Local weekend events
While you are here for Admitted Student Day, explore some of the fun events that MSU's campus and the surrounding Lansing area have to offer!
Location: Breslin Center
Time: 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
The 25th Annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF) is where more than 900 MSU undergraduate students showcase their research and creative work. Come browse their displays and chat with current students about their work!
Location: MSU Museum, Lobby
Time: 1-1:30 p.m. or 1:45-2:15 p.m.
Cost: Free
Take a guided, behind-the-scenes tour of the Museum's vertebrate collections, where more than 117,000 specimens of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes and fossils are cared for and preserved. See biodiversity specimens that have been used for discovery and learning over the past 165 years. Explore unique and rare materials that are difficult or impossible to find elsewhere!
Location: Secchia Stadium
Time: 5 p.m.
Cost: Tickets From $3-$5
Location: McLane Stadium at Kobs Field
Time: 6:05 p.m.
Cost: Tickets From $3-$5
Location: MSU Museum and Broad Art Museum
Time: 6-8 p.m.
Cost: Free, but registration is required.
Enjoy an all-ages evening of science and art-inspired activities offered in celebration of the MSU Science Festival. Activities include tours, artmaking, viewing specimens and more. Come be creative at the intersection of art and science! Jointly hosted by the MSU Museum and the MSU Broad Art Museum.
Location: Frandor Sears Building (off-campus)
Time: 6 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $5
Prepare for your expectations to be subverted and inverted! If you’re looking for tales of the curious and comical, this eccentric block of short films is sure to be up your alley.
Location: Abrams Planetarium
Time: 8 p.m.
Cost: Tickets from $4.50-$5.50
It takes many people with diverse backgrounds, talents and skills to run a world-class observatory. Meet a few of these people as they share the wonder of the sky — and the excitement of discovery. Explore the world-class observatories nestled in Northern Chile’s mountains and learn why Chile is an ideal environment for studying the cosmos.
Location: Music Building, Cook Recital Hall
Time: 8 p.m.
Cost: Tickets from $15; student tickets from $7
Acclaimed pianist and Yale School of Music professor Boris Slutsky is joined by MSU faculty and guests in a performance of chamber music gems of Romantic composers.
Location: Frandor Sears Building (off-campus)
Time: 8 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $10
Empowering Lillards and Lillard lovers everywhere, this screening will have musical performances and a very special guest.
Saturday, April 15
Location: Breslin Center
Time: 8:45 a.m.
Cost: Register for $15-$45
Run/walk/roll in a 5K, half mile or kid sprint, with proceeds going to support the Izzo Legacy Family Fund.
Time: 8:45 a.m.
Cost: Register for $15-$45
Run/walk/roll in a 5K, half mile or kid sprint, with proceeds going to support the Izzo Legacy Family Fund.
Location: Lake Ovid in Sleepy Hollow State Park (off-campus)
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
Location: Woldumar Nature Center (off-campus)
Time: 6-9 p.m.
Cost: Free
Gather around the campfire at Woldumar Nature Center for a fun evening of s'mores, flashlight hikes and exciting hands-on activities focused on science in nature. Come hike the trails after dark, dissect owl pellets, learn about how to identify trees and more! We’ll end the night with a colorful fire presentation around the campfire, so come join us to learn more about the nature that’s right in our backyards! Presented by Woldumar Nature Center and Graduate Women in Science Mid-Michigan.
Time: 6-9 p.m.
Cost: Free
Gather around the campfire at Woldumar Nature Center for a fun evening of s'mores, flashlight hikes and exciting hands-on activities focused on science in nature. Come hike the trails after dark, dissect owl pellets, learn about how to identify trees and more! We’ll end the night with a colorful fire presentation around the campfire, so come join us to learn more about the nature that’s right in our backyards! Presented by Woldumar Nature Center and Graduate Women in Science Mid-Michigan.
Location: Lansing Public Media Center (off-campus)
Time: 7 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $5
After the shocking death of a small-town reverend, insurance investigator Leo Hobbins (Bill Sage) arrives at Emmaus Holy and interviews the church secretary, Darlene Halsey (Ismenia Mendes). Against his better judgment, Hobbins agrees to help Darlene find the actual cause of the reverend’s death. Hobbins proceeds to interview all the congregation members, sifting through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies. Over the next 24 hours, Hobbins interviews six suspects and seeks to solve the case overflowing with duplicity, greed, drugs and corruption.
Time: 7 p.m.
Cost: Tickets are $5
After the shocking death of a small-town reverend, insurance investigator Leo Hobbins (Bill Sage) arrives at Emmaus Holy and interviews the church secretary, Darlene Halsey (Ismenia Mendes). Against his better judgment, Hobbins agrees to help Darlene find the actual cause of the reverend’s death. Hobbins proceeds to interview all the congregation members, sifting through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies. Over the next 24 hours, Hobbins interviews six suspects and seeks to solve the case overflowing with duplicity, greed, drugs and corruption.
Location: Wharton Center, Cobb Great Hall
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Tickets from $25; student tickets from $22.50
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Tickets from $25; student tickets from $22.50
Location: Abrams Planetarium
Time: 8 p.m.
Cost: Tickets from $4.50-$5.50
It takes many people with diverse backgrounds, talents and skills to run a world-class observatory. Meet a few of these people as they share the wonder of the sky — and the excitement of discovery. Explore the world-class observatories nestled in Northern Chile’s mountains and learn why Chile is an ideal environment for studying the cosmos.
Time: 8 p.m.
Cost: Tickets from $4.50-$5.50
It takes many people with diverse backgrounds, talents and skills to run a world-class observatory. Meet a few of these people as they share the wonder of the sky — and the excitement of discovery. Explore the world-class observatories nestled in Northern Chile’s mountains and learn why Chile is an ideal environment for studying the cosmos.
Sunday, April 16
Location: Abrams Planetarium
Time: 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Cost: Tickets from $4.50-$5.50
These shows will run with the lights up, the sound down and the theater doors open so people can move about as needed. We also provide a place to "chill out" in our lobby. All shows include a live star talk about what is up in the sky that night. We will include a short break between the main show and star talk. Information about what to expect during the show will be provided when you purchase tickets.
Time: 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Cost: Tickets from $4.50-$5.50
These shows will run with the lights up, the sound down and the theater doors open so people can move about as needed. We also provide a place to "chill out" in our lobby. All shows include a live star talk about what is up in the sky that night. We will include a short break between the main show and star talk. Information about what to expect during the show will be provided when you purchase tickets.
Location: Broad Art Museum
Time: 2-4 p.m.
Cost: Free
Stress less at the MSU Broad Art Museum with this monthly making series. Now that spring is here, we’re looking forward to sunny days ahead. This month we’ll be making nature-inspired art with the power of the sun! We have all the materials you’ll need, but feel free to BYOS — bring your own supplies (like small leaves, plants or objects).
Time: 2-4 p.m.
Cost: Free
Stress less at the MSU Broad Art Museum with this monthly making series. Now that spring is here, we’re looking forward to sunny days ahead. This month we’ll be making nature-inspired art with the power of the sun! We have all the materials you’ll need, but feel free to BYOS — bring your own supplies (like small leaves, plants or objects).
Location: Abrams Planetarium
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Cost: Tickets from $4.50-$5.50
Like almost all children, Celeste is fascinated with dinosaurs. She is preparing a talk for her class about how they went extinct when Moon, a very wise and magical character, poses a tantalizing question: What if I told you that there are still dinosaurs among us? Celeste will join Moon in a journey through time. An exciting adventure that will show the Earth as it was in the very, very distant past. They will see the fascinating transformations that these animals underwent over millions of years, creating giant creatures, armored beasts and super predators, until the day that a cataclysmic impact event caused a mass extinction on Earth. But all is not lost. Celeste will discover the key to their survival.
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Cost: Tickets from $4.50-$5.50
Like almost all children, Celeste is fascinated with dinosaurs. She is preparing a talk for her class about how they went extinct when Moon, a very wise and magical character, poses a tantalizing question: What if I told you that there are still dinosaurs among us? Celeste will join Moon in a journey through time. An exciting adventure that will show the Earth as it was in the very, very distant past. They will see the fascinating transformations that these animals underwent over millions of years, creating giant creatures, armored beasts and super predators, until the day that a cataclysmic impact event caused a mass extinction on Earth. But all is not lost. Celeste will discover the key to their survival.
Location: Abrams Planetarium
Time: 4 p.m.
Cost: Tickets from $4.50-$5.50
It takes many people with diverse backgrounds, talents and skills to run a world-class observatory. Meet a few of these people as they share the wonder of the sky — and the excitement of discovery. Explore the world-class observatories nestled in Northern Chile’s mountains and learn why Chile is an ideal environment for studying the cosmos.
Time: 4 p.m.
Cost: Tickets from $4.50-$5.50
It takes many people with diverse backgrounds, talents and skills to run a world-class observatory. Meet a few of these people as they share the wonder of the sky — and the excitement of discovery. Explore the world-class observatories nestled in Northern Chile’s mountains and learn why Chile is an ideal environment for studying the cosmos.
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