http://www.lansinglowdown.com en-us Foundry4 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:54:50 -0400 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:46:43 -0400 webmaster@statenews.com http://www.lansinglowdown.com/index.php/article/2009/08/local_theater_festival_gives_films_new_oudoor_backdrop Beginning at 7 p.m. Aug. 20 and continuing through Aug. 22, the third annual Renegade Theatre Festival hopes to bring theater out of the dark and into the streets of Lansing’s Old Town. Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:39:38 -0400 http://www.lansinglowdown.com/index.php/article/2009/08/local_theater_festival_gives_films_new_oudoor_backdrop webmaster@statenews.com (Mallory McKnight) http://www.lansinglowdown.com/index.php/article/2009/08/local_band_produces_eclectic_mix A separation of both time and distance has led to most every major culture and ideological clash in history. While these differences have done in collaborations varying in strength from the Holy Roman Empire to long-distance relationships, it’s not always necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes it works to the benefit of creativity. Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:46:43 -0400 http://www.lansinglowdown.com/index.php/article/2009/08/local_band_produces_eclectic_mix webmaster@statenews.com (Mallory McKnight) http://www.lansinglowdown.com/index.php/article/2009/07/big_willy_mixes_rock_blues_sounds Local blues band Big Willy will perform at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Green Door Blues Bar & Grill, 2005 E. Michigan Ave., in Lansing. Big Willy has been performing in the Lansing area for the past four years. The band gets its name from lead guitarist/vocalist, “Big” Willy Rideoutt. Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:09:01 -0400 http://www.lansinglowdown.com/index.php/article/2009/07/big_willy_mixes_rock_blues_sounds webmaster@statenews.com (Mallory McKnight) http://www.lansinglowdown.com/index.php/article/2009/07/piven_takes_serious_look_at_world_of_comedy Jeremy Piven, star of HBO’s Entourage and the new Paramount Vantage film, “The Goods: Live Hard. Sell Hard.” answered questions about the nature of comedy versus drama, avoiding typecasting and his new film in a conference call with college publications from across the nation. Sun, 19 Jul 2009 19:41:59 -0400 http://www.lansinglowdown.com/index.php/article/2009/07/piven_takes_serious_look_at_world_of_comedy webmaster@statenews.com (Mallory McKnight) http://www.lansinglowdown.com/index.php/article/2009/07/blues_concert_brings_more_reasons_to_step_into_lansing National blues act Larry McCray from Davison, Mich. will perform at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Blues on the Square. Blues on the Square, held on the 200 block of South Washington square, has been bringing blues music to downtown Lansing for three years after following the lead of Blues on the Mall, a 17-year-old blues concert series in Grand Rapids. Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:14:26 -0400 http://www.lansinglowdown.com/index.php/article/2009/07/blues_concert_brings_more_reasons_to_step_into_lansing webmaster@statenews.com (Mallory McKnight) http://www.lansinglowdown.com/index.php/article/2009/07/hells_kitchen_season_premiere_heats_up_fox Kitchen: check. Two teams: check. One head chef who’s ready to whip the teams into shape: check. Chef Gordon Ramsay is back to his loving self in season six of “Hell’s Kitchen,” which premieres with a two-hour-long episode July 21 at 8 p.m. on Fox. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:41:54 -0400 http://www.lansinglowdown.com/index.php/article/2009/07/hells_kitchen_season_premiere_heats_up_fox webmaster@statenews.com (Krystle Wagner)