Friday, May 17, 2024

Happenings

What's going on in your world this weekend

Friday

Magdalena's Drum Circle and Open Mic Magdalena's Tea House; 2006 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing; (517) 487-1822; 7 p.m.; $5 cover

Flatfoot, I Crime, Fifth Period Fever, Charlie Don't Shake; Mac's Bar; 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing; (517) 484-6795; Doors open at 9 p.m.; $5 for 21 and older, $8 for 18-20

Rous Rendezvous On the Grand; 226 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing; (517) 853-0300; 9 p.m.; $3 cover; 21 and older; Continues Saturday

Global Village The Green Door Blues Bar & Grill; 2005 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing; (517) 482-6376; 9:30 p.m.; Continues Saturday

Slim Pickins Harper's Restaurant & Brewpub; 131 Albert Ave.; (517) 333-4040; 10 p.m.; $5 cover; 21 and older

Picasso: Original Graphics and Ceramics; Saper Galleries; 433 Albert Ave.; (517) 351-0815; Continues Saturday and Sunday

Turner-Dodge House Visitor Hours; 100 E. North St., Lansing; (517) 483-4220; 1-4 p.m.; Continues Saturday

Victor-Victoria Riverwalk Theatre; 228 Museum Drive, Lansing; (517) 482-5700; 8 p.m.; $18 for adults, $16 for students and seniors; Continues Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Public Observing Nights MSU Observatory; Corner of Forest and College roads; (517) 355-4676; 9-11 p.m.; Free; Sky conditions permitting; Continues Saturday

Odds n' Ends for Furry Friends Garage Sale; 1422 Hitching Post; 9-4 p.m. Continues Saturday

Weavings of War: Fabrics of Memory MSU Museum, Main Gallery; (517) 355-7474; Free; Continues Saturday and Sunday

Siyazama: Traditional Arts, Education and AIDS in South Africa; MSU Museum, Heritage Gallery; (517) 355-7474; Free; Continues Saturday and Sunday

Cat Chow: Second Skin - Ingenuity Transforms Fashion Into Art; Kresge Art Museum; (517) 355-7631; Continues Saturday and Sunday


Saturday

Honest D and the Steel Reserve (CD Release Party), The Bad Faces Clan and The Pantones; Mac's Bar; 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing; (517) 484-6795; Doors open at 9 p.m.; $5 for 21 and older, $8 for 18-20

Blend Harper's Restaurant & Brewpub; 131 Albert Ave.; (517) 333-4040; 10 p.m.; $5 cover; 21 and older

Peninsula Writers: "June Moon Writing Commune"; Barnes & Noble; 333 E. Grand River Ave.; (517) 324-3926; 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Be a Tourist In Your Own Town Lansing and East Lansing; (517) 487-6800; 10a.m. - 5p.m., $1, Potter Park Zoo; 1301 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing; (517) 702-4730; 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Juggler Tim Salisbury Capital Area District Library, Main Library; 401 S. Capitol Ave., Lansing; (517) 367-6363; Free; 1 p.m.

The Gate Student Showcase 2006 East Lansing High School; 509 Burcham Drive; (517) 337-0464; 4 p.m.; $10 for adults, $8 for children

The Private History of a Campaign that Failed; Ledges Playhouse; 137 Fitzgerald Park Drive, Grand Ledge; (517) 694-3978; 7 p.m. open house, 8 p.m. staged reading

Meg Cabot, Best-selling Author: "The Princess Diaries"; Schuler Books & Music; 1982 Grand River Ave., Okemos; (517) 349-9923; 7 p.m.

Smackdown Live Breslin Center; (517) 432-5000; 7:30 p.m.; $20-$40, plus fees

Plant Sale Plant and Soil Sciences Building; (517) 355-5191; 7 a.m.-2 p.m.


Sunday

The Coup, DJ Ruckus, Lost Elementz and Jerome; The Temple Club; 500 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing; (517) 316-0400; Doors open at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m.; $10 advanced tickets; All ages welcome

God and the Architects, Your Black Star, Hi Red Center, Vega, HS10; Mac's Bar; 2700 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing; (517) 484-6795; Doors open at 8 p.m.; $5 for 21 and older, $8 for 18-20

Open Blues Jam with Bad Gravy The Green Door Blues Bar & Grill; 2005 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing; (517) 482-6376; 9:30 p.m.

First Sunday Gallery Walk Old Town Lansing and East Lansing art galleries

"Rhapsody: A Dance Concert" A Simple Elegance Gallery; 1212 Turner St., Lansing; (517) 719-1913; Reception: 1-5 p.m.; Exhibit through June 30

Artwork of Ebenezer R. Boateng Kankam (a.k.a. Boat); Absolute Gallery; 307 E. Grand River Ave., Lansing; (517) 482-8845; Reception: 1-5 p.m.; Exhibit through June

"Daum Crystal" Gallery Anselmo Gallery; 3320 E. Lake Lansing Road, Ste. D & E; (517) 332-7777; Reception: 1-5 p.m.

"Global Landscapes" Banyan Gallery; 1208 Turner St., Lansing; (517) 371-1454; Reception 1-5 p.m.

Natural Science Series (acrylic paintings); The Don Brown Gallery; 126 E. Main St., DeWitt; (989) 640-3542; Reception: 12-4 p.m.; Through June

"Photographs of a Globetrotter," by Jim Montgomery; "Obsessions," by Nancy Rhodes; East Lansing Public Art Gallery; 819 Abbott Road; (517) 333-2580; Receptions: 1-4 p.m.

Emerging Artists: Heather Losey and Karen Myers; Lansing Art Gallery; 113 S. Washington Square, Lansing; (517) 374-6400; Reception: 1-4 p.m.; Through June 28

"Snapshots" Mackerel Sky Gallery; 217 Ann Street Plaza; (517) 351-2211; Reception: Noon to 4 p.m.; Through July 24

Classicon 30 (pulp magazines, paperbacks, etc.); Days Inn South; 6501 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Lansing; (517) 332-0112; 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; $3

Wildflower Walk Harris Nature Center; 3998 Van Atta Road, Okemos; (517) 349-3866; 2 p.m.; $2-$5

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