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Arts and entertainment coverage from the Spartan Newsroom
Located in Lansing, in the same building as a tree-cutting service, a chiropractor’s office, a psychiatric care service, and an architectural planning office is the Lansing pagan church: Weavers of the Web.
This year, Arts Night Out has been taking place one Friday every month from May through October. This is the first year the event has run every month.
In the heart of Detroit, a cultural groundswell is taking place in the form of the Detroit Black Film Festival. The festival organizers Marshalle and Lazar Favors started the festival to fill what they saw as a missing part of Detroit’s culture.
BIRD & THE BLUES: The Great Lakes region’s more than 300 bird species may provide valuable mental health benefits, according to a new study based on data from the popular birding app eBird. It found fewer mental health-related hospitalizations in Michigan areas with high bird diversity. Coastal communities like Holland and Tawas City tend to have more species reported, while inland communities like Grand Rapids and Roscommon have fewer. By Daniel Schoenherr. FOR HOLLAND, WKTV, ALPENA, ALCONA, MONROE, LUDINGTON, OCEANA COUNTY, TRAVERSE CITY, CHEBOYGAN, LEELANAU, PETOSKEY, HARBOR SPRINGS, MARQUETTE, SAULT STE. MARIE AND ALL POINTS.
In the heart of Lansing, Michigan, a neighborhood once known for its industrial past has found new life through the power of art. Art Path, public art on the River Trail, has become a canvas where creativity is showcased, bringing the community together in a tapestry of colors and stories. In the heart of Lansing, Michigan, a neighborhood once known for its industrial past has found new life through the power of art. Art Path, public art on the River Trail, has become a canvas where creativity is showcased, bringing the community together in a tapestry of colors and stories.
HAUNTED: Visitors to an Upper Peninsula lighthouse say they can still smell the cigar smoke of a keeper who died a century ago, and a paranormal researcher has found other evidence that the structure is haunted. We interview Kat Tedsen, an author who has researched more than 300 haunted sites in Michigan.
FALL COLORS: Pure Michigan has rolled out the webcams to livestream scenic fall spots around the state and boost tourism. A Detroit poet was commissioned to write “Keep Falling for Michigan.” Mackinac Island is gearing up for its annual Halloween weekend. By Kenzie Terpstra. FOR GRAND RAPIDS BUSINESS, WKTV, DETROIT, ST. IGNACE, CHEBOYGAN AND ALL POINTS.
DARK SKY: Dark sky parks are drawing more public attention in Michigan as venues for stargazing unaffected by artificial light. There are currently three international designated ones near Emmet, Keweenaw and Cass counties. The DNR has also designated parts of six state parks in Emmet, Presque Isle, Lenawee, Huron and Alcona counties as dark sky preserves. We talk to a dark skies advocate from Ann Arbor, a Keweenaw park activities leader and the park manager of Headlands in Mackinaw City. By Kelsey Lester. FOR IRON MOUNTAIN, MARQUETTE, STURGIS, THREE RIVERS, PETOSKEY, CHEBOYGAN, ADRIAN, BLISSFIELD, ALPENA, ALCONA AND ALL POINTS.
From woodworking to large murals and small paintings, this year’s Fenton Art Walk returned July 29 after a three-year hiatus. “The City of Fenton…take pride in bringing back the Art Walk to downtown Fenton,” said Ed Koledo, executive director of SLPR. “Being our first year back in three, we’ve consolidated it a bit, but we are looking forward to an even larger event in the years to come and returning it to the sidewalks, spread throughout our downtown.”
Art Walk featured an entertainment tent, artist’s exhibits, beverage and food trucks. “A lot of our artists, I would say about three-quarters of them, are local in Fenton, but including the surrounding areas in Genesee and Livingston County,” said Pat Lockwood, mayor pro tem of Fenton. “We’re really proud of the fact that we’re able to let them have an opportunity to display their art.”
Art Walk began seven years ago but has offered lots of opportunities for artists in and around the area of Fenton.
WORLD’S OLDEST CHICKEN: Marsi Darwin noticed one of her hen’s eggs hadn’t hatched and had gone cold. She knew rotten eggs would attract unwanted animals, so she carried it to the pond to throw it away where it would become food for fish and turtles. But as she raised her arm to pitch the egg into the water, she thought she heard a chirp – she listened closer, and sure enough, there was a living chick inside the egg. Now the Chelsea resident is the proud owner of Peanut, certified by Guinness World Records, as the oldest chicken on the planet. By Jack Armstrong. FOR MICHIGAN FARM NEWS AND ALL POINTS.