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Lansing author Barb Barton will talk about her book, “The Amazing Adventures of a Midwestern Girl,” at Everybody Reads.
Lansing author Barb Barton talks about her book at Everybody Reads
Lansing author Barb Barton will visit Everybody Reads Saturday to talk about her book “The Amazing Adventures of a Midwestern Girl,” which details her forays into the natural world while … more
Bestselling author Bonnie Jo Campbell (left) is the keynote speaker for this year’s Rally of Writers, where Lansing Poet Laureate Masaki Takahashi (center) will also give a presentation. Karen Dionne, who has won two Michigan Notable Book awards in the past, will be the keynote speaker at the 2023 Night for Notables.
Save the date: April brings two of Michigan’s biggest literary events
Spring is in the air, which means two annual literary events are sprouting: A Rally for Writers and Night for Notables. The former, a combination writer’s workshop and panel series featuring some of Michigan’s most high-profile authors, will take place April 15 … more
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Sunny Wilkinson (above), the Dave Sharp Worlds Quartet and The Black Rock Sextet featuring Benjamin Hall perform this week at UrbanBeat in Old Town.
Keeping the beat in Old Town
There’s a long history of music reverberating through the streets of Old Town, thanks to annual celebrations like Michigan JazzFest and BluesFest. But you don’t have to wait around for … more
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Artist Stephanie Syjuco’s “Blind Spot,” on display at the MSU Broad Art Museum, is one of the largest surveys of her work to date, examining how we create and perpetuate biases we may not even realize.
MSU Broad brings one-of-a-kind installation to East Lansing
San Francisco-based artist Stephanie Syjuco has a long resume of impressive achievements. Her work has been featured in collections at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney … more
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Noah Jemison’s artistic rendering of a Cain family Christmas card, part of the Cain collection.
A tour of Lansing-area Black art collections
Willie Davis, a Lansing Community College professor, has been running and maintaining the African World Museum and Resource Center since 2000. “Lansing is a very open city, it allows you to pretty much do what you want to do,” he said. … more
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The Junction, offering an eclectic range of events from Country Night to drag performances, hosted Tease A Gogo’s Valentine’s burlesque show on Saturday (Feb. 11).
It’s all coming together at The Junction
The building that houses The Junction, a recently opened music and event venue, formerly housed, to the best of my knowledge, The Brass Monkey, Wayside bar, Sparty’s Night … more
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Tease A Gogo's "Stupid Cupid" burlesque show at The Junction 8 p.m. Saturday could be a romantic, pre-Valentine's Day date for couples or a fun-filled event for friends.
Lansing-area happenings to put you in a romantic spirit
With Valentine’s Day coming up on Tuesday (Feb. 14), Greater Lansing has a multitude of holiday-themed events to enjoy this weekend as well as live music, art and science exhibits, theater productions and more. more
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Anvil Crawler, an instrumental progressive rock quartet from Lansing, releases its debut full-length album Friday (Feb. 10). On Saturday, the band hosts its release show at The Avenue Café.
No singer, no problem
While some rock ‘n’ roll bands depend on a flashy lead singer, other outfits, like Anvil Crawler, let their instruments do the talking.  The Lansing-based instrumental band is … more
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Free Will Astrology By Rob Brezsny
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries director Francis Ford Coppola was asked to name the year’s worst movie. The question didn’t interest him, he said. He listed his favorite films, then … more
“Ghosts of Lost Dreams” by R.J. Erskine
A bovine mystery in Amish country
I have some bad news for readers of Ron Erskine’s mystery series that’s set in Pennsylvania’s Amish country: His new book, “Ghosts of Lost Dreams,” is the last of three … more
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Actress Suzi Regan deftly switches between roles in Williamston Theatre’s one-woman production of “Wild Horses.”
‘Wild Horses’ offers nostalgia, humor and heartbreak
Williamston Theatre is helping stave off the cold with its current production, the heartwarming, coming-of-age story “Wild Horses,” directed by Mary Job. In their summer of freedom, a … more
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Rodney Whitaker "Oasis"
Topping the charts
Across the nation, people are driving to work, typing in cubicles, flirting in coffee shops and doing God knows what else to the swinging sounds of a brand-new jazz CD with origins in Greater … more
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Beggar’s Banquet co-founders and friends celebrate the restaurant’s opening on Feb. 8, 1973.
Beggar’s Banquet hosts 50th anniversary celebration
Oh, what a night in early February 1973. A relatively quiet storefront on Abbot Road in East Lansing would never be the same. Beggar’s Banquet, a hippie-dippy restaurant with fabulous food and a popular hangout … more
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“Misery” fans need not worry — the famous sledgehammer makes an appearance in the play.
Radio voice meets sadistic ‘fan’
Riverwalk Theatre’s production of “Misery,” opening Thursday (Feb. 9), will feature an unexpected actor in the role of Paul Sheldon: longtime radio journalist Scott Pohl. … more
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Kevin Epling, a longtime toy collector and photographer, created dynamic scenes with unlikely subjects for his “Adventures in Small Scale: The Art of Toy Photography” exhibit.
MSU staffer makes art gallery debut
“I’ve always been a storyteller and a longtime toy collector,” said Kevin Epling, whose “Adventures in Small Scale: The Art of Toy Photography” exhibit opened Saturday … more
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“By the Yard: Michigan in Panoramic Photographs” organizers Karla Barber, Jacob McCormick and Bill Castanier wrangle a 1901 photo of Johannesburg, a lumber town east of Grayling. The photo was found rolled up in the back of a box at the Archives of Michigan.
History by the yard
If the selfie captures the spirit of the 21st century, a photo exhibit opening Saturday (Feb. 11) at the Library of Michigan steps back — way, way back — and takes a longer view. The exhibit covers the heyday of the panoramic photo, a wildly popular format in the early 1900s ... more
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All-of-us Express Children's Theatre will present "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," based on C.S. Lewis' first "Chronicles of Narnia" book, at East Lansing's Hannah Community Center Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 3 p.m.
Theater is back, new art exhibits and more
What’s going on in Greater Lansing this weekend? Read on to find out! more
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California-based guitarist Bruce Forman, guest artist in residence for MSU jazz studies this week, soaks up inspiration at Cadillac Ranch, near Amarillo, Texas, along Route 66.
Don’t fence him in
With his 10-gallon hat, denim attire and unpretentious air, guitarist Bruce Forman is not a typical jazzman. He often masks his dazzling mastery of jazz guitar with an unpretentious cowboy attitude … more
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Lansing Shuffle opened to the public last Thursday.
Lansing Shuffle brings food and fun to former City Market site
Eric Mizga sat sipping a beer from the Grand Bar inside Lansing Shuffle. “It’s phenomenal,” Mizga pronounced the makeover of the city-owned downtown pole barn along the Grand River.  “It’s a great space for Lansing. We needed something … more
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Author Christopher Steele, who spent five years in Guangzhou, China, teaching English as a second language, wrote “Mama Huhu” to show the country isn’t as different from the U.S. as some may believe.
‘Mama Huhu’ is far from mediocre
“Mama Huhu,” author Christopher Steele’s new memoir about the five years he spent in China teaching English, is part Bill Bryson and part Paul Theroux, with a bit of … more
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