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Holy smoke! The Shredder is a meat lover’s dream
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May 11, 2022

Looking Glass Brewing Co., at 115 N. Bridge St. in downtown DeWitt, opened in 2018 inside the former Mount Hope Church. The microbrewery — which still has stained glass windows and pew benches — has anywhere from 10 to 16 beers on tap at a time, which are brewed in the basement of the former church. Even though I worked in a craft beer restaurant for years, beer isn’t really my thing. I usually go with a hard cider or sour. They taste less beer-y to me. This was my first time at Looking Glass, so I played it safe with the cherry hard cider. It was refreshingly sweet, with a slightly tart aftertaste. I had two.

Find your ‘wine home’ at Hooked
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Arts and Culture
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May 11, 2022

Hooked was bustling, and not just because of the construction next door. During a 50-degree day, with the sun shining, patrons were chatting away while enjoying their fresh coffees on the patio.

Inside scoop: Michigan State’s Dairy Store ice cream
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Food
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May 4, 2022

As a Michigan State University alum, I’m very familiar with the Dairy Store. Some of my happiest Spartan memories revolve around its delicious, locally owned ice cream. If you’re not familiar, the MSU Dairy Foods Complex Team makes a variety of ice cream and cheeses — and they’re available at on campus at Anthony Hall (474 S. Shaw Lane, East Lansing). Once you arrive, the sweet, sugary aroma of ice cream will hit you almost immediately.

Bigger and brighter: Bradly’s HG keeps growing in Old Town
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News
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May 4, 2022

Since it first opened in 2011, then inside Absolute Gallery, Bradly’s HG has uprooted to a few locations around Old Town — but each move has led to growth for the local retail shop.

‘All Request Saturday Night’ on 94.9 WMMQ-FM digs deep
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May 4, 2022

Every Saturday night, Brent Alberts, better known by his radio name Wally Londo, walks into 94.9 WMMQ-FM as local listeners light up the station’s phone lines with requests for some obscure songs rarely heard on terrestrial radio.

Beerfest at the Ballpark returns for seventh year
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Arts and Culture
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April 28, 2022

Don’t strike out on your chance to try some of Michigan’s best brews.

Mad for the Madtown grilled cheese
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Food
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April 27, 2022

Before City Pulse, I worked as a server at HopCat in East Lansing for over three years. Like any good server, I studied the menu to make suggestions for our guests. What better way to study than to try the foods myself? My go-to employee meal was the Madtown grilled cheese. I ordered it so much, my manager once told me I wasn’t allowed to order it anymore — he was joking, but I thought he was serious at first. It’s been my favorite meal since I first tried it back in 2018.

Fly over to Taqueria Monarca for authentic Mexican food
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Food
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April 27, 2022

After more than 20 years working in other peoples’ restaurants, a local married couple is finally serving up their own dishes. Prepared fresh in a trailer adorned with dozens of monarch butterflies, the newly opened Taqueria Monarca is the latest spot for authentic Mexican cuisine in Lansing.

Lansing’s new poet laureate set to make moves
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Arts and Culture
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April 27, 2022

The late poet Robert Frost once said, “A poem begins with a lump in the throat; a homesickness or a love sickness. It is a reaching-out toward expression; an effort to find fulfillment.” For local poet Masaki Takahashi, some of that gratifying fulfillment has arrived: he is the Lansing region’s new poet laureate.

Rent Strike’s frontman talks Stoopfest
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Arts and Culture
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April 21, 2022

Rent Strike’s frontman and principal songwriter, John Warmb, said the band has been “shaking off some rust” in preparation for the festival.