A smattering of post-Turkey Day events

Happy Thanksgiving! If you’re able to haul yourself off the couch after today’s feast and tomorrow’s Black Friday shopping spree, Greater Lansing will offer a handful of events to enjoy over the long weekend. Though the area won’t be as bustling as usual, those in town can look forward to seasonal happenings like a holiday market, a Christmas play and the annual Black Santa Experience as well as non-holiday activities like a blacksmithing workshop, karaoke, dance parties, a free yoga class and more.

For Friday evening’s live music, we have singer-songwriter Aaron Johnson at the Peanut Barrel at 8, blues/rock group Gina Garner & the All Night Long Band at the Green Door at 8:30 and cover musician Ben Awrey at East Lansing’s Dublin Square at 9. Saturday evening, we have AC/DC tribute band ICY/DICEY with ‘90s tribute band Bad Mother Lover at the Green Door at 8:30 and Aaron Johnson at El Azteco East Lansing at 9. Ending the weekend on Sunday is Red Cedar Spirits’ weekly Sunday Jazz show at 6 p.m., folk musician Ben Traverse at the Avenue at 7 p.m. and Mac’s Bar’s weekly Harmony Sundays DJ show at 9 p.m., which will feature a rap battle tournament for a chance to win a performance slot at an upcoming Harmony Sundays rap night.

If you’d like to take the stage yourself, both Mac’s Bar and the Avenue will host karaoke nights beginning 9 p.m. Friday. Additionally, Greater Lansing Area Drummers will host its weekly open drum circle 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Keys to Manifestation.

Art displays on view this weekend include paintings by local artist Emilio Pino at the Haslett Library’s Bookend Gallery, which is open noon to 2 p.m. Saturday; the Michigan Made Holiday Exhibition and Market at the Lansing Art Gallery, which is open 3 to 7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday; “Light Through the Darkness” at the Art Williamson gallery, which is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday; zentangle-inspired art by local artist Dorothy Hughes Engelman at the Okemos Library, which is open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday; and "Eye Witness,” “Complex Dreams,” “Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a People,” “Freedom in the Automation Age” and “Seeing in 360 Degrees: The Zaha Hadid Design Collection” at the Broad Art Museum, which is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.

For the theater buffs, “A Very Williamston Christmas” continues 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Friday through Sunday at Williamston Theatre.

Michigan State University football will play its final regular-season game against Rutgers University 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Spartan Stadium. Additionally, men’s ice hockey will face off against Lindenwood University 7 p.m. Friday and 4 p.m. Sunday at Munn Ice Arena.

If you’re looking to burn off the Thanksgiving calories, there will be a Black Friday TGIF dance party 7 p.m. Friday at Eagle Eye Banquet Center in Bath, which will begin with a line-dance lesson, and a Y2K and disco dance party 9 p.m. Saturday at the Avenue.

The Meridian Township Farmers Market will move into the JCPenney wing of the Meridian Mall for the season beginning with this weekend’s market, which runs 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

Shop for gifts, fresh Christmas trees, wreaths and more 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at CharlotteRising’s holiday market, taking place at Beach Market.

If you’re looking to add some holiday pizazz to your front porch, Van Atta’s Greenhouse will host an evergreen wreath-making workshop noon to 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

The Black Santa Experience returns for its third year 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Venue by Eleven 11 Events, offering a holiday marketplace highlighting local Black-owned businesses, live holiday music by Transcendence Performing Arts Center’s Vocal Ensemble, a silent auction, caricatures, kids’ activities and, of course, the opportunity to meet and take photos with Black Santa. New this year is a pancake breakfast with Santa from 9 to 11 a.m. at One North Kitchen and Bar. Pre-registration for the breakfast is required on the event website.

Keys to Manifestation invites volunteers to help pick up trash around its building and along the Lansing River Trail 11 a.m. Sunday.

Firefly Hot Yoga Barre in downtown Lansing continues its weekly series of free gentle nidra yoga classes, designed for all skill levels, noon to 1 p.m. Sunday.

Finally, Artfire Michigan in Leslie will host its monthly First Start Sunday beginners’ blacksmithing workshop 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, followed by an open forge from 4 to 6 p.m.

Whatever you choose to do, I wish you the best of weekends.

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