Recently added articles from Greater Lansing Business Monthly:
Theatre Founder Proves Dreams Do Come True
Feb 01, 2009; ... Years later, the founder and artistic director of Peppermint Creek Theatre Company would find a mentor in his high school drama teacher. "She had acted around the country, so I think at that point I saw that theater and acting could be a real profession, if one worked hard at it," Badgero ...
Arenas Fill Recreational Demands
Feb 01, 2009; ... Larry Clark is a bit of a risk taker, like so many other entrepreneurs. In the mid-'90s, his decision to build an 180,000-square-foot facility with two sheets of ice, indoor synthetic turf fields and meeting space was met with some skepticism by developers worried about filling such a large ...
Curtain Call
Feb 01, 2009; ... Even fewer ignite emotions like those tapped in a more intimate setting like the smaller live theaters found in the Lansing community. To explore the impact of live theater let's take an inside look at three very different live theater venues in the Lansing region. BoarsHead ...
Bringing Culture to All
Feb 01, 2009; ... Hollywood's red carpet may be thousands of miles away, but for many who perform at Lansing Community College's Dart Auditorium dreams of the glitz and glamour of a career in Tinsel Town are never far from mind. Among the performers is sophomore Jonathan Stewart from Saginaw, who attended Oakland ...
The Place to Be Seen
Feb 01, 2009; ... Scene Metrospace, the walls of which are frequently covered with a diverse variety of art, was born out of funds allocated to East Lansing in the wake of its Cool City designation in 2004. It began life inside an old bank building on Abbot Road that was scheduled for demolition. In the fall of ...
Comedy Club Serves Up Big Laughs
Feb 01, 2009; ... So it's not surprising that when former Green Beret-turned. pin-setter-mechanic-turned-entrepreneur Frank Stevens decided to turn Spartan Lanes into a nightclub - and what would become Lansing's premier comedy club at that - he exchanged the "ec" in "connections" for an "x" and never looked ...
ON A MISSION
Feb 01, 2009; ... With a blend of excitement, curiosity and anticipation, the audience stirs, murmurs and then settles in to enjoy two hours of what poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge called "a willing suspension of disbelief As part of an audience, we accept what we see on stage as reality, and we open ourselves to ...
DIY Business Offers More Than Pottery
Jan 01, 2009; ... Piece of Mine Pottery Jaron Osmar, Owner 202 South Bridge Street Grand Ledge 517-622-0727 www.pieceofminepottery.com People who assert "I don't have an artistic bone in my body!" might need to amend that statement when they discover their creative ...
A Simply Marvelous Place
Jan 01, 2009; ... Lansing Art Gallery Catherine Babcock, Executive Director 113 South Washington Square Lansing 517-374-6400 www.lansingartgallery.org Poet, philosopher and author Thomas Merton said, "Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same ...
The Art of Cooperation
Jan 01, 2009; ... The Artisan's Circle 1236 Turner Street, Suite B Old Town Lansing 517-374-9864 New Winter Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sunday Noon - 5 p.m. Grove Gallery Co-Op 325 Grove Street, Suite A East ...
GALLERY EXHIBITS STAYING POWER
Jan 01, 2009; ... Saper Galleries Roy Saper, Owner 433 Albert Avenue East Lansing 517-351-0815 www.sapergalleries.com That may seem like an odd combination, but for gaper it's a perfect mix. He founded gaper Galleries in his former Bailey Street home in East Lansing ...
Perfectly Unconventional
Jan 01, 2009; ... The Trellis Malinda Falardeau, Owner 103 East Maple Street Mason (517) 676-9256 www.masontrellis.com The wife, mother and grandmother has turned her passion for art and creativity into a successful mid-Michigan business. Falardeau owns The Trellis ...
Using the Power of Art to Resurrect the Economy
Jan 01, 2009; ... During a recent strategic planning meeting of the board for the Lansing Economic Development Corporation (LEDC), a no-interest loan was voted into effect. The board earmarked a hundred thousand dollars in an effort to support the arts and culture industry during a particularly challenging time ...
Celebrating Life's Memories
Dec 01, 2008; ... Life's most meaningful events are meant to be celebrated. Weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, retirements, new homes, new jobs and new babies - all these occasions are more meaningful when shared with family and friends. When you want those extraordinary moments to be celebrated with the style ...
Big City Cool Comes to Lansing
Dec 01, 2008; ... After all, the former deputy press secretary in the Michigan political scene is now the owner of Posh Events, an event planning company in East Lansing. After growing up near Grand Rapids and graduating from Michigan State University with a degree in political science, Gregory spent time ...
Wisdom Where It Counts
Dec 01, 2008; ... She met her husband, Jim, while performing as a dancer on a Carnival Cruise Line ship where he was working as an audiovisual technician. Even though the cruise of marriage has taken them through such exotic ports of entertainment as Orlando and Las Vegas, they chose to return to Michigan to ...
Let's Meet in Mid-Michigan
Dec 01, 2008; ... Event planners have long admired mid-Michigan's selection of diverse meeting space. From small meeting rooms and banquet accommodations at area hotels, to the huge column-free open space of the Lansing Center, the region offers many options to private and public sector clients. Versatile ...
CARRYING A MESSAGE
Dec 01, 2008; ... Terry Terry's career in media started in his father's basement darkroom in Dearborn. It was there that that he learned the power of the visual in effective communication. In fact, he learned that lesson so well that it has become his life's work with MessageMakers, his full-service ...
Setting Themselves Apart
Dec 01, 2008; ... Whether you're looking for rustic, country charm; small-town quaintness; or a very modern look, in a very old part of the city, the Greater Lansing community has its choice of unique, historic sites for hosting a wide range of special events. The English Inn In 1928, the ...
Steve Garvey Speaks at Sports Luncheon
Nov 01, 2008; ... Today, he lives in Utah, where he runs Garvey Communications and hosts the TV show Baseball's Greatest Games. Garvey told the crowded room that as a high school senior, he had about 25 offers to play baseball throughout the country, but he really wanted to have the chance to play two ...