MSU silly “Bandz” are a hit
Bandz are hitting their stride. Get some before the big game
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NorthStar Center Kicks Off Film Noir Series
Lansing’s NorthStar Center’s opens film noir series Friday with “Kiss Me Deadly”
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Making gluten-free “cream” soups with okara
The pulp left over from making soy milk (or nut milk) makes a great thickener for soups.
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Progress Michigan: The new Republican A-Team
L. Brooks gets called an “asshole” at the Republican convention – have a little lemon with your tea?
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Sunday Dinner: Curried summer lentils and rice
From the garden – potatoes, tomatoes, beets, kale, zucchini. Health on a plate.
Brain training: teaching students new skills for the digital age
The Internet is rewiring our brains, but tapping into nature can help us focus
Author Dave Eggers in East Lansing
After talking with Kathy and Abdulrahman Zeitoun of New Orleans last week I understand why author Dave Eggers chose their story from the many which emerged from the hurricane-devastated New Orleans. They are a totally engaging couple and I am looking forward to their visit to East Lansing as part of the 2010 One Book, One Community [...]
Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” mirrors Detroit’s Father Charles Coughlin’s appeal
Glenn and Sarah call for a return to a historical United States that never existed.
Children’s author Patricia Polacco visits Williamston, her hometown
Noted children’s author Patricia Polacco returns to her hometown for a visit
Betty Weaver, last of a vanishing Republican breed
The Republicans have purged women like Betty – and that may be Rick Snyder’s downfall, if Virg is as savvy as many think he is.
These amazing people teach us to listen
A sound engineer on silence, a deaf percussionist on music, a writer on dealing with our inner silence.
Why corporations don’t give a damn
Our challenge is to strengthen the institutions that should serve as a counter-weight to their power.
Activism
- Deporting Florencio will rob his children of lifesaving care
- Lansing street renaming to honor Malcolm X appears to be on track
- Nagasaki Native to Discuss Nuclear War, Movie Tonight in Lansing
- Lansing Planning Board Discusses Medical Marijuana
- Progress Michigan: Putting the torch to Andy Dillon’s takeover plans
- Lansing Activists Protest Arizona Copycat Legislation
- Phyllis Schlafly calls unmarried women welfare recipients
- East Lansing: Debate over development continues
Animal Shelter Adoptables
- Animal Shelter Adoptables: Beagles & kitties galore
- First-ever Woofer Walk raises money to help homeless pets
- Animal Control Adoptables: Woofer Walk and ten kitties need homes
- Animal Control Adoptables: Please helps us find these dogs and cats a great home
- Animal Control Adoptables: A baker’s dozen dogs and cats eager to find a new home
- Animal Shelter Adoptables: Vinnie, Nigel, Simon, Angelo & Millie
Arts-plus
- Cleaning unearths wisdom from Jim Harrison
- The Charms of Sista Otis
- The Unique Musical Fusion Known as Elden Kelly
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: A nod to the gamer in all of us
- The Other Guys: Good cop, bad cop
- Art and community transform dangerous motel
- Local professor leaves an estate
- Artist Dennis Preston does the monster mash
Community & Opinion
- Lost Lansing: Blueprints of the Olds Mansion
- A Letter to Kimmy: Would you be saved today?
- A Fall reading list from Mittenlit.com
- Old crone? Hell, yeah
- Getting BWL to Green: Fracking Is Not the Answer
- Progress Michigan: Rick Michigan’s Tea Party
- Lost Lansing: Spiritualist Camp in Haslett
- The Populist vs the Pragmatist: Lansing vs Ann Arbor
Lost Lansing
- Lost Lansing: Grand Trunk train wreck of 1941
- Lost Lansing: Remembering “The Sheik”
- Lost Lansing: Usa Forester: Lansing Business Giant with Mysterious Origins
- Lost Lansing: Going ape on the 4th of July
- Lost Lansing: How Ingham County got its name
- Lost Lansing: Presidential candidate preached nudity
- Lost Lansing: When Lansing was dry!
- Lansing’s first European settler Jacob Cooley met with disaster at every turn
News
- Worried about salmonella in eggs? Raise your own chickens
- Progress Michigan: Sign the petition to protect our waters
- Farm Chef Scott Schornak: Preparing the freshest and most local food possible
- Freebies: Free Documentaries lets you see important films you missed
- Kazoo Oil Spill: Help the wildlife and read Michigan Messenger’s latest
- Mr. Greenjeans reads a book in “secret” MSU garden
- Interactive Tour of MSU
- Attorney General Mike Cox files brief supporting new Arizona immigration law
Poem/a/Day
- For all those writers who didn’t come home from war
- Poem/a/Day: Bully for US
- Poem/a/Day: Spring in the Trenches by Edgar A. Guest
- Poem/a/Day: A City’s Ghost by Bob Trezise
- Poem/a/Day: Space by Gavin Craig
- Poem/a/Day: I Hate Pillows by Joe Sweeney
- Poem/a/Day: Dark Times by A. Allan Schmid
- Poem/a/Day: Scattering Ashes at Land’s End by Laura Apol
Progress Michigan
- Progress Michigan: How to be popular
- NEWS FLASH: Tax cuts for the rich are spending increases
- Progress Michigan: Why does the Tea Party want America to fail?
- Michigan Progress: Tea Party fails to put health care repeal on the ballot
- Progress Michigan: Being Nolan Finley
- Progress Michigan: Fact-checking the right (Twitter edition)
- Progress Michigan: Taking Big Oil out of the Great Lakes
- Progress Michigan: Rep. Meltzer’s Bill To Arm Non-Citizens
Tom Rico's Blog
- A Long Hot Summer Starts NOW
- Prepping for a Peace Rally with Matt Damon’s Help
- Peace Education Center Hosts Open House, Art Auction Saturday
- Recap: Peace Vigil Garners Support
- Lansing Peace Groups Plan Vigils to Mark U.S. Deaths in Afghanistan
- The Dark Side of the Health Care Reform Debate
- Hope You Die Before I Get Old
- Baseball Has Been Barry, Barry Bad
MONDAY'S GUESTS (8-16-10): - HOME SWEET HOME: Eric Schertzing of the Ingham County Land Bank; Mary Levine of The Parmenter Group. Also an update on efforts to rename Main Street in honor of Malcom X with Doug Warren and Dennis Burnside - 7 p.m., Monday, August 30, WLNZ - 89.7 & live webcast below
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