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If the Curtainless Theatre was a musical group, it wouldn’t play simple pop or three-chord rock ‘n’ roll.
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David Winkelstern
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5/15/20
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Mónica Ramirez-Montagut is having an even stranger COVID-19 lockdown than most humans. In July, she takes over as the new director of MSU’s Eli and Edythe Broad Museum.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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5/15/20
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ELAF Manager Heather Majano worked with her team to put together a virtual version of the festival on Facebook and Zoom that includes magic, music and more.
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Cole Tunningley
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5/14/20
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The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 looks familiar to Irv Nichols.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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5/14/20
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Lansing screen-printing company Flat Out Graphics is doing its part to help small businesses brave the impact of the coronavirus.
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Skyler Ashley
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5/8/20
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Two years ago, skeptics thought it was a gamble to place major works of temporary art in a highly trafficked, graffiti-prone stretch of the Lansing River Trail from downtown to Cedar Street.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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5/7/20
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If you were hoping to jam out to “All the Small Things” and other blink-182 hits at Cooley Law School Stadium, you’ll have to wait until 2021.
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Skyler Ashley
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5/7/20
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Mónica Ramirez-Montagut has been named the third director of MSU’s Eli and Edythe Broad Museum.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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5/7/20
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Since the COVID-19 outbreak has made it impossible to safely perform music in front of a crowd, artists like Towns have nothing left to do but create in private.
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Cole Tunningley
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5/6/20
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Downtown Lansing, Inc. has 11 days left to reach its $30,000 fundraising goal for its “Downtown Lansing Has HEART” crowdfunding campaign with partners Patronicity and Lake Trust Credit Union.
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Skyler Ashley
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4/30/20
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The big lockdown of 2020 has temporarily tamped down the fire of live jazz in Lansing to embers of memory. To behold the flame once more, and offer hope for its return, the Jazz Alliance of Mid-Michigan is taking its annual International Jazz Day bash online.
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In August of last year, Nick Eyde of the Lansing-based Eyde Co. moved to Toledo to work on the renovation of the 28-floor Owens Corning Fiberglas Tower.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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4/27/20
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My first response is extreme frustration. As a performing musician these past 49 years — and a folk singer at that — I can recall those many times of sudden crisis when I took to the stage for no pay, alone or with many other musicians, to benefit an urgent cause for relief.
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Joel Mabus
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4/22/20
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It wasn’t the plan, but as the coronavirus and the resulting quarantine canceled public gatherings and events, we’ve seen everything from symphonies to homebound guitarists turn to the Web to deliver virtual reality performances.
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Bill Castanier
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4/22/20
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Ted Stewart, 52, Lansing, is the owner of Metro Retro, a punky thrift shop in Old Town that specializes in vintage clothing. Stewart closed down his shop shortly after dining rooms closed at restaurants and bars across the state.
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Tuba players can’t wear masks. There’s no research yet on what happens to the coronavirus when it goes through a contrabassoon. A section of 20 cellists, sitting six feet apart from each other, is like something out of a Magritte painting.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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4/20/20
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Ty Forquer, 38, Lansing, owns 517 Shirts, is one of three local satirists running Lansing Facts and — up until the coronavirus and shelter-in-place mandates hit Michigan — was the marketing manager for Elderly Instruments.
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Skyler Ashey
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4/12/20
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After years of working independently as a defense lawyer, Nick Leydorf, 39, has seen the full extent of the absurdity of practicing law — unsolicited questions from legally troubled strangers, self-righteous sovereign citizens, frustratingly stubborn judges and more.
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Cole Tunningley
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4/11/20
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Lansing’s stalwart DIY record label, GTG Records, is still finding ways to highlight Michigan musicians. Its latest project is Stay At Home With GTG Records — a series of live, recorded-at-home videos hosted daily by the label’s social media pages.
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Skyler Ashley
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4/10/20
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My favorite thing is my Sanyo M9975 boombox. It was manufactured in 1976. I found it and decorated it in 2004. The boombox was sitting in a closet at my parent’s house.
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Rich Tupica
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4/10/20
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