James Defrees started 517 Coffee Co. in his basement about seven years ago. He only had six hundred bucks to get from those humble beginnings, and he established himself as a wholesaler — selling his beans at multiple locations across Lansing.
During any other year, East Lansing would’ve been alive over the weekend with parties and drunk sports fans wandering the streets.
Since 1944, Lake Trust Credit Union has provided banking services for people across Michigan. That tradition continues with its brand new location in downtown Lansing.
Just in time for folks looking to get started on their New Year’s resolutions, a brand new gym opened up in East Lansing. F45 Training offers a team-based exercise program to help its patrons burn fat and gain muscle, using workouts that take — you guessed it — only forty five minutes to complete.
Two local joints that have popped up since fall you may have missed are Social Cloth Cafe & Bakery and Sunshine Diner.
Penny Wali wanted to honor her husband’s memory by lending a helping hand to students attending his alma mater, Lansing Community College. To do so, she started the Ngere Abdul Wali Scholarship Fund six years ago. The scholarship offers students $1,000 — about the cost of three classes at LCC.
Recording a new song during a pandemic seemed like an impossibility. But when he looked out upon a world filled with negativity and pain, Heideman decided that he couldn’t keep the song to himself.
Visual art can end up lingering in museums or galleries, seen only by those who seek it out. Six lucky Lansing artists were just awarded the opportunity to have their artwork displayed on billboards all across the city.
Holiday events happening in Lansing.
Deadtime Stories, a bookstore specializing in all things spooky, has opened up in Thrift Witch’s Dark Arts Market, just in time for Halloween.
