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This weekend, Lansing-area residents can look forward to several art, craft and plant sales as well as events to celebrate “Star Wars” Day and Cinco de Mayo, a Kentucky Derby gala, a 50th-anniversary party at the Meridian Historical Village and much more.
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By NICOLE NOECHEL
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5/2/24
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Each year, the Archives of Michigan and the Michigan Genealogical Council host a seminar on compiling family histories that’s geared toward both genealogical experts and amateurs who want to learn more about their families and where they came from.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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5/2/24
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According to local artist Ron Cook, studio tours allow patrons to connect with artists more intimately than typical art exhibitions.
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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5/1/24
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No more than five minutes after becoming Lansing’s fourth poet laureate, Ruelaine Stokes summoned up thunder.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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5/1/24
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Lansing locals might know Rose Jangmi Cooper as the woman who sings on her motorcycle or as a member of the spoken-word and gospel music group Voices of the Revolution.
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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5/1/24
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From Earth Day and Arbor Day celebrations at Potter Park Zoo to recycling events and second-hand sales, this weekend is packed with opportunities to decrease your carbon footprint and honor the Earth. There are also new art exhibits and theater productions, a 5K, a masquerade ball and much more.
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By NICOLE NOECHEL
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4/25/24
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The quote “history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes,” attributed to Mark Twain, is an apt summary of the central theme of Peppermint Creek Theatre Co.’s current production. “Alabama Story” is a cautionary tale that reminds us that the hatred and bias of the civil rights era are not bygone.
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By MARY CUSACK
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4/25/24
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There’s an old adage that the time it takes to completely get over the death of a relationship is approximately half the length of time the relationship lasted. In pondering Williamston Theatre’s production of “Bright Half Life,”
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By DANA DEMINK
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4/24/24
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When she was 5 years old, Cait West remembers her father telling her to change out of her two-piece swimsuit. In her new book, “Rift: A Memoir of Breaking Away from Christian Patriarchy,” she writes, “I didn’t know what modesty meant then … Most of all, I remember feeling ashamed.”
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By BILL CASTANIER
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4/24/24
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The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is riding a strong spring breeze into next Thursday’s (May 2) visit to the Wharton Center.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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4/24/24
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Whether you’re looking to spend your weekend toking with friends in celebration of 420 on Saturday, enjoying nature and helping beautify outdoor spaces in observance of Earth Day on Monday, sampling a variety of craft beers, watching new and experimental films or dancing your heart out, events across Greater Lansing have you covered.
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By NICOLE NOECHEL
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4/18/24
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San Francisco-based pianist and composer Adrienne Torf will perform with Voices of the Revolution, a Lansing-based group of women spoken-word artists and gospel singers, 7:30 p.m. Sunday (April 21) at UrbanBeat in Old Town.
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4/17/24
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The 5 th annual FILMETRY festival, presented in partnership with the Capital City Film Festival, will premiere 11 new short films adapted from poems informed by cinema. The event begins 5:30 p.m. …
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4/17/24
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As the 1950s jazz standard puts it, “Spring can really hang you up the most.”
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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4/17/24
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In her book, “Mother of Orphans: The True and Curious Story of Irish Alice, A Colored Man’s Widow,” Lansing author Dedria Humphries Barker tells the true story of her great-grandmother Alice Donlan, a second-generation Irish American who married a Black man in Cincinnati, Ohio, during the hostile Jim Crow era.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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4/17/24
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By TESSA PANETH-POLLAK
“Marqueetown” is a documentary about one man’s quest to restore the historic marquee of the single-screen Nordic Theater in Marquette. An Art Deco …
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4/12/24
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By MARY CUSACK
Calling a film a “slow burn” is often a compliment. In the case of “The Activated Man,” not so much. The plot is slow, and the plot holes burn through …
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4/12/24
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“Fresh,” released in 1994, may be the least fresh offering in a lineup of much more recent films. But three decades later, the intense story about a 12-year-old losing childhood innocence …
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By DAVID WINKELSTERN
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4/12/24
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The schedule of events in Greater Lansing this weekend is packed, from numerous fundraising events, concerts, theater productions and film screenings to horse shows, art workshops, kids’ activities and much, much more.
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By NICOLE NOECHEL
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4/11/24
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Everyone loves Duke Ellington, but few of his fans have heard his 1940s gem “Long, Strong and Consecutive,” with lyrics like this: “Kiss me long, strong and consecutive; no short snort will suit me, jack.”
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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4/11/24
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