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Since the inaugural Lansing Pride Festival in 2022, which drew around 3,000 attendees and 90 vendors, the event has increased in size each year. This year, organizers expect around 10,000 attendees …
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By NICOLE NOECHEL and TYLER SCHNEIDER
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6/19/24
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Over the last four years, the Wild Honey Collective has masterfully melded Americana music with rock ‘n’ roll and a dreamy dose of psychedelia. The local outfit has kept busy touring …
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By RICH TUPICA
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6/12/24
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“Hell no, we won’t go,” “make love, not war,” “one, two, three, four, what are we fighting for?” and “girls say yes to boys who say no” are just …
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By BILL CASTANIER
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6/12/24
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On June 19, 1865, more than 250,000 African American slaves in Texas — the last of the country’s enslaved population — were freed after being informed of the Emancipation …
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By NICOLE NOECHEL
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6/12/24
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To get an idea of the variety, exuberance, weirdness and joy of the Lansing Art Gallery’s second annual exhibition of art by LGBTQ+ artists, you have to go back to the opening reception, where musician and artist Lorelei d’Andriole gave a unique performance.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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6/6/24
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Each June, the public comes together to celebrate Pride Month, a time to recognize the contributions of people who identify as LGBTQ+ and shed light on the issues facing these communities.
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From METRO CREATIVE CONNECTION
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6/5/24
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You can normally find Wayfaring Booksellers at the REO Town Marketplace, but at the upcoming Lansing and East Lansing Pride celebrations, the shop will take to the streets to sell its primarily …
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By BILL CASTANIER
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6/5/24
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Inspired by the number and variety of summer festivals detailed in a recent City Pulse issue, I am prompted to add just one more unique event to your jam-packed calendar: the inaugural Eastside Read …
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By JOAN NELSON
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6/5/24
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A previously neglected building at 1038 E. Oakland Ave. now has a beautiful billboard-style façade advertising Biddle City, a full-service video production company.
The mural was executed …
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By BILL CASTANIER
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6/5/24
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Lansing Community College’s lineup of free summer theater is back in full swing this year, with a classic Shakespearian comedy, a festival of short student plays and the post-pandemic return of …
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By Chelsea Lake Roberts
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6/5/24
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Stacey Small entered the basement storage room at the Maple Street Mall in Mason wearing a blue work shirt.
“I’m here to absorb knowledge — and boy, do you have your work cut …
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By Tessa Paneth-Pollak
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6/5/24
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The Lansing Area Printmakers’ Collective, or Lino Ladies for short, recently finished its latest project: an alphabet.
“Maybe two months ago, Laura came in and said she …
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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5/29/24
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Imagine a teacher giving a solo lecture about American history to a class of students ranging in age from 6 to 13. At one-room schoolhouses, teachers were responsible for everything, from stoking …
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By BILL CASTANIER
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5/29/24
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Peckham Farmstand
May-October
10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday
5408 W. Grand River Ave., Lansing
(517) 316-4050
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By NICOLE NOECHEL
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5/29/24
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Eight artists descended on downtown Lansing over the weekend carrying ladders, paint and brushes along with healthy imaginations to create works of art on the windows of mostly empty storefronts.
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Bill Castanier
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5/21/24
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Some say there’s nothing to do in Lansing, but this year’s schedule of summer events begs to differ. As the school year wraps up and the weather continues to warm up, the area will begin …
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By NICOLE NOECHEL
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5/15/24
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2315 N. High St., Lansing
Built in 1918, this 1,032-square-foot, four-bedroom home in north Lansing was initially red-tagged for safety issues in July 2018. The city boarded it up …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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5/15/24
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Some people avoid drama like the plague. Those people wouldn’t have had much fun at Friday’s (May 10) Lansing Symphony Orchestra season finale.
The night was drenched in …
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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5/15/24
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Barb Sears, president of the Meridian Garden Club, hates to throw out a plant, “But to tend your garden properly, you need to thin them and give them room to grow,” she …
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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5/15/24
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
Last month, a new era began at the Lansing Bike Co-op’s monthly alley cat scavenger hunt when reigning champion Mike Dombrowski was unseated by newcomer Jacob …
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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5/15/24
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