Established in 1964, the East Lansing Art Festival is held every spring during the weekend prior to the Memorial Holiday weekend. Known for featuring the highest caliber fine art and fine craft, this highly anticipated Festival attracts 70,000-80,000 attendees from across the region. Through the jury process approximately 230 artists from across the United States [...]
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Photo Jimbo writes that yesterday afternoon: …we proud MSU Spartan fans sent our Spartan basketball team off to Indianapolis for the men’s final four and national championship weekend. Hundreds of people gathered at the State Capitol to wish our team the best of luck on Saturday. This is one of my buddies Danny G, who [...]
By Mary Zimmeth, Archives of Michigan, Archives of Michigan, courtesy Seeking Michigan. The goal of Seeking Michigan is simple: to connect you to the stories of this great state. Visit them regularly for a dynamic & evolving look at Michigan’s cultural heritage. A Love of Airplanes Marion “Babe†Weyant of Lansing, Michigan loved airplanes. She [...]
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January 21, 2010 – 4:53 pm
Annie’s Ghosts: A Journey into a Family Secret by Steve Luxenberg (Hyperion). The fear of mental illness hits deep into the psyche, and that terror brings about this fascinating book of research into family genealogy, personal history and secrets long held. It all started when Detroit native Steve Luxenberg began to discover some discrepancies in [...]
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January 12, 2010 – 11:25 am
American Salvage: Stories by Bonnie Jo Campbell (Wayne State University Press). In these stories about cold, lonely, working-class Michigan life, Campbell creates a world where salvation counterbalances loss and despair, and she leaves the reader with a sense of hope and belief things will get better. Campbell’s daring stories and exceptional writing create an image [...]
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December 22, 2009 – 4:41 pm
A group of gifted musician friends from Michigan decided to get together by recording some holiday music and posting it up for all to hear. We think the songs sound great so pop over to their web page and hear their renditions of classics such as Baby it’s Cold Outside, Little Drummer Boy, Holy Night [...]
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December 22, 2009 – 8:17 am
Abandoned Richardsonian Romanesque House in Detroit ( Former James Scott Mansion ) by Derek Farr Michigan has 29 land bank authorities – more than any state. The Detroit News reports that Michigan is going to try to use these land banks to spur redevelopment and garner nearly $300 million: With the federal money expected to [...]
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December 7, 2009 – 7:29 am
By Laura Boyd and Kyle Grimm, Archives of Michigan, Archives of Michigan, courtesy Seeking Michigan. The goal of Seeking Michigan is simple: to connect you to the stories of this great state. Visit them regularly for a dynamic & evolving look at Michigan’s cultural heritage. Russell Leavenworth founded Leavenworth Photography in 1895. For twenty-five years, [...]
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November 30, 2009 – 4:38 pm
MSU head basketball coach Tom Izzo has surpassed his predecessor Jud Heathcote with 341 wins for the school record of all time wins following a 106 to 68 trouncing of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. After having had served as the assistant head coach under Jud, Izoo was named head coach after his retirement following [...]
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November 12, 2009 – 10:32 am
silver bells 2007 by Michphotog The 25th Annual Silver Bells in the City will take place on Friday, November 20, 2009 from 5-9 p.m. in downtown Lansing. Silver Bells in the City, which attracts 120,000 attendees, annually features an Electric Light Parade followed by the lighting of Michigan’s official Christmas tree and a firework show [...]
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