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From the Audience to the Stage, Michigan Native Makes National Tour Debut in Mean Girls
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From the Audience to the Stage, Michigan Native Makes National Tour Debut in Mean Girls

Imagine growing up and attending professional theatrical performances from an early age, then returning years later to make your national tour debut on that same stage that held many memories and cherished experiences. That is Nadina Hassan’s dream coming to life this week as she makes her national tour debut as Regina George in the musical Mean Girls at Wharton Center for Performing Arts in East Lansing.

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March is Cultural Advocay Month in Michigan
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March is Cultural Advocay Month in Michigan

Do you believe in the impact arts and culture has on your community? Are a donor to organizations fulfilling their creative mission? Work as a volunteer to provide vital support for an organization’s purpose? Sit on the board of directors for a community-based non-profit? Or work in the arts and cultural sector? If the answer is yes to any of these, consider yourself an Advocate!

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Michigan’s International Dance Festival Brings Focus to New Style, Screendance
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Michigan’s International Dance Festival Brings Focus to New Style, Screendance

The 13th annual RAD Fest is bringing professional dance to the international stage in Kalamazoo, Mich. March 4 – 6 in a hybrid format with both in-person and virtual offerings. The 2022 festival will feature the works of over 25 different choreographers and 20 screendance makers from Russia, Barbados, France, New York City, Chicago, and many other U.S. locations including several cities in Michigan.

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Waitress is a Story of Love, Relationships & Pie
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Waitress is a Story of Love, Relationships & Pie

It is a story of love, relationships, and pie. Waitress the musical is stopping at the Midland Center for the Arts this week and brings with it the sweet aroma of a poignant and touching story of Jenna, a waitress and creator of extraordinary pies. She tries to find herself and purpose despite a tumultuous marriage and small-town dynamics. She begins to realize her full worth when a relationship with the local physician begins to bloom.

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