Dec. 18 – Drop and Shop – Need to get that last minute shopping done? Bring your kids to Gier Center, 2400 Hall Street, Lansing, MI and shop with peace of mind. The center will have planned activities in the gym and game room. Your kids can make a craft to take home and enjoy a snack. Cost $5.00 per child. 10 am til 2 p.m. Call: 483-4309.

Dec. 19 – Sunday Night Live 6 PM at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 5705 S. Washington Ave. Reverend Carroll Carter, Pastor Prince of Peace Baptist Church will bring the message. If transportation is needed, call 272-0572. Reverend Rodney S. Patterson, Pastor.

Dec. 29 – Lansing School District will be accepting bids to furnish and install Cellular Phone Service, Pager Service, Data/Voice Circuit and E-mail Software. Bid # SO-1270 USF 2005-06 (Year 8). Bids will be received in the form of a sealed proposal, marked per instructions contained in the Request for Bid, at the Purchasing Office, 519 W. Kalamazoo Street, Lansing, MI 48933 until 2:00 P.M. local time, December 29, 2004. No late bids will be accepted. Bids will be opened publicly at the Lansing School District Purchasing office at 2:00 P.M., local time on December 29, 2004 and read aloud. This project requires the payment of prevailing wages. All bidders are required to furnish bid security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the base bid. The Request for Bid is available by contacting the Lansing School District Purchasing Office (517) 325-6100.

Jan. 3 - Students, want to start your own business? Ever dream about becoming an inventor or independent entrepreneur? If you can dream it, you can DO It! Sign up for BCFI’s Youth Entrepreneurship Academy at 835 W. Genesee St. Dreams begin to come true at 6 p.m. For more information call: 487-3775.

Jan. 17 - The 20th Annual Greater Lansing Area Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Commission Luncheon celebrating the life and times of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. will be held at 11:00 a.m. (sharp) at the Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Ave. The theme is: “Where Are We, And When Will We Overcome?” The slated distinguished keynote speaker, is Rev. Dr. Carolyn Ann Knight.

Every second Saturday of each month the Black Men Inc. of Greater Lansing (BMIGL) meets at the Black Child & Family Institute, 835 W. Genesee St.at 8 a.m. Public invited.

Sunday’s Smooth Ballroom Dancing Classes at Gregory’s Ice and Smoke, 2510 N. Martin Luther King, Blvd., Lansing, MI. Music starts to play at 7 p.m. Everyone welcome.