Michigan Justice Advocacy is a nonprofit birthed in late-2020 after the Michigan Prisoner Rehabilitation Credit Act petition, which looked to reinstate time-off sentencing for good behavior, fell short on the amount of signatures it needed. more

Of all the categories in the Top of the Town contest, there are none with more sheer variety than those places that were selected as this year’s best hangouts. And last week, voters offered up … more

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

Tiesha King and Thrift Witch For being a witchy niche shop that’s centered mostly on otherworldly items, Thrift Witch, in Lansing’s Old Town, has grown into quite a popular retail … more

Lansing Community College’s 89.7 FM, WLNZ radio station is now officially under the management of Michigan Radio. LCC confirmed in a press release that Michigan Radio will provide public radio programming for WLNZ beginning today. more

The chance to see your hometown through fresh, creative and loving eyes is a rare gift. more

After 32,000 nominations and almost 84,000 votes by 9,339 voters, the 14th annual Top of the Town contest is behind us. This contest serves as a reminder every single year of the great things we have here in Lansing — whether it’s the brand new stuff we’ve yet to try out, or our old reliable favorites we’ve been enjoying seemingly forever. more

An acclaimed gay bar in Old Town that closed at the beginning of the pandemic is one step closer to reopening its doors. And although the new prospective owner plans to ditch the Spiral Dance Bar name, he wants to maintain its inclusive theme as a haven for the LGBTQ+ community.  more

If all the world’s a stage, then author Susan J. Bandes’ new book, “Mid-Michigan Modern,” is the curtain call. In 2016, MSU Press published the first edition of “Mid-Michigan Modern,” which is the definitive guide to modernism architecture in Greater Lansing. It was meant to be the all-inclusive guide and has since sold out. more

For about two hours, I was engaged with and emotionally attached to people I didn’t know. I traveled through time and across great distances. I laughed, was saddened and felt gut-wrenching heartache.  more

Detroit native Dominque Morisseau’s “Skeleton Crew” will hit very close to home with Lansing audiences. Set in a stamping plant in Detroit in 2008, the story focuses on a small crew of line workers and their immediate supervisor as they face rumors of an impending plant closure.  more

Google Lucia Micarelli, the Lansing Symphony’s guest soloist this week, and the “People Also Ask” section opens with the question “Is Lucia Micarelli … more

In 2018, I wrote a song of which I was immensely proud: It was angry, it was loud, it was feminist. When I played it in the band Scary Women, it went over well live and it made it onto our album. more

First it was “Tequila Cowboy.” Then the 20,000-square-foot Lansing Mall space briefly was the Overdrive Bar and Grill. Since that closed in March 2020, the 400-seat venue has been vacant. more

Books on the Kennedy family would fill a library, but few, if any, are as tantalizing, informative and soaring in their completeness as Michigan State University History Professor Emeritus Jane … more

My favorite thing is the five-point perspective drawing I did of the Capitol last year. It’s my favorite thing because I’ve loved art ever since I came to America when I was in the first grade. more

Mary Job, an adjunct associate professor at Lansing Community College, has been directing local plays since 1995 and is showing no signs of letting up. more

East Lansing Film Festival is returning for its 24th edition with a four-day lineup of critically acclaimed independent feature-length films, documentaries and short films at the Studio C movie theater at the Meridian Mall in Okemos.  more

  Friday, Nov. 5, 5 p.m. Old Town Neighborhood1213  Turner St., LansingMyArtsNightOut.com Arts Night Out is back again for the first Friday of November. The  Arts Council of … more

This is the first in a series of stories where local musicians dish about a life-changing record. Kicking it off is Johnny Aimcrier recalling his 1989 discovery of the “Witchdoctor” LP by the Sidewinders — a defunct RCA-signed band that melded the power of Hüsker Dü with a country edge.  more