Strange Matter’s eastside location hit for over $1,000 in cash fraud scheme

WEDNESDAY, June 26 — When an employee at Strange Matter Coffee’s eastside Lansing location, 2010 E. Michigan Ave., picked up the phone around noon yesterday, they couldn’t have imagined the call would last for over two hours.

Biden, Trump campaigns zero in on Michigan’s Black voters

As a politically active Black woman, Lori Adams Simon is among a voting block that President Joe Biden will again depend heavily on in his effort to win Michigan in November.

Sampling the menu at SushiYa

East Lansing is awash with Japanese restaurants, but none have been able to draw my continued patronage more than SushiYa.

Community committee forms to save old Eastern High School

Alumni of old Eastern High School, eastsiders and preservationists have formed a committee to work with the University of Michigan Health–Sparrow to ensure the preservation of the landmark classroom building on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Corporatization of cannabis has wiped out mom-and-pop head shops

Last weekend, glass aficionados from across the state flocked to the Michigan Glass Project, a festival in Detroit celebrating our state’s unique and robust glassmaking culture, much of which is centered around cannabis. I didn’t get to attend this year, but it still made me nostalgic for the head shops of old.

Eastsider’s crosswalk paintings bloom and multiply

Lansing’s east side is known for urban farms, walkability and, unfortunately, unsafe traffic in its neighborhoods. Just two weeks ago, a car flipped over at the intersection of Vine Street and Hayford Avenue.

City Pulse News

In the United States, words bring the real freedom

In mid-June, Lansing celebrated Juneteenth, and early next month comes the Fourth of July.

A rendering of the Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. A former faculty member has filed a discrimination lawsuit alleging she was unfairly fired.

Asian former faculty member at MSU’s Broad School files a federal discrimination suit

SUNDAY, June 23 — An Asian woman who was fired from her faculty position teaching management at Michigan State University has filed a discrimination lawsuit in federal court. The suit …

The old Eastern High School building on Pennsylvania Avenue, which University of Michigan Health-Sparrow has suggested it may tear down to make room for a psychiatric facility.

Community committee forms to save old Eastern High School and support mental health

FRIDAY, June 21 — Alumni of old Eastern High School, eastsiders and preservationists have formed a committee to work with the University of Michigan Health–Sparrow to ensure the …

Lansing's Charter Revision Commission discusses public outreach during its Tuesday meeting.

Lansing Revision Charter Commission moves forward with public engagement ideas

WEDNESDAY, June 19 — The Lansing Charter Commission is moving forward with a plan to solicit public outreach through 48,000 mailers to households with at least one registered voter. …

How to Love Lansing Like a Local This Summer

While summer in Michigan is usually the season to travel up north, this summer might be the perfect time to reconnect with all that Lansing has to offer right in your own backyard. Download the free …

City of Lansing 4th of July Celebration

Our 4th of July Celebration begins with the Independence Day Parade on Thursday with a start time of 11am at the Capitol Loop. Later in the evening will be our 4th of July Concert at Adado …

Rewind: News from the last 7 days

The 16-year-old and 20-year-olds critically injured during the May 27 mass shooting in the parking lot between Rotary Park and Lansing Shuffle were upgraded Thursday to stable condition. Kylete …

FOOD

South side gets a little more southern with new soul-food eatery

Mikal Moore, 32, has worked in the restaurant industry since he was 16, including 12 years as a district manager for the Tampa, Florida-based fast food chain Rally’s. However, shortly after starting his career, the native of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, began dreaming of creating his own culinary venture.

Turn homemade cheese into a sweet and decadent treat

A farmer friend gave me a box of spinach a few weeks ago. It wasn’t long until the novelty wore off.

Sampling the menu at SushiYa

Bento boxes, like the ones at SushiYa in East Lansing, provide the ability to sample a variety of dishes without having to pay for — or stomach — full portions of each.

East Lansing is awash with Japanese restaurants, but none have been able to draw my continued patronage more than SushiYa.

As summer solstice arrives, The garlic awakens

It happens each spring. You cut into a clove of garlic to find its lily-white interior tainted by the green stripe of a developing shoot. A few weeks later, sprouts emerge from the tips of every …

The Lebanese breadsticks and accompanying ranch dressing at Jimmy’s Pub have long been a favorite of both She Ate/He Ate critics.

Savoring old and new memories and dishes at Jimmy’s Pub

Jimmy’s Pub 16830 Chandler Road, East Lansing 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Saturday Noon-8 p.m. Sunday (517) 324-7100 jimmyspub.net

She Ate

I’m a sucker for a good salad — something really special, with fresh, crunchy vegetables; little treats like candied nuts, dried cranberries or goat cheese croquettes; a nicely seasoned, …

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Opinion

Political campaigns in 2024: Safe, scripted and … boring.

“I don’t get the hype around Curtis Hertel,” a colleague told me the other day. I lost my breath for a minute. “You don’t remember …

Restore the state Charitable Tax Credit to help nonprofits survive and flourish

(Baumer is President/CEO of the Capital Region Community is Moser is President/CEO of the Jackson Community Foundation.) The nonprofit sector plays a critical role in supporting the …

Arts & Culture

Author Erin Bartels has been painting since she was a child. That experience proved useful when writing her newest book, “The Lady with the Dark Hair,” which follows a contemporary artist and museum owner who’s searching for answers about a piece of art that’s believed to have been painted by her ancestor.

Art history and mystery collide in Erin Bartels’ new novel

I learn something new every time I read one of Erin Bartels’ books. Her newest, “The Lady with the Dark Hair,” is an intriguing historical drama played out in dual timelines as an artist and museum owner searches for answers about a piece of art that’s believed to have been painted by one of her ancestors.

The cast of “Next to Normal” at the Lebowsky Center. From left: Adam Woolsey, Chad DeKatch, Anna Anderson, Joseph Gill, Amanda DeKatch and Dante Justice.

Talented cast and gorgeous set anchor Lebowsky Center’s ‘Next to Normal’

Friday night, 11 p.m., Lansing. My daughter: “How was the play?” Me: “It’s hard to describe … a rock musical about bipolar depression and maternal loss, …

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A weekend full of festivities

Festival season is in full force this weekend, with four different celebrations throughout the Lansing area, including the Turner-Dodge Fairytale Festival, East Lansing Pride, the Celebrate Meridian Festival and Summer Fest at Dimondale’s County Creek Reception Hall. There’s also plenty of live music, new theater productions, a car show, a film screening and more.

A packed Pride weekend

The third annual Lansing Pride Festival will take over Old Town on Saturday, but beyond that, there will be a bar crawl, drag shows and more this weekend to celebrate the area’s LGBTQ+ community. There’s also the Summer Solstice Jazz Festival, Grand Ledge’s Yankee Doodle Day, Unity Spiritual Center of Lansing’s Passion of the Creative Mind celebration and much more.

Lansterdam

Michigan beat California in cannabis sales, but there’s still work to be done

There are few places in our country that are more synonymous with cannabis than California. The state has been a cultural powerhouse for decades, and cannabis has been wafting through the halls of its cultural kingmakers’ homes and businesses for just as long.

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Art history and mystery collide in Erin Bartels’ new novel

Talented cast and gorgeous set anchor Lebowsky Center’s ‘Next to Normal’

Friday night, 11 p.m., Lansing. My daughter: “How was the play?” Me: “It’s hard to describe … a rock musical about bipolar depression and maternal loss, …

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