Broad Museum exhibit puts public art at its heart
Seemingly invisible works of public art become visible again in a new exhibit at the Broad Art Museum.
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Brewing a fresh business: Lansing’s newest coffee shop
When he applied to Starbucks, Tarek Chawich was rejected. Now, he’s running his own coffee shop. Chawich, 24, opened Château Coffee Co. last month on Lansing’s west side on South Waverly Road.
A slice of history of Lansing’s Black-owned businesses
When Orabe “Ora” Fuller and her husband opened Shanora’s Beauty and Barber supplies nearly 40 years ago, it was the first such shop specifically for Black men and women in the Lansing area.
New shop is a realm of oddities
Picture the houses of the Addams family and the Munsters. Now, picture the two spooky homes combined. That’s what it’s like inside Voodoo’s World of Oddtiques, the newest edition in REO Town Marketplace.
Lansing Art Gallery moves up the street — and above ground
The Lansing Art Gallery, 300 S. Washington Square, Suite 100, is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, except for holiday weekends.
Insurance paid dividends for Crunchy’s comedy night host
Did you hear the one about the rabbi, the priest and the insurance agent? For a year and a half, Trevor Tress, 24, worked as an insurance agent, while also establishing himself as a local comedian.
New Lansing salon and spa wants you to feel beautiful
Still not feeling relieved after a massage? Still not feeling your best leaving the salon? Maya Joy Murchison hopes to change that with her new salon and spa, Gifted Hands of Joy.
Ten Pound Fiddle fills the musical void
The Ten Pound Fiddle recently announced a virtual mini-series of concerts. The free audio archives will serve to “fill the musical void” until live shows presented by the Fiddle resume in March.
Autism history museum coming to Meridian Mall in February
Xavier DeGroat, 31, is opening an autism history museum in Meridian Mall on Feb. 4. As someone who is on the autism spectrum, DeGroat hopes his museum will serve as both a safe space for those on the spectrum and as an educational center.
What Wendy Sylvester-Rowan loves about art
Wendy Sylvester-Rowan fell in love with art once she got her hands on a box of 64 Crayola crayons as a child.