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Ingham County Fairgrounds are sprucing up for 2023

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The Ingham County fairgrounds has some exciting plans in the upcoming future. New improvements are being made in hopes for a large turnout for the annual fair along with weekend activities throughout the year. 

The events director of the Ingham County Fairgrounds, Lindsey McKeever, has recently received news that the fair will be granted $2.5 million from the government to do construction on the grandstands along with other improvements. A new advertising group has also paired with the fairgrounds, Noise New Media will help promote the fair and gain more income.

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FOOD FESTIVALS: Crowds flock to the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City and Cheeseburger in Caseville. Festivals featuring other foods get less love and attention but bolster local communities: Celebrate potatoes in Posen, asparagus in Mears, fungus in the U.P., cereal in Battle Creek, melons in Howell, peaches in Romeo. An organizer of the Elsie Dairy Festival tells why. By Andrew Roth. FOR MICHIGAN FARM NEWS, GRAND RAPIDS BUSINESS, OCEANA COUNTY, MARQUETTE, IRON MOUNTAIN, ST. IGNACE, SAULT ST. MARIE, TRAVERSE CITY, LEELANAU, WKTV, DETROIT, HOLLAND, LUDINGTON, CHEBOYGAN, ALPENA, ALCONA, MONTMORENCY AND ALL POINTS.

Food fests tantalize small-town crowds

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FOOD FESTIVALS: Crowds flock to the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City and Cheeseburger in Caseville. Festivals featuring other foods get less love and attention but bolster local communities: Celebrate potatoes in Posen, asparagus in Mears, fungus in the U.P., cereal in Battle Creek, melons in Howell, peaches in Romeo. An organizer of the Elsie Dairy Festival tells why. By Andrew Roth. FOR MICHIGAN FARM NEWS, GRAND RAPIDS BUSINESS, OCEANA COUNTY, MARQUETTE, IRON MOUNTAIN, ST. IGNACE, SAULT ST. MARIE, TRAVERSE CITY, LEELANAU, WKTV, DETROIT, HOLLAND, LUDINGTON, CHEBOYGAN, ALPENA, ALCONA, MONTMORENCY AND ALL POINTS.

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DeWitt students’ artwork spreads smiles to Spartans

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The violence on Michigan State’s campus on Feb. 13 prompted many in the Lansing community to support Michigan State students. “Spartan Strong” posters, signs in store windows, and thousands upon thousands of flowers brightened the usually dreary mid-February campus. The university’s more than 50,000 students realized that there are hundreds of thousands more who care deeply for them, and wanted to express that in even the smallest of ways.

In the Communication Arts and Sciences building on campus, splashes of color in children’s artwork brightened the halls.

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Kids create art from pre-packaged kits that include a variety of materials.

Detroit group reduces waste and improves education by merging art and science 

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ARTS AND SCRAPS: A Detroit group blends art and science while diverting materials from landfills and teaching kids about the environment. It also promotes the 4Rs – reuse, reduce, recycle and refuse. We talk to the executive director and a former classroom teacher who leads projects at the Arts and Scraps nonprofit. By Genevieve Fox. FOR PLANET DETROIT, DETROIT, GRAND RAPIDS BUSINESS, CORP! AND ALL POINTS.

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A young woman walks past a brick wall, looking up at the blank space.

‘Selfie wall’ mural proposed for Bailey Lot

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The City of East Lansing’s Arts Commission and Arts Selection panels have begun their artist selection process for a new mural in Bailey Lot. The mural will serve as a photo backdrop for residents and visitors and is expected to be completed in time for the East Lansing Art Festival in May.

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Comedy Through the Looking Glass: comedians and their differences

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Looking Glass Brewery Company held one of many comedy nights on Feb. 4, consisting of five comics.

In the basement of an old church-turned-brewery, Comedy Through the Looking Glass hosted four comics: Jordan Hanson, Louis Michael, Nicole Melnyk, and Dave Wellfare, who created laughs throughout the room with the help of special guest comic Jake Silberman.