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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.