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Carrie Steinweg
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Carrie Steinweg is a freelance writer, photographer, author, and food and travel blogger who has lived in Lansing for 27 years. She most enjoys writing about food, people, history, and baseball. Her favorite Lansing Journal articles that she has written are: "Lan Oak Lanes attracts film crew," "Why Millennials are choosing Lansing," "Curtis Granderson returns home to give back," "The Cubs, the World Series, fandom, and family," and "Lansing's One Trick Pony Brewery: a craft beer oasis."
Civil Air Patrol cadets rank up
by Carrie Steinweg
LANSING, Ill. (December 26, 2017) - The Civil Air Patrol Thunder Composite Squadron 317 held its most recent promotions for cadets at their December 14 meeting.
Civil Air Patrol, the long-time all-volunteer U.S. Air Force auxiliary, is the newest member of the Air Force’s Total Force. In...
Civil Air Patrol cadets participate in disaster drill
by Carrie Steinweg
HAMMOND, Ind. (December 19, 2017 - Cadets from Lansing’s Thunder Composite Squadron 317 of the Civil Air Patrol recently participated in a District 1 Hospital Emergency Planning Committee (HEPC) Drill with the Indiana District 1 Homeland Security Task Force. The disaster drill took place in Hammond with...
Changing routes
Postman Tony decides to hang up his mail bag
by Carrie Steinweg and Melanie Jongsma
LANSING, Ill. (December 16, 2017) - Tony is famous to a specific section of Lansing—his postal route. He's famous not just because of his reliable efficiency and friendly nature, but also because every year around Christmas...
Visible Music College continues to educate and entertain in Lansing
by Carrie Steinweg
LANSING, Ill. (November 2017) - In 2014, Visible Music College came to Lansing, opening their second campus. The college was created by Ken Steorts with a first location in downtown Memphis. Visible has since opened a campus in Dallas with plans for further expansion in other corners...
10 ways to give back locally this holiday season
a compilation of local charity opportunities
by Carrie Steinweg
We’re in the midst of the season of giving. That doesn’t just mean giving wrapped gifts to our family members, but it often is paired with making financial contributions and donations to worthy charities. If you’re in the giving spirit and wondering...
Festival of Lights celebrates a diversity of Christmas traditions
28 countries represented in Lansing, Illinois
by Carrie Steinweg
LANSING, Ill. (November 27, 2017) - Christmas is a season full of traditions. Many of those traditions, both local and international, are represented at the Lansing Historical Museum, where the annual Festival of Lights exhibit opened on November 27, following a performance...
Veterans Day Service at Lansing Veterans Memorial
And the meaning of the memorial
by Carrie Steinweg
LANSING, Ill. (October 2017) - The Lansing Veterans Memorial, located at the corner of Burnham Avenue and Glenwood-Lansing Road, will be the site of an annual Veterans Day Service to honor all who have served in the nation’s armed forces. This year's...
The Cubs, the World Series, fandom, and family
Lansing resident Ken Reynolds reflects on his life as a Cubs fan
by Carrie Steinweg
It will be a few months before Chicago Cubs fans see their team take the field again. Following more than a century of heartbreak for their faithful followers, the Cubs finally crawled out of their...
Lansing’s One Trick Pony Brewery: a craft beer oasis
New brew—CG Watershed—being released one day early: Friday at 5:00pm
by Carrie Steinweg
LANSING, Ill. (October 2017) - It started as a one-year experiment.
“What’s the least amount of money you can spend to open a standalone brewery to see if you can keep it open for one year as an experiment?”...
Coloring Lansing (downloadable PDF added)
Paul Orich creates coloring pages from sketches of local homes
by Carrie Steinweg
Lansing, Ill. (September 2017) - Paul Orich has been looking at his Schultz Park neighborhood through the eyes of an artist. On walks through town he’s brought along a graph paper grid pad and sketched out some of...