City Pulse

1 week ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Bill Castanier

“Moral Treatment,” by Stephanie Carpenter, an assistant professor of creative writing at Michigan Technological University, is a mystifying historical novel set at the former Northern Michigan Asylum in Traverse City during the latter part of the 19th century. The book was published by Central Michigan University Press and was the first work chosen for its Summit Series Prize, which will be awarded annually.

1 week ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Lawrence Cosentino

Posted Wednesday, May 7, 2025 7:52 am Benjamin Grosvenor, piano 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 9 Wharton Center Cobb Great Hall 750 E. Shaw Lane, East Lansing (517) 487-5001 lansingsymphony.org The Lansing Symphony Orchestra has hosted its share of world-class soloists in recent years, but London-based pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is in a class by himself. Grosvenor, one of the biggest international stars ever to appear with the LSO, fit a Lansing date between gigs in Paris, Tokyo, Shanghai, Berlin,...

1 week ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Kyle Melinn

Here’s an idea. Let’s have a town hall!  Sounds good, doesn’t it? Unless you’re the invited featured attraction. Democrats and their progressive allies have tried to generate excitement early in 2025 by hosting town hall meetings in the districts of politically venerable Republicans.  In Southeast Michigan, it’s U.S. Rep. John James. In West Michigan, it’s U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga. Here in Lansing, it’s U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett.

1 week ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Kurt Anthony Krug

The eldest of two daughters, Sheri Jones was born in Grand Rapids and raised in Ravenna. An alumna of Ravenna High School, she graduated with honors from Michigan State Uni-versity, earning her undergraduate degree in communications. She’s been married to Rocco Rucinski, a wealth management adviser, since 1989. They live in Delta Township. “Rocco’s family is from the Detroit area, mine’s from Grand Rapids,” Jones said. “Mid-Michigan’s a beautiful place to raise a family. The schools are phenomenal.

2 weeks ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Bill Castanier

Today, April 30, is a monumental day in American history: the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, 20 years after it officially started. The death of a classmate from my high school, Gerald Collier, on Oct. 15, 1966, brought the war home for me and the other residents of my small town in the Thumb. More than 6,300 U.S service members died that year. The   bloodiest years were yet to come.