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Artists Victor Ving and Lisa Beggs have been on the road since 2015, painting murals inspired by vintage postcards in different cities across the United States. Now, they’re taking their tour to East Lansing, where they will paint a mural on the south-facing wall of the Roadhouse Pub.
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Skyler Ashley
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5/1/21
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On this edition of City Pulse On the Air, arts editor Skyler Ashley takes over hosting duties for publisher Berl Schwartz. Ashley interviews traveling mural artist Victor Ving who, along with his partner Lisa Beggs, has been touring the United States painting murals inspired by vintage greeting cards in different cities
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Staff
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5/1/21
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Ixion Ensemble Theatre is bringing a new anthology production to Sharp Park’s amphitheater. The performance, titled “Dreams,” was crafted from six different handpicked plays.
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David Winkelstern
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4/30/21
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For decades now, the highly influential compilation “Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968” has inspired countless garage bands across the world. The historic box set includes iconic trippy tracks from The Seeds, Electric Prunes and the 13th Floor Elevators, to only name a few.
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Rich Tupica
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4/28/21
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Origami Rehabilitation provides support for children and adults suffering from developmental, neurological, orthopedic or mental health conditions. The organization is planning to open a second location in downtown Lansing.
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With coronavirus vaccines rolling out and the weather finally warming up and staying comfortable, it looks like it might finally be a good time to enjoy some fresh air and some good food in Lansing.
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SKYLER ASHLEY
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4/28/21
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Lansing 5:01 is hosting Michigan's very first rosé wine festival Saturday at Cooley Gardens. You can enjoy the latest burst of warm weather and pop the corks of delicious bottles of rosé wine.
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Staff
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4/28/21
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A chain of art studios that teaches patrons how to handcraft artisan goods from scratch is opening a new location in Lansing.
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Skyler Ashley
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4/27/21
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Lansing social media is lamenting grim news — the beloved venue Mac's Bar will likely no longer host live music.
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Skyler Ashley
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4/26/21
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You could get into a thicket teasing out trombonist Michael Dease’s many inspirations. He’s a professor of jazz at MSU, after all.
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LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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4/26/21
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Michigan State University’s College of Communication Arts and Sciences and WKAR-TV are collaborating with MSU’s African Studies Center to present the documentary “Year of Global Africa.”
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Staff
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4/26/21
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Contest nominations will be accepted until 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 2.
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Staff
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4/26/21
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What good are poems in a pandemic? A short film called “How to Make a No-Sew Coronavirus Mask From a Poem,” based on a poem by Wendy Drexler, takes a disarmingly direct approach.
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LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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4/26/21
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On this edition of City Pulse On the Air, reporter Todd Heywood interviews Ricci J. Levy of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation.
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Staff
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4/24/21
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The pandemic gave artist and illustrator Kathryn Darnell the opportunity to push her considerable illustration skills in new directions.
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BILL CASTANIER
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4/21/21
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My favorite thing is a Mitchell acoustic that belonged to my brother. He got home from the Iraq War and decided that he wanted to learn how to play guitar. He wanted to be like me — I got my brother into music big time. It was both ways. He got me into some stuff, and I got him into some heavier stuff.
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Skyler Ashley
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4/21/21
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The Dogs may have formed in the late ’60s, at the height of the electrifying Detroit rock scene that birthed The Stooges, MC5 and Bob Seger, but the band of Lansing natives are best known for its 1978 punk-rock classic: “Slash Your Face.”
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Rich Tupica
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4/21/21
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Twenty years ago, Michigan State University music major Matt Eldred frequented the campus library to listen to CDs. That’s where he became fascinated with “The Holocaust Cantata: Songs From the Camps.”
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DAVID WINKELSTERN
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4/19/21
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City Pulse editor and publisher Berl Schwartz returns to his usual hosting duties for a special 420 edition of City Pulse On the Air.
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Staff
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4/18/21
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Lansing Community College newspaper The Lookout has captured a prestigious prize for student journalism. Despite having an inexperienced staff during the entry period of April 1, 2019, through March 31, 2020, The Lookout took home the top prize for Division 3 of the 2020 Michigan Press Association’s Better Newspaper Contest.
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Skyler Ashley
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4/18/21
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