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FEATURES

Local Aviation club soars on at 10th annual showcase and gathering

From Thursday to Saturday, the Capital Area Radio Drone Squadron, or CARDS, hosted its 10th Warbirds and Classics Over Michigan event, which drew around 70 pilots and 150 model planes to the field for a weekend of flying and camaraderie.

NEWS

Cultivator of MSU Voice Library, Maurice Crane, dies at 87

In 1953, Crane came to MSU where he taught humanities. After G. Robert Vincent retired, Crane took over as the new head of MSU’s Voice Library in 1974.The Voice Library is the largest academic voice library in the nation and is home to different sound material such as speeches, interviews, lectures and performances.

MICHIGAN

Band Shell hosts first of summer concert series

Occurring every Friday through the end of August, the Lake Lansing Band Shell Committee reigns in various musical acts, from barbershop stylings, to polka, to classic rock, and grants attendees free-of-charge parking and admission.On Friday the band Soulstice jammed out on saxophone, trumpet, bass, electric guitar and drums, playing top 40 hits and inciting dancing among the crowd.

COMMENTARY

Live life at a comfortable pace

I have a strategy when it comes to the game “Never Have I Ever.” For people unfamiliar with the game, it involves friends, or people trying to get to know each other, who gather in a circle and hold up ten fingers.

FEATURES

Lansing resident uses viola to strum up business

Walking down streets of Lansing or East Lansing, different people can be seen playing music for money, known by the term busking.Lansing resident Gary Butterwick said he decided to spend his day enjoying nice weather and trying his hand at busking in downtown Lansing.

MICHIGAN

Local grocers specialize to thrive

In size, the East Lansing Food Co-op is a mere speck compared to the more than 180,000 square feet that makes up the Meijer in Okemos. But it, along with other small grocers in the area, still draws students and locals in on a daily basis.