From art exhibits and crafting workshops to live music, theater productions, a fair, an auto show and a new festival hosted by Lansing 5:01 and City Pulse, there’s no shortage of events to enjoy in Greater Lansing this weekend. more

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. more

In lieu of a traditional concert season, Ten Pound Fiddle is using its website to host a digital season of live recordings captured at concerts from the past decade. more

Brown’s favorite thing is a Honda VTX1800. He explained why riding his motorcycle is so therapeutic. more

Recreational marijuana has certainly taken the spotlight off the medical side of the industry over the last few years. Sales for adult-use products routinely outpace their medicinal counterparts. Fewer and fewer patients are bothering to apply for or renew their medical marijuana licenses.  more

Whether you’re a casual vinyl buyer, or a serious record collector, the need to unload some unwanted wax arises every once in a while. Sure, there are profitable online selling options, like Discogs and eBay, but that requires some tedious vinyl-grading wisdom, and the time it takes to ship records at the often-crowded post office. Hauling in a box to local record shops is often the easiest option, plus you leave with a few bucks in your pocket. Of course, not all vinyl is valuable, so learning the ropes before you head out is a good idea. more

And after a mostly virtual-only year, the Ten Pound Fiddle concert series is back in the saddle for the 2021-22 season with a fully loaded schedule of 34 live shows beginning in September. more

Oh, what a night in early February 1973. A relatively quiet storefront on Abbot Road in East Lansing would never be the same. Beggar’s Banquet, a hippie-dippy restaurant with fabulous food and a popular hangout … more

A little blues, a little punk, a little Mod and a little sloppy. Combine all of those elements and you have the primitive sounds of The Gories. more

The Punk Art Collective, a club that meets once a month at The Avenue to allow artists of all skill levels to work on projects or create new pieces, is celebrating its first anniversary 9 p.m. Friday … more

  NOW Ensemble, a five-piece instrumental chamber group now in its 20th year, has performed and collaborated with hundreds of composers throughout the world. In their return to East Lansing … more

Red Cedar Spirits  2000 Merrill Rd. East Lansing Friday Night Jams The Three Mikes Fri. July 28, 7-10 PM Sunday Jazz  Anthony Stanco, Rodney Whitaker and Randy … more

“Greenhouse,” which features his largest array of producers to date, is a major leap forward for MikeyyAustin. more

You wouldn’t know Pleasantrees is a pot shop from a distance. It’s hard to tell from inside too. more

Need plans for the weekend? Why not check out the Meridian Township Farmers’ Market’s renovated digs? The market is stepping in 2021 on Saturday by opening up its winter season outdoors at its new Marketplace on the Green Venue at 1995 Central Park Drive, Okemos. more

On Halloween 2016, The Dicks played its final show at Grizzly Hall in Austin, Texas—the city that birthed the trailblazing hardcore punk band. This last hurrah came 36 years after the raucous band’s formation in 1980—the onset of the Reagan era. more

No Internet bio or program booklet will tell you what Jon Nakamatsu, the guest soloist for this week’s Lansing Symphony Orchestra concert, had to go through to pursue a life in music … more

Cyrille Aimée, the ebullient embodiment of pure sunshine in 21st-century vocal jazz, was lolling in a hammock Monday afternoon charging up with photons on the deck of her self-designed house … more

Author Richard Bak may have saved the best for his newest book, “When Lions Were Kings,” which chronicles the Detroit Lions’ gridiron dominance back in the ’50s. more

Michigan State University is inviting the public to take a virtual tour through the halls of its world-renowned Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. Attendees can check out how world-class nuclear research is conducted at MSU, and will even get to scope out locations where in-person tours are not allowed to visit. more