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Nothing in this world combines exercise, diversion, travel, philosophy and safely fleeting human contact better than biking. It’s no wonder that this spring, a lot of people are rediscovering the bicycle as a glorious way to shake off the stink of quarantine.
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As an engineering technician for the City of Lansing for more than three decades, Bob Rose’s life revolved primarily around numbers and hard data. Now, he’s spending his retirement exploring his artistic side.
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Skyler Ashley
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5/23/20
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Walls have been built to separate us; to repel invading armies; to keep people in; to keep people out; to protect privacy; buffer expressway noise; and, sadly, to protect property values.
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Bill Castanier
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5/22/20
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“Greenhouse,” which features his largest array of producers to date, is a major leap forward for MikeyyAustin.
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Skyler Ashley
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5/21/20
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You usually have to turn a suit or a pair of pants inside out to finish an alteration. Turning the whole store inside out is a new wrinkle, even for one of downtown Lansing’s retail anchors, 160-year-old Kositchek’s men's clothing store.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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5/21/20
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Fifty years ago Sunday, May 24, 1970, more than 35,000 music fans crowded into a muddy field at Michigan State University’s Old College Field.
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Bill Castanier
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5/21/20
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If the Curtainless Theatre was a musical group, it wouldn’t play simple pop or three-chord rock ‘n’ roll.
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David Winkelstern
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5/15/20
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Mónica Ramirez-Montagut is having an even stranger COVID-19 lockdown than most humans. In July, she takes over as the new director of MSU’s Eli and Edythe Broad Museum.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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5/15/20
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ELAF Manager Heather Majano worked with her team to put together a virtual version of the festival on Facebook and Zoom that includes magic, music and more.
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Cole Tunningley
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5/14/20
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The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 looks familiar to Irv Nichols.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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5/14/20
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Lansing screen-printing company Flat Out Graphics is doing its part to help small businesses brave the impact of the coronavirus.
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Skyler Ashley
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5/8/20
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Two years ago, skeptics thought it was a gamble to place major works of temporary art in a highly trafficked, graffiti-prone stretch of the Lansing River Trail from downtown to Cedar Street.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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5/7/20
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If you were hoping to jam out to “All the Small Things” and other blink-182 hits at Cooley Law School Stadium, you’ll have to wait until 2021.
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Skyler Ashley
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5/7/20
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Mónica Ramirez-Montagut has been named the third director of MSU’s Eli and Edythe Broad Museum.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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5/7/20
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Since the COVID-19 outbreak has made it impossible to safely perform music in front of a crowd, artists like Towns have nothing left to do but create in private.
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Cole Tunningley
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5/6/20
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Downtown Lansing, Inc. has 11 days left to reach its $30,000 fundraising goal for its “Downtown Lansing Has HEART” crowdfunding campaign with partners Patronicity and Lake Trust Credit Union.
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Skyler Ashley
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4/30/20
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The big lockdown of 2020 has temporarily tamped down the fire of live jazz in Lansing to embers of memory. To behold the flame once more, and offer hope for its return, the Jazz Alliance of Mid-Michigan is taking its annual International Jazz Day bash online.
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In August of last year, Nick Eyde of the Lansing-based Eyde Co. moved to Toledo to work on the renovation of the 28-floor Owens Corning Fiberglas Tower.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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4/27/20
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My first response is extreme frustration. As a performing musician these past 49 years — and a folk singer at that — I can recall those many times of sudden crisis when I took to the stage for no pay, alone or with many other musicians, to benefit an urgent cause for relief.
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Joel Mabus
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4/22/20
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It wasn’t the plan, but as the coronavirus and the resulting quarantine canceled public gatherings and events, we’ve seen everything from symphonies to homebound guitarists turn to the Web to deliver virtual reality performances.
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Bill Castanier
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4/22/20
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