Summer Circle Theatre will celebrate its 50th anniversary where it all began Wednesday, with a tribute performance of “Blithe Spirit,” the theatre’s first performance. Established in 1961, the theatre is a mix of East Lansing community members and MSU student actors working together to provide outdoor theater performances free of charge.
Despite saying she won’t pursue a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, a Facebook group is calling for Gov. Jennifer Granholm to be a write-in candidate for the November election. The group, “Draft Jennifer Granholm for MI 8th Congressional District,” which began late last week, had 37 fans as of Monday.
A East Lansing road, much like the rest of Michigan, will see a summer of construction, city and state officials said. Harrison Road, between Kalamazoo Street and Trowbridge Road, will be under construction for a majority of the summer.
The way people with eating disorders are treated could change after a recent study by MSU researchers. Led by Kelly Klump, an associate professor in the MSU Department of Psychology, the study is the first of its kind and has found genetics can influence the development of eating disorders, especially in prepubescent girls with higher levels of estradiol.
Sweet or spicy and meaty or meatless were just a few versions of chili offered by 42 different vendors Friday night at the 2010 Lansing Board of Water & Light Chili Cook-Off at Adado Riverfront Park, 300 N. Grand Ave., in Lansing. The annual cook-off allows residents and restaurants to battle head-to-head in a variety of food categories, with proceeds going to local organizations.
The first floor of the Plant and Soil Sciences Building was transformed into a jungle Saturday with hundreds of annuals, perennials, herbs, ornamental grasses and hanging plants at the MSU Horticulture Gardens 2010 Plant Sale. The sale was a fundraiser for the gardens, which are independent from MSU.
Hosted by the East Lansing Rotary Club, the annual Pancakes in the Park fundraising breakfast occured Sunday in Patriarche Park in East Lansing. Proceeds are donated to East Lansing organizations such as the East Lansing Family Aquatic Center, 6400 Abbot Road, and Haven House, 121 Whitehills Drive, a local group that provides services to homeless families.
Dozens of orange shirts filled the Abbott Center, 1400 Abbott Road, parking lot Saturday morning at an annual city initiative geared toward helping residents to recycle, reduce and reuse. Citizens stopped by the center with cars filled with recyclables as volunteers emptied out and sorted refuse including bicycles, televisions, electronics and cardboard. The project is a fight against rapidly growing landfills.
Covered with 70 packs of chalk, 20 participants and an extreme amount of imagination, the sidewalks of Lansing’s Old Town were ignited with colorful art during the second annual Chalk of the Town. The event was open to all ages and expertise, with participants ranging from professional graphic artists to Girl Scouts.
The first phase of a four-phase project to reconstruct Harrison Avenue is set to begin Monday. Harrison Avenue will be reduced to one lane in each direction between Shaw Lane and Kalamazoo Street. The construction is scheduled to continue until Aug. 20.
The sixth annual Max’s Race will start at 8:30 a.m., Saturday June 26 at the MSU Auditorium. In addition to a 5K run/walk, the event also will include a one-mile run and a 100-yard dash for kids beginning at about 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., respectively. Jim and Natalie Matthews founded the race in honor of their son, Maxwell Chase Matthews, who died in 2005 from medical complications with spinal meningitis.
The East Lansing Family Aquatic Center, 6400 Abbot Road, was packed with area residents at its opening Friday morning. For the past seven years, the aquatic center closes for cold-weather months, but annually reopens the Friday after Memorial Day weekend.
The Ingham County Animal Control & Shelter’s third annual 30 Hour Pet Adopt-A-Thon on Saturday and Sunday was aimed at raising awareness for the significant number of homeless and abused animals. The shelter takes in more than 4,000 animals each year.
A new sculpture was erected Thursday in the north lawn of Snyder and Phillips halls. The sculpture, called “The Funambulist,” which means rope walker, represents the balance college students must maintain.
An environmental rally Thursday at the Capitol, hosted by the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve and the National Wildlife Federation, attempted to gain mass opposition in hopes of preventing a mining operation in Marquette, Mich., which protesters said could harm the surrounding environment.
The fate of two lots located on Louis Street has become more certain with the demolition of two century-old houses Monday. Plans brought forth to East Lansing City Council last May by Community Resource Management Company, or CRMC, aim to construct a 12-unit apartment complex on both lots that could house up to 48 people, along with a two-level underground parking structure close to campus.
Citing a lack of funds and support from voters, Kande Ngalamulume on Wednesday announced the end of his campaign to represent Michigan’s 8th District, which includes East Lansing and MSU, in the U.S. House of Representatives, leaving Republican incumbent Mike Rogers the only candidate actively campaigning in the race. Both candidates were running uncontested in their party, leaving the outcome to the November election.
MSU researchers will begin a large-scale study this month to confirm a correlation between ruptured tendons and prescriptions containing statins, a class of drugs commonly found in medication aimed at lowering cholesterol.
An oil leak the magnitude of the current BP Amoco PLC oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico will not happen in the Great Lakes, said U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. A federal ban on drilling for oil and natural gas in and around the Great Lakes was put in place temporarily in 2000 and then made permanent in 2005.
More than 200 people from 35 countries are on campus for a three-day structural fire engineering conference at Kellogg Center that began Wednesday. The Sixth International Conference on Structures in Fire looks at the latest developments in the area of structural fire safety.