A&C How it was

In 2014, mid-Michigan got a slew of new festivals. Cooley Law School Stadium was the site of both a spring and late summer version of Beerfest at the Ballpark, which catered to local craft beer fans, and the first-ever Cider Fest appealed to fermented fruit juice fans. And besides the annual Common Ground festival, Lou Adado Riverfront Park in downtown Lansing hosted three new fests: The Microbrew and Music Festival in April and Lansing on Tap in November, while the inaugural Grand American Fish Rodeo in June dared to venture where no other festival has gone before — into the water.

Also making a splash were two events focused on local innovators: Lansing Maker Week let local techies flex their creativity and How-To Halloween highlighted homemade Halloween decorations and costumes.

Here, City Pulse takes a look back at the last 12 months of theater, dining, local music and film.