After making a splash on the national scene in Memphis, Tennessee, earlier this year, Lansing bluesman Justin Deason and his ...

Ryan Effgen is quick to clarify that “Make Nice” (Knopf $30) isn’t his debut novel. “This is my debut published novel,” he ...

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I have spent my career making the case for the arts. That case is usually framed in the language of community and culture: the way a live performance can move you, the way a mural can transform a ...

When author and comedian Jason Klamm learned nobody had ever written a deep dive on a single John Hughes movie, he decided to take the task on himself. To coincide with the 40 th anniversary of ...

This week marks 250 years since our Founding Fathers boldly embarked on the greatest experiment in self-governance the world has ever known. For the next two and a half centuries, the United States of ...

Shawn Brock is a member of the tenants’ rights advocacy group “Rent Is Too Damn High”, and he began a town hall on June 24 by condemning sweeps of unhoused people in the area. “You may push somebody, ...

Images from the Historical Society of Greater Lansing’s photo exhibition showing 150 years of protests, celebrations and gatherings at the Michigan state Capitol grounds. The exhibit starts Saturday ...

Asking several organizers what Lansing Pride actually is, practically speaking, yielded many responses: A festival celebrating local queer culture, a chance for folks to wear what they want and be who ...

It’s a rare enough treat to catch a jazz vibraphonist live on stage. The spectacle of two vibraphones, manned by two of the most virtuosic vibraphonists alive, promises a night like no other at the ...

20 years ago, before I met Mr. She Ate, I was deep in my heyday of young-professional living: disposable income, no youth sports on the weekends and eating happy-hour appetizers without fear of ...