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City Pulse is a complimentary, alternative weekly publication based in Lansing, Michigan. It was established by seasoned journalist Berl Schwartz.

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Amid dreary spring weather, thriller novels offer literary adventures - City Pulse

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.
Michigan’s cannabis industry is facing its darkest hour - City Pulse

1 week ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Chris Silva

A storm is brewing over Michigan’s once-vibrant cannabis industry. A green rush has turned into a relentless race to the bottom, leaving operators grappling with razor-thin margins and an uncertain future. The numbers are stark: Cannabis flower’s wholesale price has plummeted to around $39 per ounce, a staggering decrease compared to a year ago. Fluctuating retail sales dipped from December through February before a slight recovery in March.
The price is right: The 2025 420 Gift Guide - City Pulse

1 week ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Chris Silva

Posted Wednesday, April 16, 2025 7:53 am This year, 420 comes at a tumultuous and perilous time for Michigan’s cannabis industry. The stoner holiday is already known for its steep discounts and massive freebies, and this year will be no different.
Public Art of the Week - City Pulse

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.
From Old Town to Spartanopolis - City Pulse

1 week ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Lawrence Cosentino

Like the fabled realm of Asgard in Marvel’s “Thor” franchise, the Arts Council of Greater Lansing is about people, not a place. Meghan Martin, the council’s executive director, had to unroll a 7-foot-tall logo and plunk it next to her new third-floor office in East Lansing last week to pose for the photo on this page so that readers would know whose space this is and what this story is about.
If only that blue folder was an invisibility cloak - City Pulse

1 week ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Kyle Melinn

Back in 1967, a rising star in the national political scene was Michigan’s governor, George Romney. The former auto executive was seriously weighing a presidential bid, and he had support … until … . Romney explained his change of heart on the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, which he had supported, by saying that the generals and diplomatic corps gave him “the greatest brainwashing that anybody could get.” The governor stuck to his guns despite being given every chance to back away from the comment.
Rice makes the perfect base for spring’s bounty of produce - City Pulse

2 weeks ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Ari LeVaux

Posted Wednesday, April 9, 2025 8:23 am As we approach the growing season and the kaleidoscope of fresh produce it brings, this is a good time to discuss rice, the ultimate blank slate of cooking.
In politics, like sports, it can come down to who wants it more - City Pulse

2 weeks ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Kyle Melinn

In my previous life, I covered collegiate and high school sports. I’ve been to the games, talked to players, written game previews and sat through the coaches’ press conferences. In 2001, I settled into full-time political reporting, and I found the parallels between politics and sports closer than you may think. In both, you have participants. There’s a winner. There’s a loser. And there’s a lot more to winning than just showing up. People benefit from natural skills.
‘It’s what makes us human’ - City Pulse

2 weeks ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Lawrence Cosentino

Posted Wednesday, April 9, 2025 8:31 am On a brisk February morning, two student interns from the MSU Broad Art Museum slipped into a second-grade classroom at Lansing’s Post Oak Academy, carrying a plastic bin of paint sticks and a stack of circular wood panels.
LSO reaches multiple heights in Spanish extravaganza - City Pulse

2 weeks ago | lansingcitypulse.com | Lawrence Cosentino

Billboards and posters plastered around town told us that Friday’s (April 4) Lansing Symphony Orchestra concert had a Spanish theme. But they didn’t warn us that we’d need a megadose of Spanish fly to keep up with the multiple bursts of ecstasy maestro Timothy Muffitt and his extra-large orchestra were about to unleash. The carnal exegesis wasn’t just the figment of a dirty mind.