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Favorite Things: Candice Wilmore and her video camera

Throughout the pandemic’s peak, and to this day, her favorite thing is her video camera. Wilmore used the camera to record her thoughts on life, and now she uploads the videos to her personal YouTube channel.

Two friends and their adventure in the used book industry

A good book is often described as a ticket to another world or a personal passport to an epic journey. For most of us, the quest concludes when the book is put down. But for Casey Holland and Eleanor Richards, who collect, catalog and sell countless used books as co-owners of Wayfaring Booksellers in REO Town, the adventure never ends. 

Strange Matter announces major renovations, new location

If you love Strange Matter Coffee, you’re going to be overjoyed about two major recent announcements: its downtown Lansing coffee shop is getting much bigger and a whole new location is coming to Old Town.

Video New podcast taps successful MSU business grads

Michigan State University’s Broad College of Business has a deep network of successful alumni that have gone onto to work with major companies like Google, Ford and Valvoline. For those hoping to follow in their footsteps, a brand-new podcast might be able to help. “Marketing Spotlight,” taps graduates of the MSU business college for advice and valuable insight into an industry that can often be very difficult to wrap one’s head around.

Video Six ways to spend New Year’s Eve

New Year's Day is fast approaching. Whether you had a rough go in 2021, or a vast improvement over the disastrous 2020, it is still a cause for celebration. 

Video Public art makes its way to Dimondale

Public art is finally coming to Dimondale. The Village of Dimondale Art Commission announced that the village’s inaugural art sculpture will be installed this summer on the corner of South Bridge Street and East Jefferson Avenue.

The great Lansing culture comeback of 2021

Several of the multiple intertwining facets of Lansing’s arts and cultural scene managed to come back in quite a big way in 2021. While the worsening pandemic news throughout December proves we still have a frustratingly long way to go before the pandemic can be declared over, those who were vaccinated, took proper precautions when necessary and were otherwise not immunocompromised, had a lot to enjoy this past year if they wanted to get out of the house.

Looking back at a year jampacked with new restaurants

After the quagmire of 2020 and the suffocating shutdowns that were undeniably tough on the restaurant industry, 2021 offered some levity and normalcy. A swathe of new restaurants, cafes and other …

Transforming billboards into roadside art exhibits

Look, up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane! It’s art from six highly creative Greater Lansing artists! 

Pizza delivered from Gopuff

If you’re unfamiliar with Gopuff, the first thing to note about it is that it has absolutely nothing to do with marijuana. Like seemingly every single one of my friends, I too had that misconception. Disappointing, I know. It’s actually a delivery service that specializes in products that you would find at your garden-variety convenience store — snacks like potato chips ands bottles of soda.