

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Made in Detroit: Carl Craig and Rodney Whitaker in Conversation
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 05:30 pm – Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Join electronic music artist Carl Craig and jazz bassist, composer, and educator Rodney Whitaker for an in-depth conversation on creativity, improvisation, and artistic practice. Both born in Detroit around the same time, Craig and Whitaker bring perspectives shaped by sustained creative inquiry and a shared attention to process. Craig, one of the current MSUFCU Arts Power Up artists-in-residence at Michigan State University, and Whitaker, University Distinguished Professor of Jazz Bass and Director of Jazz Studies at Michigan State University, will explore the creative processes that connect techno and jazz, reflecting on how structure, spontaneity, collaboration, and intuition inform their work across genres. 

This program will be moderated by MSU Museum CoLab Creative Director and Music Professor Mark Sullivan.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/east-lansing/made-in-detroit-carl-craig-and-rodney-whitaker-in-conversation/200029615436743
- **Event Categories**: art, music, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 41

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://bit.ly/2_18_26?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=east+lansing-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: East Lansing
- **state**: MI
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 409 W Circle Dr, East Lansing, MI, United States, Michigan 48824
- **lat**: 42.7311
- **long**: -84.48173
- **full address**: 409 W Circle Dr, East Lansing, MI, United States, Michigan 48824

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Michigan State University Museum (https://allevents.in/org/michigan-state-university-museum/2912002)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 05:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 409 W Circle Dr, East Lansing, MI, United States, Michigan 48824
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Michigan State University Museum
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, music, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Made in Detroit: Carl Craig and Rodney Whitaker in Conversation ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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