Bill Castanier

1 week ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Bill Castanier

Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2025 6:37 am June 5-early fall 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday Noon-5 p.m. Saturday Noon-10 p.m. Sunday MSU Main Library 366 W. Circle Drive, East Lansing lib.msu.edu/exhibits In the early to mid-‘60s, most young men couldn’t find Vietnam on a map, despite the ramped-up coverage of the war on the nightly network news. The vast majority of males paraded to post offices in their hometowns on their 18th birthdays to register for the draft and receive...

1 week ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Bill Castanier

Ben Rathbun, CEO of Rathbun Insurance on Saginaw and Pine streets in Lansing, said at a recent event celebrating his company’s 70th anniversary that the agency was fortunate to have two murals sharing the same wall: one by Brian Whitfield on the outside and a new one by Dustin Hunt and three area students on the inside wall of a new community space and conference room. The new mural is called “Being There Matters Most,” the company’s guiding principle. The mural, by Nevaeh Jackson, Arely G.

2 weeks ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Bill Castanier

Being weighed down by books can be a good thing. This is a season when publishers start sending me review copies. “Forging Identity: The Story of Carlos Nielbock’s Detroit,” by Paul J. Draus and Nielbock himself, takes us inside the life of the metal artist and craftsman who immigrated from Germany to Detroit in 1984 at 25 and began a career. Nielbock, whose studio is in the Eastern Market district, worked on restoring the Fox Theatre and has completed numerous massive windmills in Detroit.

3 weeks ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Bill Castanier

In 1943, while their brothers and fathers were overseas fighting in WWII, students at the massive and elegant Sexton High School began their first day of classes in the brand-new building. It had to be a glorious day. It wasn’t just a school — it was an architectural gem glittering with art wall tiles and dramatic embellishments completed by a world-class sculptor. The building, designed and constructed by the architectural firm of Warren S.

3 weeks ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Bill Castanier

Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2025 6:13 am May 22-end of July 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday Library of Michigan Lake Erie Room 702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing (517) 335-1477 michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan Author Anne-Marie Oomen and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Taro Yamasaki have resurrected the art of pairing poetry and images for the dramatic Library of Michigan exhibit “Innocents in Peril,” featuring 22 of Yamasaki’s photographs of children from around the world who...