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MSU MUSEUM, EAST LANSING, MICH. – The MSU Museum’s fifth annual Great Lakes Folk Festival is hitting all the right notes with this year’s music program. Klezmer, juke joint swing, Caribbean, Creole, Ugandan and more spectacular sounds and stories will fill the streets of downtown East Lansing for the three-day event, Aug. 11-13, 2006.
DETROIT, MI — Erica Kimbrough, from Rhonda’s Reflections hair salon located at 6070 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, placed first in the the “Short Hair Division” at the Milky Way Hair Style Competition held at Cobo Hall.
LANSING, MI — Faced with a $10 million budget deficit, the Lansing School District decided to close Walnut Elementary located at 1012 N. Walnut St. It was one of five schools closed last June by the budget-crunched public school district.
On August 2, 2006 at 6:30 pm, residents who live and vote in the 68th District will have the opportunity to hear and see the candidates. They will be asked to share their views on certain key issues.
LANSING, MI — It all started during a reclamation meeting at the Flapjack’s restaurant in Lansing. Brother Michael Blake and Brother Clarence Smith were sitting around one Tuesday morning trying to figure out how to excite the brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. here in Lansing in a way never done before.
LANSING, MI — Bridgewater Interiors, a supplier to the General Motors Delta Township facility, will be hiring people for up to 600 manufacturing positions through Capital Area Michigan Works! in the coming weeks.
With so much confusion over the “Michigan Civil Rights Amendment”, here are some questions and the answers provided by One United Michigan. Most would like you to vote “No” on the proposal. For those who do not live in Michigan this type of proposal may be coming to your state soon. What do you think?
Above: Jonathon Owens holding a Black Americana Aunt Jemima bank and Ethel Owens holds a Flow Blue plate featuring prominent poets.
LANSING, MI — On their first date in 1977, Jonathan and Ethel Owens went to a swap meet in Tacoma, WA. Ethel set up their date at the swap meet because of her love of antiques and unique items. Jonathan on the other hand, thought it would be a cheap date. He soon found out that the buying and selling of resale goods is a serious business. They’ve been together the last 29 years and have traveled the world collecting interesting finds.
LANSING, MI– Even though the Poetry in the City poetry readings have been “scrapped” from Lansing Parks and Recreation’s programming, the show went on.
The nation just celebrated the Fourth of July and principles of freedom and justice instilled in the U.S. Constitution, the following quotes by notables remind us not all people have been included in the "American dream."