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Music

Aybil - Women in the Arts Festival

Edgewood United Church · 6:30 PM

From $5
Theater & dance

Antigone

Pasant Theatre · Through Nov 15

Music

Aybil - Women in the Arts Festival

Edgewood United Church · 6:30 PM

From $5
Festivals & markets

Global Festival

International Center · 10:00 AM

Theater & dance

Antigone

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 2:00 PM

Music

String Quartet

Molly Grove Chapel · 3:00 PM

Theater & dance

What Do You Do With a Problem?

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 4:00 PM

Art & museums

Independent Spirits? AI as Continuity, Disruption and Inspiration in Spirituality

Zoom · 10:00 AM

Art & museums

Leonard Gilman Lecture on Jewish Culture: No More Nice Girls, No More Lady Critics': Feminism, Jewishness, and Upending

Wells Hall B342 · 10:00 AM

Event

Travel the Globe in an Evening: Sample a Language

MSU College of Arts & Letters events · 10:00 AM

Event

Babytime

East Lansing Public Library · 10:30 AM

1 more date through Nov 23
Event

Family Playtime

East Lansing Public Library · 2:30 PM

10 more dates through Dec 7
Event

Teen Just Dance Tournament

East Lansing Public Library · 3:30 PM

Event

Free Writing Consultations with the MSU Community Writing Center

East Lansing Public Library · 4:00 PM

3 more dates through Dec 7
Event

Maker Monday

East Lansing Public Library · 4:30 PM

3 more dates through Dec 7
Art & museums

Desiring Freedom: Counter-Imaginaries of Work, Sex, and Family after West Indian Emancipation” with Kaneesha Parsard

Wells Hall B342 · 10:00 AM

Art & museums

Hollander Lecture: Seph Rodney

107 South Kedzie · 10:00 AM

Event

ToddlerTime

East Lansing Public Library · 10:30 AM

3 more dates through Dec 8
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Fiber Arts Group

East Lansing Public Library · 12:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 1
Event

Tween Tuesdays

East Lansing Public Library · 3:30 PM

1 more date through Dec 1
Art & museums

The Poetry Gallery: Suban Nur Cooley

MSU Broad Art Museum · 10:00 AM

Theater & dance

Rhinoceros

Studio 60 · Through Nov 22

Event

Meet & Greet with Joshua Gersen

Nelson Gallery · 4:30 PM

Event

Youth Animation Club (Fall 2026)

East Lansing Public Library · 4:30 PM

1 more date through Dec 2
Event

Read to a Dog!

East Lansing Public Library · 5:30 PM

2 more dates through Dec 2
Comedy

O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Art & museums

MSU Film Collective: LOS LOBOS DEL ESTE

Wells Hall B122 · 10:00 AM

Event

LEGO Thursday

East Lansing Public Library · 4:30 PM

1 more date through Dec 3
Art & museums

Introduction to the Anishinaabe: We Are Still Here

East Lansing Public Library · 6:00 PM

Music

Ana Gasteyer

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Art & museums

Film Screening: Marcella The Woman Who Taught America Italian Cooking

Snyder Phillips (Sny-Phi) Residence Hall · 10:00 AM

Event

Preschool Storytime

East Lansing Public Library · 10:30 AM

Event

Super Smash Bros League

East Lansing Public Library · 3:30 PM

1 more date through Dec 4
Theater & dance

Youth Theater Program Presents ‘Annie KIDS’

East Lansing Hannah Community Center Albert A. White Performing Arts Theatre - 8 · 7:00 PM

1 more date through Nov 21
Event

Kids Crafternoon (4th-6th grade): No-Sew Warming Packs

East Lansing Public Library · 1:00 PM

Festivals & markets

Downtown EL Tree Lighting

Ann Street Plaza (corner of M.A.C. and Albert avenues) - East Lansing MI 48823 · 5:00 PM

Music

Beethoven 5

Wharton Center · 7:30 PM

Music

Spartan Youth Wind Symphony and Wind Symphony

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 3:00 PM

Music

Symphony Orchestra: Fire and Flourish

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Music

Symphony Band

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Event

Teen Hangout

East Lansing Public Library · 3:00 PM

1 more date through Dec 7
Theater & dance

SIX

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · Through Dec 6

Art & museums

Sibling Revelry: Readings by Terry Blackhawk and Tom Bohnhorst

East Lansing Public Library · 1:00 PM

Art & museums

Teen Movie Matinee

East Lansing Public Library · 3:00 PM

Theater & dance

MSU Unscripted

Studio 60 · Through Dec 6

Art & museums

Hollander Lecture Series: David Young Kim

107 South Kedzie · 10:00 AM

Music

An Irish Christmas - Cathie Ryan, John Doyle, Mick McAuley

University Lutheran Church (ULC) · 7:30 PM

From $5
Festivals & markets

Family Activity Day with MSU Friendshop

East Lansing Public Library · 2:00 PM

Music

Holiday Brass Quintet

Molly Grove Chapel · 3:00 PM

Event

DIY Workshop: Skin Care

East Lansing Public Library · 6:00 PM

Music

Emanuel Ax and Yo Yo Ma

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Music

Concert Orchestra: American Portraits

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Music

Concert Band and Campus Band

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Music

The 24th Holiday Sing

University Lutheran Church (ULC) · 7:30 PM

From $5
Music

Symphony Orchestra and Choirs: Holiday Glory

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Music

Home for the Holidays

Wharton Center · 3:00 PM

Theater & dance

World Ballet Company: The Nutcracker

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · Through Dec 17

Theater & dance

THE HIP HOP NUTCRACKER

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Music

Brittany Davis

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

Nicholas Rodriguez: Sincerely, Sondheim

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Comedy

John Heffron

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Music

Count Basie Orchestra with Carmen Bradford

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Music

Violin Quartet

The Robin Theatre · 7:30 PM

Music

The Debutants

University Lutheran Church (ULC) · 7:30 PM

From $5
Theater & dance

Alicia Keys Hell's Kitchen

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · Through Jan 24

Music

Yellow Room Gang

University Lutheran Church (ULC) · 3:00 PM

From $5
Event

Meet & Greet with Shizuo Kuwahara

Nelson Gallery · 4:30 PM

Music

Shostakovich 10

Wharton Center · 7:30 PM

Music

Berlin Philharmonic Brass

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Event

VERY LAST and ABSOLUTE FINAL FINAL Used CD and LP Fiddle Scout Fundraiser

University Lutheran Church (ULC) · 6:30 PM

Free1 more date through Feb 6
Theater & dance

ALL THINGS EQUAL

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Festivals & markets

Mid-Winter Singing & Folk Festival Community Sing with Dan Chouinard

University Lutheran Church (ULC) · 7:30 PM

From $5
Music

Jon Torrence - MUSIC FOR EVERYONE!

MSU Community Music School · 10:00 AM

From $5
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Six Afternoon Workshops, including TC Sings song leader Heather Kingham

University Lutheran Church (ULC) · 12:00 PM

Music

Mid-Winter Singing & Folk Festival Concert with Reggie Harris

University Lutheran Church (ULC) · 7:30 PM

From $5
Theater & dance

The Acting Company

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Theater & dance

Three Little Pigs and Other Tales

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 1:30 PM

Theater & dance

Dance Theatre of Harlem

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Music

Clarinet, Strings, & Piano

The Robin Theatre · 7:30 PM

Theater & dance

MEAN GIRLS

MSU Department of Theatre · Through Feb 28

Music

WINDBORNE

University Lutheran Church (ULC) · 7:30 PM

From $5
Music

Midori and Festival Strings Lucerne

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

BOOP!® The Musical

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · Through Feb 28

Music

Lúnasa

University Lutheran Church (ULC) · 7:30 PM

From $5
Theater & dance

Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Music

Emmet Cohen Trio

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Music

The Music of John Williams

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Music

Maggie's Wake

University Lutheran Church (ULC) · 7:30 PM

From $5
Music

YAMATO The Drummers of Japan

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Music

Avi Avital & Ksenija Sidorova

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Music

The Samual Nalangria Band and The Nathan Moore Affair

University Lutheran Church (ULC) · 7:30 PM

From $5
Music

Tchaikovsky 4

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Music

Layale Chaker & Maeve Gilchrist

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Music

Caroline Bowman

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Comedy

Leah Rudick

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:00 PM

Theater & dance

THE WOLVES

Pasant Theatre · Through Apr 4

Theater & dance

SLEEPING GIANT

MSU Department of Theatre · Through Apr 11

Theater & dance

Disney's The Lion King

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · Through Apr 25

Theater & dance

NIGHT, BY GHOSTLIGHT

MSU Department of Theatre · Through May 2

Theater & dance

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 1:30 PM

Theater & dance

Richard Thomas in Mark Twain Tonight!

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Music

The Music of ABBA

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 7:30 PM

Theater & dance

A Taste of Ireland

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · 10:00 AM

Theater & dance

The Outsiders

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · Through Jun 27

Theater & dance

The Phantom of the Opera

Wharton Center for Performing Arts · Through Sep 5

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