Verve Pipe whirls into A2: Latest single, video promise future success
The trend seems to be occurring all too frequently: A new band will land a hit single on the charts, quickly get branded as a "next big thing" and then promptly fall off the face of the Earth.
Fortunately for music listeners, however, there are a few bands out there with the reservoir of talent to break that mold and continue to gain acclaim and respect with every additional release or tour. One such example is East Lansing's The Verve Pipe, which will bring its high octane show to Ann Arbor this evening at the Michigan Theater.
Stupidity sinks 'Zeus'
Not long ago, someone told me that our nation's education system had gone to hell. Apparently, the people who made "Zeus and Roxanne" heard the same thing, as they have created a children's movie that insults the intelligence of even the dumbest kindergarten reject.
Production humanizes assassins: Basement Arts show offers music, powerful drama
For the first time in more than a year, Basement Arts is producing a musical in the Arena Theater. Due to a low budget, musicals are not often performed at the Arena.
However, fine arts senior Randy Kurstin realized that it was time to fulfill one of his dreams. When Stephen Sondheim's "Assassins" opened Off-Broadway during the Persian Gulf War in 1991, Kurstin witnessed what has become regarded as one of the most daring and enlightening shows to open in New York City.
Jamison reads about depression tonight
Imagine a scholar, a world authority on a mental illness that affects millions. She stands atop her field, at the forefront of medical research about the disease. She teaches at UCLA and Johns Hopkins University. She spends time as an Oxford fellow, with innovative research into the links between manic depression and creativity.
Choral Union, DSO play captivating show
What do you get when you mix 180 singers, 100 instrumentalists and two soloists with completely unpronounceable names? You get last Sunday's University Musical Society Choral Union concert with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. The music of Russian composers Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky and Sergei Rachmaninoff filled Hill Auditorium as UMS presented a throng of guest performers as well as its own Choral Union.
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