Current State #126 | July 12, 2013

WKAR Public Media | By Current State

Published July 12, 2013 at 8:17 PM EDT

Current State broadcasts live from the Common Ground Music Festival in Lansing all this week! Tonight, the "I am Lansing" campaign; the silent disco at Common Ground; The BLAT! Pack; Harris Nature Center summer programs; The Soil & the Sun; and Common Ground memories.

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