This weekend, ScrapFest returns for its 13th year, a new art event debuts in downtown Mason, Lansing Wine Fest entertains thirsty guests at Jackson Field, Potter Park Zoo and Harris Nature Center host events for animal lovers and much more.
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7/13/23
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During the opening session of a regional 2023 Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Holt, which ran from June 30 through July 2, patience was defined as being different from simply putting up with something. Speakers remarked that we live in an impatient world, rife with instant gratification, and described patience as both “deliberate restraint” and “calm endurance.” It’s waiting with a purpose.
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Chelsea Lake Roberts
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7/13/23
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In her new novel, “The All American,” Susie Finkbeiner tells a wonderful tall tale of women’s baseball, apple pie, soda-shop dates and Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s Red Scare of the 1950s. The author has hit it out of the park with her fictional account of a confusing era in American history.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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7/13/23
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With the opening of Struk Studio sculpture and art gallery, Lansing’s art scene is about to reach new heights. This addition to the city’s cultural landscape is brought to you by multimedia artist David A. Such, the founder of the annual ScrapFest eco-art festival in Old Town.
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By LUCAS HENKEL
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7/13/23
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Red Cedar Spirits 2000 Merritt Road, East Lansing
Friday Night Jams
Sunny Wilkinson, Ron Newman,
and Ed Fedewa
Fri. July 14, 7-10 PM
Sunday Jazz
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7/13/23
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ScrapFest, now in its 13 th year, is a free eco-art festival that showcases “the incredible potential of recycled materials while fostering community growth and creative exploration.” …
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7/13/23
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It took over five years, including a pandemic pause, to bring one of Lansing’s least known but important and wrenching stories to the screen, and now it’s here.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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7/6/23
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This weekend brings a documentary world premiere, a circus, a River Trail clean-up, a soccer match, art exhibits and plenty of live music to Greater Lansing, plus a few theater productions in other parts of the state if you’re looking for a road trip destination.
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Nicole Noechel
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7/6/23
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If you’re looking for a summer read that will get your pulse racing, Chris G. Thelen’s new book, “Islands of Deception,” is a safe bet. There are car, boat and plane chases; two secret staircases; and corrupt ...
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Bill Castanier
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7/6/23
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Under the constant hum of traffic on Lansing’s crosstown Interstate 496 freeway stretches a vast, temple-like arena of light and shadow. Dozens of concrete columns give this strangely empty space, only a few blocks from the state Capitol, the feel of an ancient Roman forum, or the tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh...
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Lawrence Cosentino
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7/6/23
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Last issue, City Pulse caught up with guitarist Elden Kelly, who’s moving to Memphis, Tennessee, later this month after living in Greater Lansing since 2008. In the second part of the interview ...
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Rich Tupica
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7/6/23
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Nothing goes together quite like a flower garden and outdoor sculptures. A small floral garden in Delta Township mixes well-placed shrubs and flowers with several sculptures, including a new …
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Bill Castainer
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7/6/23
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The Lansing area offers an extraordinary amount of talented theater companies. So much so that during the fall, winter and spring, theatergoers find themselves choosing between …
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Todd Heywood
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7/6/23
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Red Cedar Spirits
2000 Merrill Rd., East Lansing
Sunday Jazz
Aubrey Johnson - Voice
Paul Keller - Bass
Ben Turner - Guitar
Sun. June 25, 4-6 PM
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7/6/23
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Whether you enjoy video games, tabletop games like Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering, comic books, Marvel movies or anime and manga, Capital City Comic Con offers chances to nerd out and meet other community members who share the same interests. There are also Fourth of July events, a Pride block party, drag and burlesque shows, a soccer match and plenty more to do this weekend.
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Nicole Noechel
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6/29/23
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Frank Bascombe, the protagonist of five of author Richard Ford’s novels and an unadulterated observer of all that is good, bad and insignificant in American life, is taking his last road trip. …
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Bill Castanier
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6/29/23
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For more than a decade, guitar virtuoso Elden Kelly has been a uniquely brilliant fixture in Lansing’s music scene. Being an improvising musician nurtured by jazz but also a composer, …
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Rich Tupica
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6/29/23
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Physicist Albert Einstein said, “The formulation of a problem is often more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental …
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Rob Brezsny
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6/29/23
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Red Cedar Spirits
2000 Merrill Rd., East Lansing
Lisa Smith and Friends
Fri. June 30, 7-10 P.M.
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6/29/23
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WEDNESDAY, June 28 — City of Lansing officials broke ground this morning on the Ovation downtown performing arts center and announced a $1 million, five-year partnership with Michigan State …
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By TODD HEYWOOD and BERL SCHWARTZ
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6/28/23
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