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Fenner Nature Center invites Lansing-area residents to celebrate Michigan’s fall harvest and the traditions surrounding it at this year’s Apple Butter Festival, running 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. …
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10/19/23
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Peckham Inc., a nonprofit vocational rehabilitation organization that provides paid job training for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment, and its Peckham Community Partnership …
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10/19/23
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Lansing-based DIY record label GTG Records is hosting its 16 th annual GTG Fest, a celebration of live music, independent art, culture, community and Lansing, Friday (Oct. 20) through Sunday (Oct. …
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10/19/23
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As we head toward Halloween, this weekend offers a handful of haunting events, such as Halloween soirees, Potter Park’s Boo at the Zoo and a Halloween-themed cruise-in, plus an experimental film screening, art workshops, a fashion festival, a roller derby tournament, a 5K and much more.
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Nicole Noechel
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10/12/23
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I don’t know if you’d call it a mascot, but Weston’s Kewpee Sandwich Shoppe in downtown Lansing has one of the coolest storefront signs, based on the Kewpie comic characters created …
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BILL CASTANIER
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10/12/23
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When the Fox Movietone News production staff pulled up outside the home of Carl and Sadie Morlok on Lansing’s east side in September 1930 to film the couple’s quadruplet daughters, the event was featured on the front page of the Lansing State Journal.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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10/12/23
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Small Talk is a children’s advocacy center, a place where children receive coordinated services and counseling in the aftermath of physical or sexual abuse. The staff is trained in a variety of methods to help survivors overcome trauma.
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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10/12/23
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To kick off its 2023-’24 season, Lansing Community College presents “Isaac’s Eye,” by Lucas Hnath, at the increasingly difficult-to-access Black Box Theatre 8 p.m. Friday (Oct. 13) and Saturday (Oct. 14).
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By MARK GMAZEL
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10/12/23
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The Michigan State University Department of Theatre’s current production, “Clue,” running through Sunday (Oct. 15), is an absurd and campy whodunit full of physical comedy, sight gags and laughs,
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By MARK GMAZEL
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10/12/23
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The biannual Beerfest at the Ballpark returns 3 to 8 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 14) at Jackson Field, giving attendees ages 21 and up an opportunity to sample more than 100 craft beers from more than 30 …
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10/12/23
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The Williamston Theatre presents the first show in its new stand-up comedy series, Comedy in Billtown, 8 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 17), featuring performances by five Michigan comedians.
The …
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10/12/23
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The Lansing metal scene has been a bit off for quite some time, thanks to the bleak weirdness of Cavalcade. The band’s otherworldly discography isn’t strictly metal, punk or sludge rock, …
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By RICH TUPICA
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10/12/23
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11 — The Tony Award-winning Broadway musical “Shucked” is hitting the road for a North American tour and will be stopping for a run of performances at the Wharton Center during its 2024-’25 season.
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Nicole Noechel
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10/11/23
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This weekend, you’ll find a host of fall festivals around Greater Lansing, plus a variety of fundraising events, art events, theater productions and even a fall-themed race.
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Nicole Noechel
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10/5/23
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Life goes by fast. One minute, you’re a 9-year-old girl, squinting at the sun, swinging on a tire and trying hard to avoid the old lady who yells at you when you walk past her garden.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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10/5/23
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In the late 1800s and early 1900s, thousands of orphaned and abandoned children were loaded onto trains heading westbound from the East Coast. The trains would stop along the way so the children could be put on display like livestock and selected for adoption.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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10/5/23
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A classic whodunit, produced by Michigan State University’s Department of Theatre, takes the stage at the Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre beginning Friday (Oct. 6), featuring an ensemble cast, a board-game-esque set, complex comedic timing and — the ancient Greeks will hate this one — plenty of death on stage.
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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10/5/23
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Lansing Town Hall, a lecture series founded in 1953 by local women who sought to bring more culture to the area, kicks off its 70 th season with a talk by Steve Hartman, host of the “On the …
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10/5/23
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Positive Somebody, a nonprofit that works to spread awareness of the importance of positivity, is hosting its 2 nd annual Family Mental Health Fun Day noon to 4 p.m. Saturday (Oct. 7) at …
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10/5/23
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Michigan State University’s 21 st annual Ken and Sandy Beall Cello Plus Chamber Music Festival is moving to the fall this year, with concerts at intimately scaled venues on campus, allowing …
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10/5/23
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