East Lansing Art Festival back in action this weekend
A bustling art bazaar, musicians playing their hearts out, children chasing each other and people just trying to take a break and relax in the shade.
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Favorite Things: Matt Gregory and his mannequin Becky
I was working at a bar and one of my regulars, who was moving out of his house, just gave it to me. They said it showed up at their front door in a package that somebody sent to them anonymously.
Ten Pound Fiddle returns with a full season of live music
And after a mostly virtual-only year, the Ten Pound Fiddle concert series is back in the saddle for the 2021-22 season with a fully loaded schedule of 34 live shows beginning in September.
The trials and tribulations of Greater Lansing’s farm-to-table industry
It’s a broiling summer day, and rather than lounging in an air-conditioned living room, John Dickerson is toiling in the sun at Magnolia Farms, planting crops like kale and Swiss chard.
How an Eaton Rapids animal rehab center mends thousands of critters
From the tiniest of baby rabbits to the fiercest of bald eagles, any wild animal out there, no matter its position on the food chain, can become prone to a life-threatening injury.
Favorite Things: Emma Grrl and the Duke University Later American Readers
I picked out my complete collection of the Duke University Press “Latin American Readers,” which are all primary source documents for different countries in Latin America. I have 17 of them.
Dam Jam expands into three-day music festival
Originally a single-day show at Adado Riverfront Park called Bridge Fest, Dam Jam has now grown into a three-day music festival complete with food vendors and an artisan village at the Brenke Fish Ladder in Old Town.
Horror-themed gift shop opens in REO Town
Deadtime Stories, a REO Town book shop dedicated to true crime, paranormal and other horror-tinged fare, is expanding to include a gift shop, even more media including films and, eventually, an ice cream parlor.
FrankenFest lumbers into the Turner-Dodge House
A new festival is coming to Lansing that aims to prove just how fun the paranormal can be.
Favorite Things: Tim Retzloff and his signed ‘Harold and Maude’ script
Tim Retzloff is an historian who teaches LGBTQ studies at Michigan State University as an adjunct assistant professor. His favorite thing is none other than a signed copy of the script to his favorite film, the 1971 classic dark comedy “Harold and Maude.”