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Lansing Poet Laureate Laura Apol is joining EVERYbody Reads bookstore for an online fundraising event to benefit the Greater Lansing Food Bank’s Garden Project.
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Staff
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11/27/20
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C3 Industries is based in Ann Arbor and its retail brand, Cloud Cover Cannabis, is building a growing cultivation “campus” in a secluded industrial park off I-96 in Webberville.
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Kyle Kaminski
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11/26/20
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Depending on which Michigander you talk to, Bob Seger is either Michigan-rock royalty or a mainstream pop icon
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Rich Tupica
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11/26/20
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In an effort to help out independent artists and their fans, DIY musicians Tommy McCord, Raymond Strife, Jim Graz and Tim Hoh have created a Facebook group to act as a virtual venue.
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Skyler Ashley
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11/26/20
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517 Coffee Co., a local coffee roaster that cut its teeth as a popular farmers market vendor, is on the cusp of finally opening its very own brick-and-mortar space.
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Skyler Ashley
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11/26/20
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David’s favorite thing is the custom-built Ghostbusters proton pack his late grandfather made for him.
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Skyler Ashley
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11/26/20
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When Elizabeth Field Connor discovered her grandfather’s army footlocker from World War I while digging through her father’s musty basement, she had no idea the treasures and mysteries it would unleash
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BILL CASTANIER
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11/26/20
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In February, Homegrown Cannabis Co. became the first provisioning center in Lansing to be fully licensed for adult-use, recreational retail sales. Several other shops have opened in recent months, but Homegrown has solidified itself as a mainstay on the local cannabis market.
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Kyle Kaminski
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11/19/20
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Back in the ’50s, a small batch of traditional country artists slowly shaped a new sub-genre known as rockabilly. It remained rootsy and rhythmic, but was cut with a rowdy, menacing edge. It was louder, faster and more unruly than anything before it.
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When COVID-19 and the ensuing statewide lockdown caused the temporary closure of a vast majority of Michigan businesses, it was only logical to shelve our annual Top of the Town contest. But as local retailers and restaurants began returning (albeit with some necessary changes) we opted to reboot it with special conditions.
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SKYLER ASHLEY, SEAN BRADLEY and KYLE KAMINSKI
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11/19/20
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The complete list of Top of the Town 2020 winners.
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Idris Goodwin is an American poet, rapper, essayist, lecturer, professor, author and playwright. He is offering five of his “Short Plays for an Anti-Racist Tomorrow” to theaters and communities everywhere to perform for free.
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David Winkelstern
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11/12/20
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Bazonzoes — which opened last month across the street from Deluca’s Restaurant — is still among the newest medical and recreational pot shops on Lansing’s ever-blooming cannabis market. And as its inventory expands, the retailer is quickly becoming a Capital City mainstay.
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Kyle Kaminski
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11/12/20
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With a long discography that includes the heavy sounds of Red Teeth, Dr. Device, BerT and No Skull, Ryan Andrews is always working on a new batch of recordings. Back in August, the Lansing-scene vet unveiled Giant Lungs, his latest duo that flawlessly shifts between dramatically wistful sounds into ominously bleak sonic ethers.
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Rich Tupica
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11/12/20
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Donovan Hohn has been there, part of what he describes as a preoccupation with “trying to make sense of where we are, where I live, by attending to the natural and the human both, by looking at places where the natural and historic overlap.”
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Eric Freedman
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11/6/20
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After a season that saw the cancelation of its summer camp and the Maple Syrup Festival, Fenner Nature Center had to forgo yet another of its marquee community gatherings, the Apple Butter Festival, …
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Skyler Ashley
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11/5/20
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When lockdowns swept the world in spring of 2020, organist Jim Alfredson was prepared, in his own sweet way.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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11/5/20
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If you’ve read a book from the Capital Area District Library in the last several years, it’s likely that librarian Jessica Trotter was behind its inclusion in CADL’s expansive catalog.
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Bill Castanier
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11/5/20
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Lately, for people who follow Riverwalk Theatre, it has been hard not to know Rico Bruce Wade.
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David Winkelstern
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11/3/20
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This time every year, you’ll hear “The Monster Mash” and the “Ghost Busters Theme” ad nauseum. While that’s not necessarily a bad thing for Halloween devotees, why not dig deeper into the grave of ghostly melodies?
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Rich Tupica
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10/30/20
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