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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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Detroit’s musical landscape is not only stacked with iconic names, it’s also littered with pioneers of many genres. Motown revolutionized soul music, The Stooges birthed punk and The Belleville Three’s contributions to electronic music will never fade.
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Rich Tupica
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10/30/20
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With the presidential election right around the corner, Lansing hip-hop musician and community activist James Gardin is teaming up with the artist collective Culture Surge to encourage people to vote.
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Skyler Ashley
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10/30/20
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This time around, it’s Odd Nodd Art Supply — a locally owned hobby shop that sells fine art supplies.
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Skyler Ashley
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10/29/20
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Stiizy is a California-based cannabis brand that launched in 2017 and has since expanded to Washington and Nevada.
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Kyle Kaminski
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10/29/20
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Bazonzoes opened its doors for both medical and recreational sales earlier this month and is conveniently located across the street from Deluca’s Restaurant — making it perhaps the most convenient one-stop-shop in Lansing for high quality cannabis and even higher quality pizza.
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Kyle Kaminski
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10/22/20
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Deadtime Stories, a bookstore specializing in all things spooky, has opened up in Thrift Witch’s Dark Arts Market, just in time for Halloween.
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Cole Tunningley
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10/22/20
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In a normal world, Monica Ramirez-Montagut, the new director of MSU’s Broad Art Museum, would be all over the place by now, spreading the news about the latest art at the Broad and exhibits to come.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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10/22/20
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Marilyn Crowley would come to the Allen Neighborhood Center’s farmer market as a local student.
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Sean Bradley
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10/21/20
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The East Lansing Downtown Management Board is holding its inaugural Great Pumpkin Photo Contest
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Staff
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10/16/20
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Casa de Rosado is kicking off its yearly Dia de Los Muertos celebration with a sugar skull kit distribution effort.
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Staff
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10/16/20
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After a brief lull during Michigan’s period in lockdown, guitarist, bassist and banjo player Deacon Earl is once again booking gigs.
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Cole Tunningley
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10/15/20
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Lansing and East Lansing have released guidelines on how to properly celebrate the spooky holiday.
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Staff
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10/15/20
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Since the onset of blues, pop and rock ’n roll, Michigan has been internationally known and lauded for its musical output. Just like we’re an automotive state, we’re also a music state – and it’s not just one kind of music. Michigan’s sonic universe spans all genres, and we’ve done them all well.
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Calling all starving artists! The East Lansing Arts Commission is accepting applications for its Fiscal Year 2021 Cultural Arts Grant program.
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Staff
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10/10/20
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Back when I was still researching information for my oral-history book, “There Was A Light: The Cosmic History of Chris Bell & the Rise of Big Star,” much of my time was centered on Big Star’s home town of Memphis, Tennessee.
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Rich Tupica
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10/8/20
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The Loft closed in March because of the pandemic. Property owners and operators of the shuttered venue remain tight-lipped about its future.
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SEAN BRADLEY
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10/8/20
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If 2020 has offered up one semi-positive thing, it’s swiftly turned many of us into online streaming aficionados.
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Rich Tupica
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10/7/20
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A long discarded Lansing Fire Department phone log contains a simple entry indicating an emergency call from Bath on May 18, 1927.
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Bill Castanier
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10/7/20
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For the businesses still in the trenches, and those that have already made comebacks — including Jalapenos, Goodfellas Bagel Deli and downtown’s Grand Traverse Pie Co. — a much-needed boost has been given through the support of dedicated local shoppers and social media campaigns
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Skyler Ashley
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10/7/20
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