Community Calendar

Hailed as one of the "most important bands in music since the dawn of the rock and roll era,” the legendary rock and roll band with horns, Chicago, was the highest-charting American band in Billboard Magazine's Top 125 Artists of All Time. Chicago is the first American rock band to chart Top 40 albums in six consecutive decades.

Featuring the signature sounds Chicago fans have come to love, BORN FOR THIS MOMENT, captures the true heart of this legendary band. Over the entire course of 14 vibrant new songs, BORN FOR THIS MOMENT encapsulates the unique blend of award-winning and personal songwriting, multilayered harmonic vocalizations, and world-class arrangements that have been electrifying audiences across the globe for decades.

Chicago has toured every year since the beginning — they’ve never missed a year. The original three band members are Robert Lamm on keyboards and vocals, Lee Loughnane on trumpet and vocals, and James Pankow on trombone. The band line-up also includes Wally Reyes, Jr. on drums, Tony Obrohta on guitar, Loren Gold on keyboards and vocals, Ray Herrmann on sax and flute, Neil Donell on vocals, Eric Baines on bass and Ramon "Ray" Yslas on percussion.

This band's concerts celebrate the signature sound of the Chicago horns, their iconic Vocalists, and a few dozen ever-Classic Songs. 2025 marks the band’s 58th consecutive year of touring!

Join Eaton Great Start, Eaton RESA and our Community Partners as we celebrate summer at Eaton County Parks! Each event will feature stories, dancing, singing, activities and playtime.
Free events for young children and their families (ages 0 - 8).
Free books, resources, giveaways.
In the event of inclement weather please check our Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/EatonGreatStart/ for last minute event information.

Ages 12+
Learn more about fly fishing at this hands-on workshop! The first half of the class will focus on the various equipment used-- fly rods, reels, lines, leaders, waders, flies as well as an overview of the different methods of fly fishing with dry flies, nymphs, streamers, etc. The second half of the class will be hands-on fly casting instruction with club provided fly rods. Ages 12 +. Class size limited, please register to ensure your place. Class presented courtesy of Red Cedar Fly Fishers. Weather permitting.

If you’re looking to spend an evening with one of the most energetic and entertaining bands in mid-Michigan – If you’re looking to spend an evening listening to all the amazing music from the 80s – look no further. These two entities will fuse into an exceptional evening of just plain old good music, adding up to a lot of fun fun fun! Formed in 2015, Miranda & the M80s will bring it home with Miranda out front on vocals. She brings a background of classical training and musical theater experience to her amazing vocals, and does she ever have a lot of energy. Others on stage are Len ‘The Axe’ guitar, Drew ‘The Bass Melter’ along with Jeff Dietrich on drums. This is one band you’re going to want to spend some time with. Bring a chair or a blanket - rain or shine - and enjoy this special concert.

Ages 4 - 7
Poor Camilla Cream… her skin has turned green. And red, orange, yellow, blue, and purple, too! Our skin cannot change colors like Camilla Cream’s, but we can make color-mixing creations. Let’s read the story, “A Bad Case of Stripes” and engage in chromatography and color-mixing chemistry activities.

Ages 8 - 12
No need to get the jitters as you create your own colorful critter! Use your artistic abilities and engineering skills to design and create your own battery-powered critter equipped with a vibrating motor.

Duke Charelle has won numerous awards for his music and performances. Apart from being a part of the NME Online Music Awards live performances for a consecutive five years he has taken home the Akedemia Music Awards in 2016 for Best Funk Song, Tantric Dance. Duke Charelle's single "Liquid Galaxies (Grains of Sand)", reached Billboard Top 100 chart, with rank #22 on the compilation album "Hotline Miami: Vol #3, as well as #6 on iTunes charts. Duke Charelle writes from personal experiences with expansive psychedelic thought to transcend beyond the self. His work has inspired many and he sees the future of much more music that inspires to come.

Witness an extraordinary exhibition curated by renowned Detroit-based artist Tyree Guyton, whose work has transformed the art world and inspired communities for over 40 years. Tyree Guyton is best known for his iconic Heidelberg Project, which has turned discarded objects into powerful symbols of community, resilience, and hope.

“Armed with a paintbrush, a broom, and neighborhood children, Guyton and Grandpa began by cleaning up vacant lots on Heidelberg Street”.

Thank you to the Charles Aymond Foundation and Arlo Steel for sponsoring 40 Years in the Hood: Detroit’s Heidelberg Project. THANK YOU to The Heidelberg Project for making this exhibit accessible to Jackson’s youth, neighborhoods, and surrounding communities.

The outdoor art environment is free and open to the public daily, from 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.

View Museum hours and more information at ellasharpmuseum.org!

Meet your doula event! Speed dating style.

Come meet all the doulas of the Lansing Doula Network, and find that right fit for you. We will have light refreshments, and tables and chairs set up with information on all of our doulas! This event is “speed-dating” style, so you have time to chat with everyone. We look forward to seeing you!

Mark your calendars!!! We are excited to bring Nikki Holland & the Dirty Elizabeths to the Congregational Commons Stage on June 28. 128 S. Bostwick Street, Charlotte, Michigan. This is a FREE Concert open to all!

Long in support of charitable causes, Nikki Holland & The Dirty Elizabeths are perhaps most known for their motto, “Until We Are Equal, Be Greater Than.” This has become a movement that has allowed them to support human rights. They are a playful band from the Detroit area of Michigan, but their music extends across North America from Mexico into Canada.

Their American Reggae Fusion music is beach bonfire party ready. Come on out! Whether delivering a social awareness message, or just plain having fun, audience is the key to their fun on and off stage. We invite you all to have fun, be charitable, Be Greater Than, and be a Dirty Elizabeth!