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It’s somehow the end of the year once again, and though there won’t be any fireworks, you can still start 2025 off with a bang.
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By NICOLE NOECHEL
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12/18/24
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My father did not like candles. When I was a kid, we brought out a couple of sugary angel candles every December.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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12/18/24
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In his latest book, “The Great Lakes: Fact or Fake,” environmental writer Dave Dempsey answers 41 questions about the Great Lakes; along the way
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The 12-foot-tall railroad bridge on Pennsylvania Avenue, nicknamed Big Penny, is notorious for being a tad too short for truckers looking to pass under it. Since it was built back in 1928, it’s …
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BY RICH TUPICA
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12/11/24
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The Lansing Symphony Orchestra’s Holiday Pops concert Sunday afternoon (Dec. 15) promises to bring forth a tower of musical power and a historic moment in the community’s cultural life.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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12/11/24
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Most of our student yearbooks are gathering dust in an attic, basement or on an old bookshelf.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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12/11/24
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If Halloween is peanut butter and Christmas is chocolate, then Old Town’s Krampusnacht is the perfect holiday Reese’s Cup.
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By AJ GLAUB
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12/11/24
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From concerts to gift markets to galas and parties, there is an abundance of holiday events throughout the Lansing area in the coming weeks.
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By NICOLE NOECHEL
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12/4/24
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Are you looking for a big, splashy holiday show that delivers on all the glitz and sentimentality that everybody loves to see this time of year?
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By MARK GMAZEL
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12/4/24
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At the 75th annual National Book Awards on Nov. 20, Percival Everett took home the fiction prize for his novel “James,” a humorous reimagining of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”
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By BILL CASTANIER
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12/4/24
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Drive around Lansing, especially downtown, and the city lights up at night during the Christmas season.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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12/4/24
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Some people took up cross stitching or painting by numbers to fill their time during the pandemic. Others took on a long-delayed project, like fixing up the basement. Artist Doug DeLind had bigger ideas.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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11/27/24
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It’s easy to visit Amazon or another major online retailer and purchase all your holiday gifts with a few simple button clicks, but supporting area businesses and keeping money in the community,
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By NICOLE NOECHEL
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11/27/24
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What’s left to say about Silver Bells?
It arrived Friday. Thousands attended. The weather was tolerably cold. Floats floated. Lights lit up the tree and the sky. The season of peace …
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11/27/24
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Comedian, actress and musician Ana Gasteyer may be making her debut at the Wharton Center next week, but she’s no stranger to East Lansing. She said she and her family have spent “quite a bit” of time in the city visiting relatives.
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By KURT ANTHONY KRUG
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11/27/24
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I remember one Christmas Eve family gathering when my cousin Ricky, who couldn’t have been more than 5, exclaimed, “All I get for Christmas is underwear and socks. Socks, socks, socks.”
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By BILL CASTANIER
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11/27/24
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For most of us, a “Christmas play” conjures images of old men being visited by ghosts and rosy-cheeked children peacefully opening presents on Christmas morning.
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By CHELSEA LAKE ROBERTS
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11/27/24
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What happens when American chocolatier Milton Hershey travels to Victorian London and meets renowned detective Sherlock Holmes and his best mate, Dr. John Watson?
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By KAREN RICH
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11/20/24
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Like many arts-focused institutions, the Lansing Matinee Musicale has suffered its share of pandemic-related struggles, but that hasn’t halted the organization’s longstanding streak of support for the local arts. In fact, its outreach has only grown.
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By NICOLE NOECHEL
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11/20/24
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Olivia Capodilupo is a long way from where she started painting storefront windows. But she jumped right into the local art scene and painted one of the 11 Christmas-themed windows in downtown Lansing.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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11/20/24
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