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Riverwalk Theatre and the Costume Shop have been a part of the Lansing community in some form for over 60 years as Riverwalk Theatre, the Okemos Barn and Community Circle Players. The past two years have been unlike any others in our history.
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Jeff Magnuson
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3/10/22
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After a rocky pre-adolescence marked by bad luck with its top leadership, unmet expectations, a persistent undertow of bafflement and hostility from the community, and a pandemic for a cherry on top, the Broad Museum is cooking on all burners this spring.
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LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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3/3/22
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Broad Museum director Monica Ramírez-Montagut told City Pulse last week that she plans to create a permanent space for the “museum collection,” including the former Kresge Art Gallery collection, resolving a question that has hung over the museum like a sword of Damocles since its beginnings in 2012.
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What makes Frandor Shopping Center special? Why is Quality Dairy so endearing?
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Chloe Alverson
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3/3/22
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The packed house for the Lebowsky Center for Performing Arts’ Sunday matinee of the famous musical included lots of kids. Many were the age I was when I saw it. They all had the transfixed look of wonder I surely had in the ‘60s.
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DAVID WINKELSTERN
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3/3/22
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The center has spaces dedicated for newborns and beyond, with programs like Discovery Time designed for children as young as 2, and the Youth Action Council for children fifth grade through 12th grade.
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Chelsea Phillips
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3/3/22
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Despite its location, Risky Studios isn’t just for college students. Owners Joshua and Alicia Southern hope the multimedia production studio will serve as a co-working space for creatives and businesses in the area.
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Chloe Alverson
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3/3/22
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Most authors go their entire writing career with the dream of getting their book reviewed in The New York Times Sunday Book Review. First-time author Kai Harris has already checked that off her list with her debut novel, “What the Fireflies Knew.”
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Bill Castanier
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3/3/22
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The orchestra’s first-ever pair of concerts at the intimate Robin Theatre in REO Town will feature high-energy modern and contemporary music.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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3/2/22
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It’s the name of a comedy group — and show — in the Lansing area.
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Chloe Alverson
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2/25/22
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Seemingly invisible works of public art become visible again in a new exhibit at the Broad Art Museum.
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CHLOE ALVERSON
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2/24/22
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With eyes closed, you might think you’re listening to a professional soundtrack recording of “Cabaret.” The band and singing are that good.
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David Winkelstern
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2/24/22
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Rainbow Riot: Queer Art & Treasures opened last June inside of the Dark Art Market. Tiesha King opened Rainbow Riot with her friends and co-owners Ryan Cooke and Eden Behr. King owns the Dark Art Market and Thrift Witch, which is next door to the market.
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CHLOE ALVERSON
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2/24/22
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Standing on the street in front of three houses, one of which has several flags rippling in the cool afternoon breeze, one could be forgiven for not knowing this trio of neighboring homes on Shepard Street contain a trove of photographs and artifacts from across the African diaspora.
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TODD HEYWOOD
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2/17/22
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When Orabe “Ora” Fuller and her husband opened Shanora’s Beauty and Barber supplies nearly 40 years ago, it was the first such shop specifically for Black men and women in the Lansing area.
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CHLOE ALVERSON
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2/17/22
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When he applied to Starbucks, Tarek Chawich was rejected. Now, he’s running his own coffee shop. Chawich, 24, opened Château Coffee Co. last month on Lansing’s west side on South Waverly Road.
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Sorry, stoners. I’m taking this column in a bit of a different direction this week to shed some much-needed light on a statewide ballot proposal that just had its language approved last week by the state’s Board of Canvassers. It’s called the Michigan Initiative for Community Healing.
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KYLE KAMINSKI
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2/17/22
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Ever After Opportunities is a nonprofit organization focused on serving youth in seven counties across mid-Michigan. Its goal is to help youth 12 to 18 years old live their “happily ever after” by offering a variety of services to overcome obstacles. All services are free and do not have income limits.
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CHELSEA PHILLIPS
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2/17/22
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Starting in 1912, for as little as “$1 down and a $1 a month,” perspective vacationers could buy their own little piece of paradise in Michigan’s Idlewild, or Black Eden as it was later affectionately called.
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BILL CASTANIER
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2/17/22
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Picture the houses of the Addams family and the Munsters. Now, picture the two spooky homes combined. That’s what it’s like inside Voodoo’s World of Oddtiques, the newest edition in REO Town Marketplace.
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CHLOE ALVERSON
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2/10/22
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