Bill Castanier

1 week ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Bill Castanier

Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 7:52 am When spring showers keep us inside, there’s no reason we can’t still have some adventure in our lives. Here are several crime and thriller books to keep you engaged on rainy days.

1 week ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Bill Castanier

Two Michigan State University artists decided to “light the night” on the MSU campus with their unique immersive art installation by attaching two 4-foot-long LED tubes to each of 43 trees at the northeast corner of Trowbridge and Harrison roads. The Christo-like installation was meant to further discussion about land management and use, said Hailey Becker, who collaborated on the project with Patrick Taylor, an MSU fine arts graduate.

1 month ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Bill Castanier

Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2025 8:47 am 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 1 LCC Gannon Building, Grand River Room 422 N. Washington Square, Lansing facebook.com/groups/137660544586 A little over three years ago, Jana Nicol had the idea to publish a book of her late father’s World War II letters to his parents. Last week, she drove to Michigan State University’s Main Library to pick up the first copies of the book, “Your Loving Son, Duane: Letters from World War II.” In a Facebook post after her trip to...

1 month ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Bill Castanier

Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2025 7:57 am Michigan State University students, faculty, staff and alumni have been asked to help choose a design for a memorial recognizing the death of three students and the serious injury of several others when on Feb 13, 2023, a gunman entered Berkey Hall and the MSU Union, forever changing how we feel about the safety and serenity of campus. Since then, Judith Stoddart, MSU vice provost for university arts and collections, has led a planning process to honor...

1 month ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Bill Castanier

Posted Wednesday, March 19, 2025 7:51 am 5 p.m. April 6 Hooked 3142 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing hookedlansing.com Having Netflix base a film on her first novel may not have been on Lansing author Lori Nelson Spielman’s life list, but here she is. The novel, 2013’s “The Life List,” was a stunning success for the author, who previously worked as a speech therapist, school guidance counselor and teacher in Lansing. It follows a young woman who is directed through her late mother’s last will and...