The last Eye for Design (below) was not identified by our readers. Sand-colored brick and blue panels of sheet metal intersect on the façade of BWL’s Wise Road Water Conditioning Plant. … more

Lansing-area residents can welcome in the new year this weekend with events ranging from dances, drag shows and concerts to a masquerade party and a magic show. If you’ve already made plans for Sunday, there are also art exhibitions, kids’ activities and concerts to enjoy in the days prior. more

Penny Wali wanted to honor her husband’s memory by lending a helping hand to students attending his alma mater, Lansing Community College. To do so, she started the Ngere Abdul Wali Scholarship Fund six years ago. The scholarship offers students $1,000 — about the cost of three classes at LCC. more

This bobblehead was actually a gift from my current employer. It was an unexpected Christmas gift. It’s one of the most unique gifts I’ve ever received, a personalized bobblehead that looks — in my opinion — stunningly accurate to my big head. All of the employees got their own bobblehead, but everybody did agree that mine was strangely the most accurate, for whatever reason. That’s how I first got it.  more

Greenwood District Studios, founded by a Lansing-based comedian and filmmaker known only by his stage name Amaru, is a Black-owned independent film studio that has made a home in the former building that housed the Lansing Mall Cinema, located across the street from the Lansing Mall.   more

Though 90 degree heat beat down onto the city without mercy, Lansing was alive today with cool events sprawled across several of its neighborhoods. more

Williamston Theatre’s “900 Miles to International Falls” begins with projections on a wall that stretch the length of the stage and from floor to ceiling. The rapidly changing social media posts and world news clips show how our planet evolves from about 2039 to 2054. more

While shutdown galleries lead to postponed exhibitions and canceled festivals eliminate physical marketplaces, Greater Lansing artists are forced to either find a way to pivot their craft to a digital realm or put everything on pause altogether. more

Stiizy is a California-based cannabis brand that launched in 2017 and has since expanded to Washington and Nevada. more

Lansing’s newest medical and recreational dispensary operates with a distinct business model. more

It’s almost October. What’s holding up Williamston Theatre’s 2022-’23 season?  Nothing. Literally — nothing.  People who go to the first production of … more

Piper Bazard, 23, is a line cook at Ruckus Ramen and a touring musician who performs with Lansing punk groups Grey Matter and She/Her/Hers. more

When the coronavirus outbreak hit, it suddenly became a lot harder to sell art. Many of the galleries that they depended on were forced to shut down. And the galleries themselves are receiving less patronage. more

This time around, it’s Odd Nodd Art Supply — a locally owned hobby shop that sells fine art supplies. more

Barb Sears, president of the Meridian Garden Club, hates to throw out a plant, “But to tend your garden properly, you need to thin them and give them room to grow,” she … more

Welcome to City Pulse’s third annual Poetry and Lights issue. This tradition started in December 2020, in the shadow of a devastating pandemic, with the idea of bringing our readers a glimmer of light in a dark time. Lansing’s thriving and talented community of poets … more

The year 2020 was a wild one for headlines. Here are the 10 most popular stories we published on Lansingcitypulse.com. more

2021 is shaping up to be a special kind of summer. We’re all rubbing our tired eyes as we adjust to spending some quality time outdoors for the first time in what feels like absolutely … more

Have you read the sensational media coverage of cryptocurrency and nonfungible tokens, better known as NFTs that are sweeping the Internet? Are you as confused as many other people are? Then you might find an upcoming series of classes at The Fledge, The NFT Happy Hour, to be quite fascinating. more

To close out Black History Month, representatives from churches and other organizations that have made reparations payments to the Justice League of Greater Lansing will participate in a … more