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Ohio State is in town. You can try by contacting the U of M Ticket Office (
734-764-0247; www.mgoblue.com/ticketoffice ) .
Blind Pig LIVE MUSIC
( www.blindpigmusic.com ; 208 S 1st St) Everyone from John Lennon to Nirvana to the Circle
Jerks has rocked the storied stage.
Ark LIVE MUSIC
( www.a2ark.org ; 316 S Main St) The Ark hosts acoustic and folk-oriented tunesmiths.
Information
There are several B&Bs within walking distance of downtown. Hotels tend to be about 5
miles out, with several clustered south on State St.
Ann Arbor Convention & Visitors Bureau ( www.visitannarbor.org ) Information on accom-
modations.
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Lansing & Central Michigan
Michigan's heartland, plunked in the center of the Lower Peninsula, alternates between
fertile farms and highway-crossed urban areas.
Lansing
Smallish Lansing is the state capital; a few miles east lies East Lansing, home of
Michigan State University. The Greater Lansing CVB ( www.lansing.org ) has information
on both.
Between Lansing's downtown and the university is the 8-mile River Trail
( www.lansingrivertrail.org ) . The paved path is popular with cyclists and joggers, and links a
number of attractions, including a children's museum, zoo and fish ladder.
On campus, the new Broad Museum of Art ( www.broadmuseum.msu.edu ; 547 E Circle Dr;
10am-5pm Tue-Thu & Sat-Sun, noon-9pm Fri) is a must-see. Renowned architect
Zaha Hadid designed the wild-looking parallelogram of stainless steel and glass. It holds
everything from Greek ceramics to Salvador Dali paintings. The RE Olds Transporta-