From finger-lickin’ foods and knee slapping tunes to crafty arts and captivating storytelling, the Great Lakes Folk Festival provided thousands of festivalgoers with a good ol’ time. For East Lansing resident Barbara Kohls the festival was a freeing event. “This weekend, I said no to diet foods and no to watching the calories,” said Kohls, while enjoying a homemade root beer.
In 1945, art Professor Leonard Jungwirth predicted his Spartan statue would stand for hundreds of years.
As families trailed the band Bahamas Junkanoo parading down Albert Avenue in downtown East Lansing, the sounds of traditional folk musicians had many scuffling for seats in the grass to listen.
Ceramics experts have given Sparty an ominous diagnosis - he only has eight years to live if his lifestyle doesn’t change soon. But help is on the way for MSU’s terra-cotta icon, believed to be the world’s tallest free-standing ceramic statue.
Beginning this week, some workers in Ingham County will get a breath of fresh air as a countywide ban on smoking in break-rooms used by smokers and nonsmokers alike takes effect.
I was shocked to see the “Forced worship” editorial in The State News on Wednesday, August 7, 2002.
Great Lakes Folk Festival organizers estimated that between 100,000 and 120,000 people ventured into downtown East Lansing for the three-day event in its first year.
And I’m back. After spending five weeks in the United Kingdom, I’m writing this column while flying over Northern Canada, waiting for the last three hours to pass on my direct flight from London to Detroit.
The American Cancer Society is holding a “victory brunch” for local cancer survivors 10:30 a.m.
East Lansing will resurface Saginaw Street from Coolidge Road to Stonegate Lane starting today. The road will be re-paved with asphalt and undergo other construction. Traffic will be down to one lane on either side during the course of the 1.8-mile project. The project is expected to be completed by Sept.
Lansing - The Lugnuts managed to salvage a 2-2 split in the series against Wisconsin on Sunday afternoon, defeating the Timber Rattlers 3-1 at Oldsmobile Park, 505 E.
Students and other Domino’s Pizza customers might have to pay more for their pies when their doorbells ring. The Ann Arbor-based pizza chain has been testing a $1 delivery fee at 350 locations and will decide whether to expand the charge to all 4,800 U.S.
As some of us know, last Monday the character of Timmy died on an episode of “Passions,” a popular soap opera.
MSU administrators retreated to Northern Michigan on Wednesday, escaping their regular routines and discussing issues concerning the upcoming school years.The MSU Board of Trustees met with President M.
It’s unanimous. A little more than a week after the MSU football team was ranked No.
The Big Ten Men’s Basketball Foreign Tour Team easily won its opening game against Germany’s Tus Treis-Karden on Saturday, 108-52. MSU sophomore guard Chris Hill scored 10 points and was one of six Big Ten players scoring in double digits.
Paintings deemed “disturbing” and “satanic” by customers were removed from the walls of the Cappuccino Café, 1500 W.
MSU could help the state make more money by recruiting more out-of-state students according to a University of Michigan survey.
When the Legislature returns to work Tuesday, many constituents will gather at 9:30 a.m. on the state Capitol lawn to push for an override of Gov.