While several cannabis brands were highlighted in the results of this year’s Top of the Town contest, the battle for Greater Lansing’s dankest marijuana was one that was largely waged only by two local industry heavyweights: Skymint and Pure Options. Both companies are based in Lansing. And both were at each other’s necks across several key cannabis categories this year. more

For the last decade, Tyrant has been a fixture in the local heavy metal scene and beyond. Formed by brothers Philip Winters (vocals, guitar) and Andrew Winters (drums) while they were still in high school, the band has progressively dealt out a powerful fusion that tastefully echoes the likes of early Metallica, Megadeth and Kiss — by way of Pantera.  more

Allen Farmers Market Wednesdays: 2:30 p.m.-7 p.m. Through Oct. 1629 E. Kalamazoo St., Lansing (517) 999-3911 allenneighborhoodcenter.org/market/  Andy T’s FarmersDaily, … more

Thursday, June 23, 6:30 p.m.  Begins at Elderly Instruments, 1100 N. Washington Ave., Lansing  Thursday, June 30, 6:30 p.m.  Begins at Country Club of Lansing, 2200 Moores … more

With the recent death of Kathryn Anne Omoto, the Mitten State lost one of its true architectural history buffs. The author died at her home in Elk Rapids, Michigan, this past week. She was 86.   … more

The Clinton County Arts Council and the City of St. Johns are teaming up once again to offer a series of free outdoor concerts Wednesday evenings at St. Johns City Park. The shows feature a mix … more

Let me preface this week’s column by noting that I’ve always been more into smoking joints than blunts. more

There are things that go bump in the night. And most of them can be explained with simple realities: a settling house, a pet in search of a late-night snack, tree branches bristling against vinyl siding, perhaps a misaligned electrical system or furnace. The list is nearly inexhaustible. more

 In the running for longest album titles ever printed on a record sleeve, Coheed and Cambria’s “Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of … more

 In the summer of 2000, I was 22 and newly arrived to Lansing, trying to figure out life while attempting to turn a few acquaintances into friends. Days after arriving, I was driving my 1994 … more

From Big Sur, a prolific Lansing-based rock ‘n’ roll band, just went full-Lansing and released a new album recorded live at Horrocks Farm Market. The live record, fittingly titled … more

If all goes as planned, Lansing’s 2022-‘23 arts calendar will bring the first act of a multi-million-dollar, real-world production, decades in the making: the groundbreaking of a new … more

Not only are Connor and Quinn Kelly brothers, they are performing alongside each other as the beloved childhood book characters and best friends Frog and Toad in the Riverwalk Theatre’s … more

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries-born Vincent van Gogh’s painting “Potato Eaters” shows five people in a dark room, barely illuminated by lamplight. Seated around a small table, … more

Saginaw-raised blues musician Larry McCray will pay tribute to Grateful Dead bandleader Jerry Garcia at a benefit concert 4 p.m. Sunday (Sept. 10) at The Green Door Bar & Grill. He’ll be … more

When the gates opened the day before the festival, car after car backed up at the three gates and many not wanting to wait left their cars parked on the side of the road. I still remember one car riding on the rims through the entrance. more

Two masters of the blues, Cedric Watson and Corey Harris, will share the stage at East Lansing’s University United Methodist Church 7:30 p.m. Friday (Jan. 12) at a concert hosted by the Ten … more

After forming Greenwood District studios, an independent film studio housed in the building that was previously the Lansing Mall Cinema, the ambitious Lansing comedian known by his stage name Amaru … more

Edward Rosick’s first book was on a medical topic — understandably, given he is a Lansing-area physician.  more

In celebration of Black History Month, Friendship Baptist Church will host a free event 2 p.m. Saturday (Feb. 17) commemorating the historical achievements and traditions of African American gospel … more