2026-27 season will feature Sutton Foster, Yo-Yo Ma and Richard Thomas among the stars coming to East Lansing.

The music streaming app Sonic Detroit plays the rock hits the Motor City loved and still loves.

New Lansing poet laureate Suban Nur Cooley discusses her plans for promoting poetry during her two-year term.

In its 16th year, Lansing's Capital City Film Festival brings creators and movie buffs together for 10 days of programming.

Michigan State University's concert "USA at 250 Years" will feature works from American composers

Lansing's poet laureate used grant money to hold a poetry contest around the theme "We Are Water." The winning submissions are now on display at the Tollgate Drain Wetlands.

The classic novel is read cover to cover during day-long play

Nelson Gallery in downtown Lansing is celebrating its fifth anniversary Friday.

Potterville, Michigan native and director Sam A. Davis received an Academy Award Sunday for his short film "The Singers."

Nine Inch Nails founding drummer Chris Vrenna now teaches and creates music for video games. He's heading to the Michigan State University Museum for a panel discussion.

The renowned comedy troupe Second City will visit the Franke Center in Marshall Friday

The Michigan State University Wharton Center is releasing its 2026-27 Broadway season schedule including performances of "The Lion King" and "The Phantom of the Opera."

Lansing's Riverwalk Theatre is presenting the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar."

"Synthetic Sirens" is on display at the Michigan State University Broad Art Museum through mid-July.

Lansing playwright Sandra Seaton wrote "Sally: A Solo Play" which is making its debut at the Michigan State University Wharton Center.

Jazz legend Wynton Marsalis is stepping down from post with Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Lansing-based pianist and producer Sergei Kvitko is one of five nominees for classical music production at the 2026 Grammy Awards.

"Jan Tichy: Darkness" will be the Michigan State University Broad Art Museum's next Signature Commission Series exhibition.

"Uprising of the Sun" by Julie Mehretu, an artist with roots in East Lansing, is a huge glass installation at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, opening in June.

The Michigan State University Museum is reopening with an exhibition all about artificial intelligence and misinformation.

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Classical flutist Lindsey Goodman's new album includes "My Compass Still To Guide Me" composed by WKAR host Linda Kernohan.

The Accidentals has four Michigan shows this month to support the band's holiday album "Sonus Borealis: A Holiday Winter Collection."

MSU alum Denise Fiedler's holiday stamps for USPS depict cardinals, a wreath, and flowers.

Michigan State University's new Broad Art Museum Director Phillip Bahar was most recently the president and executive director of Chicago Humanities.

Michigan Poet Laureate Melba Joyce Boyd is speaking at the East Lansing Public Library and the Library of Michigan this weekend.

The Lansing Symphony Orchestra’s Masterworks Series continues with a program featuring guest performer world-renowned violinist Ray Chen.

The annual East Lansing Women in the Arts Festival returns November 7 and 8, 2025.

The Ten Pound Fiddle concert for Americana and folk group The Mammals is scheduled for Friday night at the University Lutheran Church in East Lansing.

The 2025 Lansing Arts Impact Grant project is located in Old Town and uses a fence at Friedland Industries as its canvas.

Portland, Michigan-based artist Mark Lewanski's ArtPrize-winning piece called "Arras" is made of woven glass.

Center Stage Jackson is putting on a production of the musical comedy "The Full Monty" at Jackson College this month.

Writer of the comic book series "Love and Rockets" Jaime Hernandez is speaking at a public event on Michigan State University campus in October.

For the next 16 days, Grand Rapids will celebrate the arts with special installations and events all over the city as part of the ArtPrize competition and festival.

The namesakes of Michigan State University's Wharton Center for Performing Arts, Clifton and Dolores Wharton, will be celebrated with a tribute concert Sunday.

"A Beautiful Noise" tells Neil Diamond's life story with all his biggest hits. The musical will be at Michigan State University's Wharton Center from September 16-21.

Mason-based photographer Jeffry Boerger's new book is called "The Perception of Doors: An Eclectic and Whimsical View of Doors, Gates, and Passages."

Winning entries in the "We Are Water" poetry contest will go on public display at the Tollgate Wetlands in Lansing.

The new piano competition at Michigan State University bears the name of the first Van Cliburn competition winner, MSU music professor emeritus Ralph Votapek.

Lord Huron's new album "The Cosmic Selector Vol. 1" came out in July. The band's front man is from Okemos.

This will be the 51st season of Ten Pound Fiddle folk and acoustic music shows in Mid-Michigan.

The War and Treaty has three Michigan concerts planned in August.

Professional and amateur poets alike gather to celebrate their love of the literary art every July at the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing.

Williamston Theatre players say the comedic play "Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help" which ends their season isn't just for Catholics.

The Michigan Rattlers started in Petoskey and recently wrapped up a cross-country tour.

The new streaming service Sonic Coast gives listeners a place to hear tunes from Michigan artists.

Muralmatics founder Dustin Hunt is unveiling three murals in three different parts of the Lansing depicting a family across several generations

The Pumpstock music festival returns to Bailey Park in East Lansing at 2 p.m. on Saturday