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“Michigan,” artist Peter Stack declared, “is great because of our diversity, and celebrating that multiplicity allows us all to flourish.”
Stack, who is earning a …
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Chelsea Lake Roberts
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5/25/23
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As summer approaches, so do trips to the Great Lakes. Some of us are lucky enough to own or rent cottages on or near them. Others go back to favorite B&Bs, motels and cabins year after year or …
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Dave Dempsey
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5/25/23
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Libraries across Michigan recently put on their boxing gloves in the form of a statewide public opinion poll regarding what the state’s residents think about libraries and book banning.
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Bill Castanier
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5/25/23
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Look up. Look down. Public art, also called vernacular art, is all over Greater Lansing, whether it’s hidden in a bathroom at Harry’s Place or splashed across buildings in Old Town, REO Town and downtown. …
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Bill Castanier
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5/18/23
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Scott Bell has been a pivotal behind-the-scenes figure in Lansing’s music scene for years. He’s booked countless shows at venues and festivals throughout the area while also touring the …
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Rich Tupica
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5/18/23
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WEDNESDAY, May 17 — An Okemos High School student has won the 2023 Congressional High School Art Competition in the 7 th Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin announced today.
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5/17/23
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Some might think booking “Wicked” at the Wharton Center for the fifth time was a gamble. But after witnessing a packed crowd for the second performance of a run lasting until May …
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David Winkelstern
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5/12/23
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If there’s one juicy kernel to glean from the Lansing Symphony Orchestra’s 2023-‘24 season, it’s that new music is back. Not sneakily, tentatively or apologetically, but with …
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Lawrence Cosentino
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5/4/23
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He’s bringing down the Ax (Emanuel Ax), bringing out the Blow (Kurtis Blow) and pulling out the stops. Ten months into his tenure as the fourth executive director of the Wharton Center for the …
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Lawrence Cosentino
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5/4/23
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Margaret Weitekamp
“Space Craze” talk and book signing
7-9 p.m. Wednesday, April 26
Abrams Planetarium, MSU
Free; registration required
museum.msu.edu
Set …
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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4/21/23
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The sun had barely risen when I spoke with author and poet Kwame Alexander in late March. It seemed appropriate. His message is about the power of words and letting the sun shine in on what can be …
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Bill Castanier
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4/13/23
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In 1983, Karrie Potter Richards, Pooh Stevenson and Wanda Degen formed Lady of the Lake, an-all female folk band named after a couple of old-time tunes Potter often played. The group debuted at a …
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4/13/23
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A once-in-a-lifetime art exhibition featuring work by nearly 80 artists from around the globe is on display at Lansing’s favorite liminal space, the old Sears building in Frandor, as well as …
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Chelsea Lake Roberts
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4/13/23
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Most Lansing residents knew the late Jack Davis and his spouse, Sue, through their generous philanthropic gifts to organizations like the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Fenner Nature Center, Lansing …
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Bill Castanier
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4/13/23
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Michael Zadoorian has spent a lifetime saddled with a last name that starts with the letter “Z.” “Growing up, going to school, we were always seated alphabetically, and me …
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Bill Castanier
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4/13/23
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One of Lansing’s newest public art installations has transformed a brown wall into an inspiring, colorful mural. Nine feet high by 165 feet tall, “Creativity is a Superpower” is on …
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Sarah Spohn
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9/8/22
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