Summer Circle Theatre returns this June for its 57th season and will take you on a journey across the United States (with a detour to Neverland). So, pack your bags and explore the entire country without leaving East Lansing. This year's Summer Circle Theatre schedule includes: See Rock City & Other DestinationsJune 7-10 at 8 p.m.(Ages 11 and up) Book by…
Two faculty members from MSU’s College of Arts & Letters have been awarded a Career Enhancement Fellowship for Junior Faculty from the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Yomaira Figueroa and Tamara Butler, both Assistant Professors in the Department of English and African American and African Studies program, were named 2017 Woodrow Wilson Fellows. Figueroa received a year-long fellowship that runs…
MSU’s Digital Humanities Program is once again hosting a symposium on global digital humanities to continue the conversation that began last year. The second annual Global Digital Humanities Symposium, scheduled for March 16-17 at the MSU Union, will feature a mix of local, national and international speakers. “One of the important things about this symposium is that we are really…
As part of her dissertation, Anne von Petersdorff, a fourth year doctoral student studying German Studies and Digital Humanities, spent two and a half months traveling with a friend from Egypt to Germany only allowing themselves to walk, sail, or take modes of transportation with wheels – no flights. From this experience, she produced a documentary that has already been…
Senior Hannah Avdoulos is gaining valuable experience as an Arts Administration and Gallery Intern for the Lansing Art Gallery (LAG) and is an integral part in the formation and execution of the gallery’s upcoming Michigan Collegiate Art Exhibition (MCAE). “The work that I am doing is quite literally arts and cultural management,” said Avdoulos, who is an Arts and Cultural…
The MSU Comics Forum will celebrate its 10th anniversary February 24-25 with two keynote speakers, the work of about three dozen artists, and several panel discussions. Director of the MSU Comics Forum Ryan Claytor, who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Art, Art History, and Design, has been hard at work making sure the event is larger than it…
Come see this year’s Theatre 2 Film project, Stay With Me, performed on stage at MSU’s Fairchild Theatre before it is turned into a feature film. Stay With Me is an exploration of Midwestern farm life told through the lens of the Wallace family. It is an examination of the disintegration of the American dream, traditions, heritage, and a vanishing way of life. …
Eight undergraduate Theatre students recently traveled to the United Arab Emirates to participate in the first International Theatre Festival at the American University of Sharjah, located about 15 miles from Dubai in the city of Sharjah. “It was the most incredible week of my life and one of the most beautiful places I have ever been, especially Dubai, which was…
Researchers in MSU’s College of Arts & Letters are finishing up a large-scale study, never done before in terms of scope, that will give an overall picture of language proficiency in higher education. Locally, the team is providing important information to language programs in the College. Nationally and internationally, they are describing language proficiency development within the context of higher…
Once considered just for the blind, audiobooks are the fastest-growing format in the book business today, giving the acting field a new way of expressing itself. Christina Traister recording an audiobook for Brillance Audio. Finding a place in this billion-dollar industry are Christina Traister, Associate Professor of Acting and Movement at MSU, and Emily Sutton-Smith, who received an M.F.A. in…