Too Smooth For Notes has been doing their thing around these parts since saxophonist Phil Denny formed the band in 1993 for a high school talent show. This Friday though, they'll be doing it with the Grammy-nominated jazz and R&B singer Lalah Hathaway, who also happens to be the daughter of the late soul singer Donny Hathaway.

Recently retired NFL running back and Michigan State University alum T.J. Duckett will once again hit the field this Sunday at the first annual Battlefield Brawl. Founded by Duckett and 26-year-old Lansing native Justin Caine, the charity event will raise money for the children's neurology clinic at Sparrow Hospital, a place that Caine said saved his life.

Not everyone sounds like Queen's Freddie Mercury — and, of those that do, only Gary Mullen has managed to make a career of it."One Night of Queen," coming to the Wharton Center on Monday, March 22, is a two-hour tribute to the arena rockers best known for "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Another One Bites the Dust," "We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions" and "Somebody to Love."

Kim appropriately named her winning concoction the “Hell Cat.” The rim was covered in blue raspberry sugar and Melissa "Inky" Kim of The Chrome Cat won the top prize in Cocktail Wars, a six-weeklong contest sponsored by Banzai Energy Drink and City Pulse.