Local Community Information
Entertainment | Food | Transportation | Festivals | For Kids
- Magdalena's Tea House (http://www.magdalenasteahouse.com)
- Magdalena's Tea House, located on the East Side of Lansing, offers weekly concerts, poetry readings, and community events in a comfortable, relaxing, and fun atmosphere.
- The Temple Club (http://www.templeclub.com)
- Located on the edge of the historic Old Town section of Lansing, the Temple Club is the small concert venue of choice for all types of touring acts, from hip-hop, hardcore, punk, folk, etc. The main page of the site provides a monthly schedule and ticket information.
- The East Side of Lansing (http://www.ontheeastside.org)
- The East Side of Lansing has a ton of small, independent businesses ranging from amazing local bookstores like Everybody Reads (http://www.becauseeverybodyreads.com) to excellent specialty bakeries like Lopez Bakery (a href="http://www.lopezbakery.com/">http://www.lopezbakery.com), which has the best Mexican pastries around.
- Old Town Lansing (http://www.oldtownmainstreet.org/merch.cfm)
- Old Town Lansing offers a range of things to do on a Sunday afternoon. In this section of town graduate students can find the nightlife, pubs, bakeries, local artists, and a beautiful view and walk along the river that flows through Lansing.
- Creole Gallery (http://www.creolegallery.com)
- The Creole Gallery is an arts space, coffee shop, music venue, specializing in showcasing nationally-recognized folk, country, and acoustic acts in a welcoming, non-smoking environments.
- Video To Go (http://lansing.citysearch.com/profile/5365503/)
- Forget Netflix! Video To Go Located in Frandor is Lansing?s best video store. Featuring a renowned collection of independent, and international cinema, Video To Go also has a "Five movies for five days for five bucks" deal that can't be beat.
- Wharton Center (http://www.whartoncenter.com)
- The Wharton Center of performing arts brings world-renowned theatre to Mid-Michigan.
- Boarshead Theatre (http://www.boarshead.org)
- The Boarshad Theater is Mid-Michigan's professional theater. Offering a bountiful range of off-beat, experimental and traditional theater, the Boarshead is the perfect venue to see smaller shows featuring the very best of local talent.
- Lugnuts Stadium (http://www.lansinglugnuts.com)
- The Lansing Lugnuts are Lansing's minor league baseball team. The stadium, located in downtown lansing, offers cheap tickets to games and even cheaper beer. On "Thirsty Thursday" all draft beers are $2.00.
- The Lansing River Trail (http://www.msu.edu/~paszkie1/RiverTrail/index.html)
- The Lansing River Trail offers bicyclists, runners, and romantics a beautiful, scenic eight-mile river trail. The path snakes from Old Town Lansing, through the downtown of Lansing, to the East Side of Lansing, and ends at the Michigan State Campus. There are many scenic stops along the trail, including the Potter Park Zoo http://www.potterparkzoo.org), which has Lions! and Downtown Lansing (http://www.midmeac.org/downtownmap.html.
- Allen Neighborhood Center Farmer's Market (http://www.allenneighborhoodcenter.org/farm_market.html)
- The Farmer's Market on Kalamazoo Street (located on the East Side of Lansing) is less than a mile from the main MSU Campus. Running from May 17-October 25, Every Wednesday from 2:30 -- 6:30PM the market offers affordable produce from local small farmers. The market is also one of the first farmers markets in the country to accept food stamps.
- The East Lansing Food Co-Op (http://www.localharvest.org/food-coops/M4313)
- The East Lansing Food Co-Op ELFCO is the best year-round connection to local, organic, Michigan food. Member run and not for profit, the co-op is a friendly place with excellent produce.
- CATA: Capital Area Transportation Authority (http://cata.org/)
- Next to a bicycle, the CATA bus line is the cheapest and most reliable way to travel around the county. Costing only fifty cents a ride passes available CATA also offers bicycle racks on the front of all busses! For more information on bus schedules, visit their website.
- MSU Bike Project (http://www.bikes.msu.edu/)
- Are you looking for a cheap free bicycle for the semester? Look no further! The MSU Bike Project allows students to borrow a bicycle for free for the semester. In addition, the Bike Project will teach folks for free the basics of bicycle maintenance, safety and repair.
- The East Lansing Film Festival (http://www.elff.com/)
- The East Lansing Film Festival brings world-renowned cinema to Ingham County. The week and a half festival showcases new independent films and, in addition, it is not uncommon for the director of the film to take questions after the show.
- Old Town Lansing Jazz Festival (http://www.jazzlansing.com/)
- The Lansing Jazz Festival in Old Town Lansing is a weekend of free jazz artists, featuring performers from across the country and beyond. In the backdrop of the River and brick buildings over a hundred years old, performers debut original compositions in the warm evenings of early August. This isn't to be missed!
- East Lansing's Great Lakes Folk Festival (http://greatlakesfolkfest.net/)
- The Great Lakes Folk Festival in East Lansing, MI is a three day adventure of folk music. Artists from across the great lakes perform their folk, country, bluegrass music while area residents and visitors dance the weekend away. Local food venders offer a range of cuisine, from Ethiopian, Thai, and Mediterranean.
- Impressions 5 Science Museum (http://www.impression5.org)
- If you have children or have the scientific knowledge of a child, then the Impression 5 science museum is afternoon waiting for you!
- East Lansing Family Aquatic Center (http://www.michigan.org/travel/detail.asp?m=2;0&p=B261)
- The East Lansing Aquatic Center is a super-fun water. The park includes "zero-depth entry, a 200 foot tube slide, drop slide, body slide, youth frog slide, sand-play area, water activity area, diving board, concessions, and family changing rooms."
