Apr 10 Wednesday
Part of the Jazz Spectacular Series.
The audience will find it hard not to get up and dance as three jazz orchestras perform the repertoire of the great jazz masters as well as swing in this high-energy concert.
Apr 11 Thursday
A lap-sit story time for babies and toddlers with their adult caregivers! Older siblings are welcome to attend. Rhymes, songs, cuddles, and play are all included. No pre-registration required.
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Moonglowby Kim Carney
Directed by Emily ClarkApril 11-14 & 18-21, 2024Black Box Stage
Maxine, a feisty, bitter Alzheimer's victim, doesn't want to move into a nursing facility. But when she meets Joe, a widower who shares her love for dance, her outlook begins to change. Although the two clash when lucid, their hazy memories overlap, and they begin an affair that rejuvenates and fulfills them. But can these lovers -- played simultaneously by an elderly twosome and a young, vivacious couple -- stay together despite their families' wishes and their fading vitality?
Learn more about the legendary "man behind the music" at An Evening with Itzhak Perlman. This multimedia program, curated by Tony-award winning director Dan Sullivan and produced by Elliott Forrest, interweaves storytelling by Perlman alongside personal photos, clips pulled from Grammy-nominated Itzhak documentary, and music-making with Perlman's longtime pianist and friend, Rohan De Silva.
Part of the Jazz Spectacular Series
Four jazz nonets blend the sounds of big band with small-group performances in one of the College of Music’s newest halls.
Generously sponsored by the Jenny Chung and Family for Human Rights Fund.
Apr 12 Friday
The 26th University Undergraduate Research & Arts Forum (UURAF) will feature the research and creative inquiry of nearly 1,000 MSU undergraduate students. UURAF 2024 will be a hybrid event with activities held at the Breslin Center and online. Poster, oral, performance, film, and exhibit presentations will all be on display. The event is free and open to the public.
Join us for the East Lansing Public Library's annual fundraising event which returns on Friday, April 12, from 5:30-8pm. Books, Bites & Bids will include delicious food, beer and wine, family activities, a photo booth, music, a silent auction and a chance to connect with others in the community.
WKAR's Jody Knol will be our emcee for the program, and Amy Zaagman, President of the library's Board of Directors will also share a few words. You will also have a chance to meet our new Library Director, Kevin King!
Books, Bites & Bids always takes place on the Friday of National Library Week. The theme for National Library Week 2024, “Ready, Set, Library!,” promotes the idea that in our always-online world, libraries give us a green light to something truly special: a place to connect with others, learn new skills, and focus on what matters most.
Tickets are $70 per couple or family, and $35 for an individual. Ticket prices include cost of food and drinks.
Just a few of the many silent auction baskets to look forward to: a "Touch the Night Sky" which includes an annual membership to Abrams Planetarium; a gardening basket with a gift card to Van Atta's and an edible flowers puzzle; Wharton tickets to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's production of Mozart and the Seasons with a restaurant gift card and a local hotel overnight stay; Yoga baskets; Spoonful of Granola; Peacock Road Family Tree Farm; Saper Gallery Gift Certificate; Family Fun packages and many more!
Apr 13 Saturday
Located within Murray Hall and other locations inside the Billman Music Pavilion of the Music Building
This event is free and open to the public
High school jazz bands compete and perform the music of Duke Ellington and other big band composers before a panel of Jazz at Lincoln Center clinicians and other jazz professionals, all aiming to earn the right to perform that night in the finale concert and move on to the next phase of the competition in New York.