The Lansing Art Gallery Holiday Art Market will feature the work of more than 100 artists. Featured art will include jewelry, sculpture, paintings, pottery, wearable art and handmade crafts.
The Old Town Commercial Association is providing for more than 100 families. Volunteers will help distribute food baskets from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 23 at the North Presbyterian Church, 108 W. Grand River Ave., in Lansing.
Michael Simmons was 16 when he started his first company. He started his Web development company, Princeton WebSolutions, in 1998. Since then, he’s won various awards, co-founded the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour and written three books.
Although the city of Lansing has announced plans to unveil a system that will alert residents of emergencies, road closings, sports cancellations and more, city officials said no similar system currently is planned for East Lansing.
The smoke still has not cleared between the Michigan House and Senate on whether state residents should be allowed to enjoy cigarettes while dining.
MSU is accepting donations of nonperishable food and personal care items this week for a drive to benefit both the Greater Lansing Food Bank and MSU Student Food Bank.
There are not many instances in which history would demonize a man responsible for covertly sending 1,600 Jewish people to safety in the face of a Nazi invasion, but that is the controversy surrounding Israel Kasztner.
Megan Stratton gets most of her extra spending money from baby-sitting families in the East Lansing area, and, to make it easier on her clients, she sometimes allows parents to drop their children off at her apartment.
Friendship Baptist Church still isn’t complete. Its members are waiting on a final piece — a pipe organ. Since 2002, the church’s members have been working to bring the sound they miss from their old sanctuary to their new place of worship at 2912 Pleasant Grove Road, in Lansing.
The Lansing Board of Water and Light will exchange old strands of incandescent holiday lights for new strands of LED holiday lights Thursday.
Taxi cabs now will be parked on M.A.C. Avenue starting today.
The East Lansing City Council will appoint a new mayor and mayor pro tem at its 7:30 p.m. meeting at City Hall, 410 Abbot Road.
Gov. Jennifer Granholm announced Thursday during a conference call she will visit MSU next Wednesday as part of her efforts to bring back the Michigan Promise Scholarship.
Bumpy and cracked roads in East Lansing might remain unchanged because of cuts to the state’s transportation budget and a lack of stimulus money.
James McGaugh was proudly dressed for Veterans Day on Wednesday night, though his uniform — a brightly striped sweater, a pair of Wrangler jeans and the nicest pair of socks he said he’s ever owned — was not what might come to mind for a former Marine of the Vietnam War era.
Students and recent graduates might have more of a reason to stay in the Lansing area if a comprehensive plan introduced Wednesday is successful.
To promote the hiring of veterans, Gov. Jennifer Granholm declared November “Hire a Veteran Month” in Michigan.
The East Lansing Film Festival 48/5 Film Contest wrapped up Monday night after the films were screened for the public in Wells Hall.
Fires could be reduced by a new cigarette law that will take effect Jan. 1.
Local music lovers can head to (SCENE) Metrospace, 110 Charles St., on Nov. 19 for an evening of music and an album release party for Lansing native singer/songwriter Sam Corbin.