Arts + Humanities
Links to local arts and humanities agencies, entities, information & resources.
For
questions that can be answered with short, factual responses.
General Arts
- Arts
Council of Greater Lansing- Organizations and Schedules
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East Lansing Arts Commission
- Looking Glass Music and Arts
Association
- Michigan
Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs
- Michigan
State University Department of Art and Art History
- Michigan Walk of Fame
- Old
Town Business & Arts
- Native American Arts
& Crafts Council, Inc.
- Reach Studio Art Center
Dance 
- African Masquerade Dancers
- Children's Ballet Theatre of Michigan
- Fantasia Children's Ballet Folklorico
- Greater Lansing Ballet Company
- Habibi Dancers
- Happendance
- Lansing Chamber Dance
Festivals
- African American Parade and Family Reunion Picnic
- American Heritage Festival
- Car/Capital Celebration
- Common Ground
- East Lansing Arts Festival
- East Lansing Film Festival
- East Lansing Children's Film Festival
- Great Lakes Folk
Festival
- Hispanic Festivals
- Ingham County Fair
- JazzFest
- Lansing Community College Events
- Old Town Bluesfest
- Riverbank Traditional Pow Wow
- Silver Bells in the City
Galleries
Guilds
- American Guild of Organists-Greater Lansing Chapter
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Capitol Area Lace Makers
- Capital City Quilt Guild
- Greater Lansing Potters' Guild
- Greater Lansing Weavers' Guild
- Mid-Michigan Art Guild
- Mid-Michigan Knitters' Guild
Historical Societies
- Daughters of the American Revolution-Lansing Chapter
- Delta Township Historical Society
- Friends of Historic Meridian
- Grand Ledge Area Historical Society
- Historical Society of Greater Lansing
- Historical Society of Michigan
- Ingham County Historical Commission
- Mason Area Historical Society
- Stockbridge Area Genealogical/Historical Society
Genealogy
- Ingham County Genealogy Society
- Ingham County Local History and Genealogy
- Lansing Area African American Genealogy Society
- Ingham County MIGenWeb
- Mid-Michigan Genealogical Society
- Stockbridge Area Genealogical/Historical Society
History
- Ingham County Courthouse
- Michigan Historic Preservation Network
- Michigan Historical Markers
- Michigan County Histories
- Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
- National Register of Historic Places-Ingham County
- Pioneer History of Ingham County
- Topgraphical Maps of Ingham County Townships
Literature
- Lansing Area Storytellers
- Lansing
Poetry Club
- Lansing Community College Dept. of Writing
- Lansing Community College English Progam
- Michigan Writer Series
Museums
- Abrams Planetarium
- All Around the African World Museum
- Fine Arts Library, Michigan State University
- Impression 5 Science Center
- Kresge Art Museum
- Mason Area Historical Museum
- Meridian Historic Village
- Michigan Historical Center
- Michigan State University Museum
- Michigan Supreme Court Learning Center
- Michigan Women’s Hall Of Fame
- Museum of Surveying
- Nokomis Learning Center
- R.E. Olds Transportation Museum
- Turner-Dodge House
- Williamston Depot Museum
Music
- Arts Chorale of Greater Lansing
- Capital Area Blues Society
- Capital Area Music Teachers Association
- Capital City Brass Band
- Capitol City Chordsmen
- Capitol City Jass Society
- Capital City Ringers
- Community Music School
- Earl Nelson Singers
- Greater Lansing Gay Men's Chorus
- Greater Lansing Symphony Orchestra
- Lange Choral Ensemble
- Lansing Area Folksong Society
- Lansing Concert Band
- Lansing Matinee Musicale
- Mason
Orchestral Society
- Men of Orpheus
- Meridian Community Band
- Mid-Michigan Youth Symphony
- MSU Russian Chorus
- Renaissance Singers
- Steiner Chorale
Performing Arts Centers
- Center for the Arts
- Dart Auditorium Lansing Community College
- East Lansing Hannah Community Center
- Grand Ledge Opera House
- Jack Breslin Student Events Center
- Wharton Center
Theatre
- All of Us Express Children's Theatre
- Boarshead Theatre
- Icarus Falling
- Lansing Civic Players
- Lansing Community College Humanities and Performing Arts Department
- Michigan State University Department of Theatre
- Peppermint Creek Theatre
Writing Groups
- Bonnie Freelancers Contact: Shirley Beckman e-mail: shirlbec@hotmail.com
- East Lansing Writing Group Contact: Celia Guro e-mail: guro@msu.com
- Michigan State Writing
- Michigan Writers (online group)
- Michigan Writer’s Network
- Peninsula Writers
- Poets Group of 6 Contact: Ann Andrews e-mail: aandgarden@aol.com
- Rally of Writers
- Romance Writers of America: Mid-Michigan Chapter
- Skaaldic Society
- Sunday Morning @ Cappuccino Café Contact: Rebecca Payne e-mail: rapayne7@comcast.net
- Writers Anonymous Contact: Maris Kazmers e-mail: sharksong@comcast.net
- Writers Group of 6 Contact: Ann Andrews e-mail: aandgarden@aol.com
- Writers' Rendezvous Contact: Diane e-mail: dvm3113@yahoo.com
- Writing at the Ledges
