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Eye candy of the week
Lansing residents love their outdoor spaces, clamoring for them at the first waft of warmth. One of these beloved outdoor spaces is the courtyard at Tallulah’s Folly in Old Town. Whether for feasting on delicious food from a food truck or to relax during an afternoon of shopping, the courtyard is an oasis.

Financially 'prudent'
While at least two Council members — Jessica Yorko and Tina Houghton — are holding back support as they await more details, five others outright oppose it, saying the plan is not what they pitched to voters.

Beating the bushes
Unlike the downtown cubicle refugees who steal an hour of sanity in Cooley’s cool pines and flowerbeds, Lansing’s parks and recreation director was still working. In suit and tie, he started pulling weeds, picking up trash and tugging at storm-downed branches.

Ingham judges keep Repubs on edge
The Ingham County Circuit Court is making its presence known these days by raising legal questions about the laws coming out of the Capitol this session. At least six times in the last seven weeks, the court has temporarily put the breaks on a Snyder-signed law.

Doing things differently
Heading toward his office, Aleshire works his way through the labyrinth of shelving units bursting with stock, while he passes by a swarm of fellow employees, all busy filling Internet orders for rare vintage guitars, or perhaps tracking down an item for a customer waiting upstairs.

When the Capital City becomes Cinema City
By JAMES SANFORD Sure, the Capital City Film Festival has movies. But it also includes a full day of speakers, courtesy of TedX Lansing and the Media Sandbox Capstone Series, as well as the dramatic poetry of Kinetic Affect and the retro rhythms of Lansing Unionized Vaudeville Spectacle.

Festival highlights
If your dad is a Skylab astronaut and you grew up in a neighborhood full of NASA employees, it’s understandable why you might be interested in space travel. But what would you pay to make that dream come true? Does $30 million or so sound reasonable?.

Schedule
9 a.m.-1 p.m. — TEDxLansing, featuring Alison Gass, Stephen Thomas, Jim Luke, Jeana-Dee Allen Rogers, Terry Link, Suban Nur Cooley, Simon Perazza, Glenn Stutzky, John O’Malia, Erik Proulx and Tashmica Torok; music by Lansing Unionized Vaudeville Spectacle and poetry by Kinetic Affect, Lansing Public Media Center ($35) 1 p.

Two coups — beaucoup cool
Whether you dig the Scotch-on-the-rocks kick of Rollins’ “St. Thomas” or swoon to the single-malt mellow of Fleming’s “O mio babbino caro,” that’s two colossal coups for the Wharton Center. Both artists have combined popular appeal with critical acclaim as.

A real standup guy
Friedlander performs Friday at the Wharton Center. Friedlander’s portrayal of Frank is based on several former “Saturday Night Live” writers that “30 Rock” with whom writer/ star Tina Fey once worked. Friedlander said he had known one of the inspirations Friedlander.

The screening room
In their insightful documentary “everydayPeople,” directors Jeff and Steve Croley offer a slightly more complex portrait of the community as they investigate how a large lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender population has been welcomed (and even embraced) in what is seen as a largely conservative, heavily Christian region.

True blue
Another man came up to MacGregor and his friend and said, “I’m a single. Can I join you?” MacGregor’s friend waved the guy away, telling him that they were in the midst of a “private talk.

'The music is timeless'
Roll over Beethoven, it’s time to rock. The lights go up on the Lansing Symphony Orchestra's “Piano Man: The Music of Billy Joel” at Wharton Center’s Cobb Great Hall Saturday. It's the LSO's latest collaboration with the Jeans ‘n Classics band.

Silver screen songs
By ADAM ILENICH Lights! Camera! Vocals! The 12-member Singers on the Grand performs “Mostly Movies” Saturday and Sunday at Riverwalk Theatre, with the help of a sevenmember “Grand Band” and classical dancers Chloe Gonzales and Michael Chan. The program includes solos, duets and close-harmony numbers.

For a night, and for keeps
The CD documents a watershed year in the members’ artistic output. Through 2010-2011, with the support of the Arts Council of Greater Lansing, four of the professors wrote ambitious new suites and premiered them to sellout audiences at the Creole Gallery.

No time to be homesick
By ALYSSA FIRTH With the rise in temperatures comes the rise in children being sent off to Michigan’s numerous summer camps. Parents in almost any area of the state have options to send their child or children for one day, one week or several weeks. Although times have changed, many of yesteryear’s traditions still remain.

YMCA camps in Michigan
Camp Al-Gon-Quian.

Which camp is best for you?
Which camp is best for you?.

Double header
Two noted baseball authors, Peter Morris and Tim Wendel, will be in Lansing next week to discuss why the game of baseball seems larger than life. Unfortunately, you will have to make a “fielder’s choice” since they are scheduled to speak at the same time in different locations.

Advice Goddess
Sure, even now, you may be faced with one of the big relationship-crushing issues like money problems, forcing one of you to call your dad and then go out in the pouring rain to the ATM.

City Pulse Classifieds
Computer/IT: Information Technologist III: Multiple openings. Assists with understanding the business processes, how the application supports it and applies this knowledge to best solve problems; serves as an escalation point for system and troubleshooting issues in the HR/Payroll area.

OUT ON THE TOWN
Harris Nature Center offers a variety of programs to help students use their senses, investigate insects and balance an ecosystem. This Friday, children 5 to 14 years old are encouraged to further their science education during Weekday Science. Activities will focus on the theme “Amazing Annelids” — also known as worms.

Turn it down
Aside from premieres of Michigan-made films, screenings of international indies and TedX conferences, the 2nd Annual Capital City Film Festival also hosts live music each night at The Loft. Kicking things off on Thursday is the indie-bluegrass band Greensky Bluegrass, with openers Joshua Davis, Flashing Blue Lights and The Whiskey Pickers.

Dean of country
By ALLISON M. BERRYMAN Country music star Billy Dean performs a solo acoustic set at the Holt Performing Arts Complex Saturday. Dean is expected to perform songs from his most recent album, “Let Them Be Little,” in addition to several of his Top 10 singles spanning over the last 18 years.

Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You had to take the test before you got a chance to study more than a couple of the lessons. Does that seem fair? Hell, no. That's the bad news. The good news is that this test was merely a rehearsal for a more important and inclusive exam, which is still some weeks in the future.

How to define 'fine'
While that might make for a great way to bring in folks whose conception of "fine dining" begins and ends at a plate of lobster or a French-sounding cut of beef, it’s not the best way to impress those actually looking for a true fine dining experience.

Food finder
Inside Causeway Bay Hotel, 6820 S. Cedar St., Lansing. 6 a.m.–2 p.m., 5–10 p.m. daily. (517) 694-8123. FB, TO, RES, P, $$$.