Attractions

Art Fair - Established in 1964, the East Lansing Art Festival (ELAF) is a two-day outdoor celebration of culture and the arts held in the downtown city streets of East Lansing, Michigan. The ELAF is mid-Michigan's first major art show of the spring and kicks off the summer festival season. MSU Dairy Store - The MSU Dairy Store is many thingsa plant, a store, an educational and outreach center, and more. They make, package and sell delicious ice creams and cheeses. The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum A newly constructed art museum at Michigan State University. Also an engaged public institution, The Broad is a contemporary museum devoted to the exploration and exhibition of significant art from around the globe. The Wharton Center for Performing ArtsMichigan State Universitys Wharton Center for Performing Arts has a long history of presenting quality programs. Since opening its doors in 1982, the Center has generated state and national prominence for its success with its touring megahits.

Campus Life
Located along the southern border of East Lansing, MSU is a college known for its exceptional academics, enthusiastic students and breathtaking, 5,000-acre campus. Since its founding in 1855, MSU has grown to include more than 200 programs of academic study in addition to more than 200 study abroad programs in more than 60 countries. Each year the City is proud to welcome MSU students from 83 counties in Michigan, all 50 states in the U.S. and approximately 125 foreign countries back to East Lansing for another exciting year at one of the largest public universities in the United States.. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 37,454, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 5,192 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Michigan State University's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities was 73. The universitys top programs include: veterinary medicine, agricultural studies, biology, education and small bussiness management.

Night Life
Most of East Lansing's nightlife is collegeoriented and centered around Grand River Avenue, the main street that divides town from campus. The downtown district is compact enough to be walkable, which means wandering from bar to club to yet another nightspot is a time-honored pastime. That said, while bars run thick in Spartan country, clubs per se are few and far between.Some popular local bars and clubs include: Ricks American Caf (ricksamericancafe. com) Club Rush (harpersbrewpub.com) The Landshark (101 E. Grand River Ave., East Lansing; 517-351-8973) SCENE Metrospace (scenemetrospace. com)

Top 10 Attractions:
1) Tour of Michigan State University 2) Tour the MSU Big Ten Stadium 3) The MSU Dairy Store 4) The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum 5) The MSU Childrens Garden 6) Watching a musical performance at the Wharton Center 7) The Breslin Center 8) MSU Farm Day 9) East Lansing Bar Crawl 10) W.J. Beal Botanical Gardens

Go Spartans!

The East Lansing Art Festival set up along Abbott Road

The Michigan State football staduim; U2 performed here in 2010.

The MSU Dairys famous homemade ice cream

History
The settlement of East Lansing began around 1847, the same year nearby Lansing was made the capital of the state of Michigan. Downtown East Lansing was an important junction of two major Native American trails: the Okemah Road, and the Park Lake Trail. By 1850, the Lansing and Howell Plank Road Company was established to connect a toll road to the Detroit and Howell Plank Road, improving travel between Detroit and Lansing, which cut right through what is now East Lansing. The toll road was finished in 1853, and included seven tollhouses between Lansing and Howell. Michigan State University was founded in 1855 and established in what is now East Lansing in 1857. For the first four decades, the students and faculty lived almost entirely on the College campus.

Welcome to East Lansing!

The city's downtown area is centered around Grand River Avenue, a wide treelined boulevard that evolved out of the 19th century plank road that connected Lansing to Detroit. Grand River Avenue and Michigan Avenue serves as a dividing line between the Michigan State University campus and the rest of the city. The street is lined with many college-oriented businesses, such as bars, tanning salons, coffee shops, head shops, restaurants (many dine al fresco) and bookstores. Immediately north of downtown are predominantly student neighborhoods. Further north of that is the residential part of the city, which is much like any other suburb. At the very northern tier of the city are several new housing subdivisions and student-oriented apartment complexes. These new developments are far from the university but students can still commute to campus.

For more information or to plan your visit, please contact:

The City of East Lansing - (517) 337-1731 Office of the Registrar at Michigan State University - (517) 355-3300 Event Information (517) 319-6927 To Find Lodging Visit: http://www.cityofeastlansing. com/Home/LeftMenu/ ToLiveinEastLansing/Lodging/

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East Lansing Home of the Spartans

The MSU Childrens Garden and Learning Center

The welcoming sign at the beginning of Michigan State Campus

W. J. Beal Botanical Gardens