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Since beginning his professional brewing career in 2012, Jon Wagner has found himself at operations large and small, from one-barrel systems to 200-barrel behemoths. He’s found a happy medium …
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By NICOLE NOECHEL
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5/21/25
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Dan Buonodono, co-owner and brewer at EagleMonk Pub and Brewery, watches industry trends, but he does so from a healthy distance.
He said he prefers to focus on the local market and brew what he …
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By LEO V. KAPLAN
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5/21/25
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Since opening Sleepwalker Spirits and Ale’s brick-and-mortar REO Town location in October 2019, owner and brewmaster Jeremy Sprague has faced the COVID pandemic and a decline in the popularity …
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By NICOLE NOECHEL
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5/21/25
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Mason’s BAD Brewing Co. built its name on creativity, turning a small-town brewery into one of mid-Michigan’s most respected destinations. It’s the kind of place where both regulars …
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By AJ GLAUB
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5/21/25
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For many adults, there’s no better accompaniment to a summer barbecue, beach trip, pool party or meal out than an ice-cold beer. Locally, we’re lucky to have a bounty of craft breweries …
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By NICOLE NOECHEL
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5/21/25
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Being weighed down by books can be a good thing. This is a season when publishers start sending me review copies.
“Forging Identity: The Story of Carlos Nielbock’s Detroit,” by …
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By BILL CASTANIER
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5/21/25
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On summer nights in Old Town, Ozone’s Brewhouse feels less like a bar and more like the neighborhood’s backyard. The open-air seating, parked food truck and casual crowd make it a …
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By AJ GLAUB
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5/21/25
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Four-time Tony Award-winning producer Jeffrey Seller, an Oak Park native, revolutionized Broadway’s business model in 1997 with the $20 ticket lottery for “Rent,” making theater …
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By KURT ANTHONY KRUG
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5/21/25
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After Old Nation Brewing Co.’s M-43 IPA put the Williamston brewery on the map in 2017, one could hardly blame the business for chasing its success. But owner and brewer Travis Fritts said the …
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By LEO V. KAPLAN
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5/21/25
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When it comes to hard cider, brewer Peter Martin of Boss Cider in Leslie said there’s a world of possibilities waiting to be explored.
“I enjoy the freedom of being able to try new …
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By NICOLE NOECHEL
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5/21/25
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In the ‘90s and early 2000s, Powerface was one of Lansing’s hardest-working bands — an unrelenting, riff-hurling force that packed clubs and sparked mosh pits across the state with …
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By Rich Tupica
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5/14/25
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Anyone expecting to be blown away by visiting U.K. piano star Benjamin Grosvenor at Friday’s (May 9) Lansing Symphony Orchestra season finale concert was in for a surprise.
Yes, he blew …
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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5/14/25
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Author Anne-Marie Oomen and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Taro Yamasaki have resurrected the art of pairing poetry and images for the dramatic Library of Michigan exhibit “Innocents in …
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By BILL CASTANIER
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5/14/25
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This Saturday, while East Lansing hosts a sunlit arts festival and downtown Lansing comes alive with 517 Day events, REO Town draws a different crowd — dressed in black, sipping brunch …
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By AJ GLAUB
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5/14/25
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A familiar face on the 11 p.m. weeknight newscast for decades, WLNS-TV anchor Sheri Jones hasn’t had a Friday night off, with the exception of some vacation days, since 1989.
That will …
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By KURT ANTHONY KRUG
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5/7/25
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The Lansing Symphony Orchestra has hosted its share of world-class soloists in recent years, but London-based pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is in a class by himself.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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5/7/25
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“Baba”
Through May 25
2 p.m. Thursday, Saturday-Sunday
7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday
Williamston Theatre
122 S. Putnam St., Williamston …
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5/7/25
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For Marcus Fields, Riverwalk Theatre’s production of “The SpongeBob Musical” at the end of the month will be a fitting directorial debut. Both he and his twin brother, Randy, are die-hard fans of the Nickelodeon show.
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By COURTNEY BOWERMAN
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5/7/25
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In the program notes for Williamston Theatre’s production of “Baba,” co-founder and executive director Emily Sutton-Smith addresses the power of storytelling in building human connections,
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By MARY CUSACK
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5/7/25
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“Moral Treatment,” by Stephanie Carpenter, an assistant professor of creative writing at Michigan Technological University, is a mystifying historical novel set at the former Northern Michigan Asylum in Traverse City during the latter part of the 19th century.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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5/7/25
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