Wednesday, June 1,2011

1st Sunday gallery walk & other exhibitions

by City Pulse

Absolute Gallery “Flesh Tones,” a celebration of flesh colors and flesh decorations. Personal stories accompany each photograph. Reception: Noon-5 p.m. June 5. Hours: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 1632 N. Grand River Ave., Lansing. (517) 482-8845.

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Wednesday, June 1,2011

Compassionate Apothecary

by City Pulse

The Compassionate Apothecary is in a two-story house built in the late 1920s, converted for commercial use and situated within easy walking distance of seven other dispensaries on Michigan Avenue. Early to the dispensary business (Compassionate Apothecary opened last summer), “C.

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Wednesday, May 25,2011

'It's an honor just to be nominated...'

Here are the contenders for this year’s Pulsar Awards, honoring the best in local theater

by City Pulse

Erin Buitendorp, Mary Cusack, Tom and Kathy Helma, Paul Wozniak and Ute Von Der Heyden are six of Lansing’s busiest people. Month after month, they haunt local theaters, seeing all the best and all the rest, then compiling their verdicts on ballots that are used to calculate the nominees for City Pulse’s annual Pulsar Awards.

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Wednesday, May 25,2011

Mid-Michigan Patients Group, East Club

821 E. Kalamazoo St., Suite D2, Lansing (517) 316-0700 Hours: M-F 10 a.m.-9 p.m. & Sat 10 a.m.-6 p.m

by City Pulse

It’s construction season in Michigan, so add Kalamazoo Street to the list of roads being resurfaced, repaired and upgraded. Sections of Kalamazoo are limited to east-bound traffic, making access to the Mid- Michigan Patients Group’s East Club tricky. It’s easy to overlook this dispensary because the storefront isn’t on Kalamazoo proper.

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Wednesday, May 18,2011

Buono's Medical Marijuana Caregivers

1419 Turner St., Lansing (517) 819-8167 Hours: M, W, F; 3 p.m.-7 p.m.

by City Pulse

Buono’s Medical Marijuana Caregivers is located on the west side of Turner Street near North Street in a singlestory, compact, brick building, in the middle of an industrial-looking zone.

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Wednesday, May 11,2011

Green Leaf Clinic

900 W. Holmes Road, Lansing (517) 977-0725 Hours: M-Sat, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. www.greenleafclinic.org

by City Pulse

Green Leaf Clinic is located on the north side of Holmes Road in a small strip mall near the Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard intersection. The edifice is adorned with a modern-looking illuminated sign, making this dispensary easy to find. The lobby is bright, open and modestly decorated with comfortable-looking furniture.

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Wednesday, May 4,2011

Lansing FIRST FRIDAYS

by City Pulse

DININGBackyard Bar-B-Q 301 S. Washington Square, Lansing$2 off any order over $15. (517) 803-8050 Beggar’s Banquet 218 Abbot Road, East Lansing Free appetizer or dessert with the purchase of any 2 regularly priced entrees. (517) 351-4540 Bistro 43 at East Lansing Marri...

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Wednesday, May 4,2011

A-PLUS CAREGIVERS

1917 W. Saginaw St., Lansing 517-372-8085 Hours: M-F 10 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sat-Sun 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

by City Pulse

A-Plus Caregivers offers a small variety of medibles and cannabis, displayed in cases that look the same as all of the other display cases selling tobacco products. Tobacco is this shop’s main.

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Wednesday, April 27,2011

1st Sunday gallery walk & other exhibitions

by City Pulse

Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Wednesday & Friday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday, and noon-5 p.m. Saturday & Sunday. Intersection of Physics & Auditorium Roads, East Lansing. (517) 355-7631. www.artmuseum.msu.edu.

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Wednesday, April 27,2011

Riverwalk Theatre goes for Van Gogh drama

by City Pulse

The early career of artist Vincent Van Gogh and his relationship with his muse, Ursula Loyer are the subjects of the Riverwalk Theatre’s romantic drama "Vincent in Brixton." JC Kibbey plays the painter and Laura Stebbins stars as the English landlady who inspires him.

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