On this edition of City Pulse On the Air, arts editor Skyler Ashley breaks down cool events coming to Lansing in the near future and reporter Cole Tunningley shares all the details on the upcoming Michigan Chicken Wing Festival at Adado Riverfront Park. more

Old Town was beaming with life as people enjoyed a warm summer night under the mellow glow of streetlights. It's all part of Arts Night Out getting back into the swing of things after an extended hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.  more

Pat Sievert was fine with taking a break from performing comedy during last year's quarantine. In the before times, you could find him onstage once a week at Mac's Bar in addition to catching him at shows he performed at around town and around the state.  more

Wow 20 years. It seems like it was yesterday Berl Schwartz asked if I would be interested in writing for Lansing City Pulse. more

A timeline of Lansing told through City Pulse’s Arts & Entertainment section more

From the Verve Pipe to Wally Pleasant, gigging at the Small Planet was a rite of passage for local acts.   more

Maestro Phil Denny’s annual celebration of all things smooth jazz is returning once again for summer 2021. more

The pages of City Pulse have always been friendly toward our local culinary scene and a great way to stay on top of which eateries are serving the best food in Lansing. more

On this edition of City Pulse On the Air, arts editor Skyler Ashley speaks with senior staff writer Lawrence Cosentino about the 20th anniversary of City Pulse. The two discuss Cosentino's long history with the paper, and his experience growing as a writer and reporter. more

Michigan JazzFest is back, live, in the streets of Old Town in 2021, with a variety of musical styles, some familiar faces and significant new wrinkles, including a new business model — paid admission instead of voluntary donations. more

I was working at a bar and one of my regulars, who was moving out of his house, just gave it to me. They said it showed up at their front door in a package that somebody sent to them anonymously. more

A bustling art bazaar, musicians playing their hearts out, children chasing each other and people just trying to take a break and relax in the shade. more

Ask any 2000s Lansing rock-show promoter about booking the Cartridge Family (tCF) and you will surely get an interesting response, or at least a troubled look. more

And after a mostly virtual-only year, the Ten Pound Fiddle concert series is back in the saddle for the 2021-22 season with a fully loaded schedule of 34 live shows beginning in September. more

For nearly 40 years, Theresa L. Weller has used her prodigious genealogy skills to help families find lost relatives, but nothing prepared her for the difficulties she overcame in researching the Biddle Band, who occupied Mackinac Island long before it became a tourist destination. more

After limited and mostly virtual theater productions became all the rage due to pandemic restrictions, two Lansing companies are looking forward to reopening the stages come autumn.  more

At Zyara Grill, the food is prepared fresh right in front of your eyes. You definitely can’t get the kind of experience at a McDonald’s. On the menu, you can expect to find all of the staple Mediterranean dishes more

The search for solutions to Lansing’s record-breaking epidemic of gun violence is now focused on a promising program known as “Advance Peace” that aims to influence the lives of young people who are most at risk of being the next one to pull the trigger. more

It’s a broiling summer day, and rather than lounging in an air-conditioned living room, John Dickerson is toiling in the sun at Magnolia Farms, planting crops like kale and Swiss chard.  more

On this edition of City Pulse On the Air, reporter Cole Tunningley talks to Smitty Smith, one of the key organizers of the 2021 Pumpstock Music Festival. Pumpstock is an annual music festival dedicated to roots music and Americana. It was canceled last year due to the pandemic, but now it's coming back strong than ever with a roster of acts from around the country. more