Current State Weekend

Practice makes perfect, perhaps not

Current State — Tue, 28 May 2013 14:49:18 +0000

A new study finds that practice is not enough to explain gaps in skill levels. The study, led by Michigan State University associate professor of psychology Zach Hambrick, focused on skill levels in chess and music. Hambrick explains that while practice is highly important, it may not be enough.

MSU Museum invites public to build exhibit

Current State — Tue, 28 May 2013 13:54:18 +0000

Summer movie preview: Superheroes and sequels

Current State — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:37:16 +0000

Attack leaves East Lansing park covered in poems

Current State — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:05:04 +0000

This week Lansing area residents scattered poems throughout Harrison Meadows park in East Lansing, in celebration of National Poetry Month. The Poetry Attack also called on the city of East Lansing to become the "city of art it professes to be."

Rwandan artist working to build creative economy

Current State — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:33:36 +0000

Rwandan based artist Emmanuel Nkuranga moved to Rwanda from Uganda in 1997 at the age of 10. Although he moved after the 1994 genocide, Rwanda was and is a country in transition. Emmanuel’s mission is to help Rwanda continue to heal and grow through art.

Blues guitarist Donald Kinsey on life and the blues

Current State — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:36:04 +0000

Legendary guitarist Donald Kinsey has been steeped in the blues since his birth. His father, Lester ”Big Daddy” Kinsey, brought him up on a solid diet of basement jam sessions and blues shows in clandestine joints in Gary, Ind.