November 15, 2025

The New Citizens Press

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How do I wear that trend…velvet and velour

Rina Risper04 mins

By Ashia Sims
 
Velvet is back! Well by back, I mean for the second fall season in a row. So if you took the challenge I presented last year and got yourself some velvet, rejoice because you made a sound style choice. Velvet and velour made appearances on the runways of Fall 2010 fashion weeks so it made my fall trend list as well.

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Potter Park Zoo Receives Millage Renewal

Rina Risper03 mins

Potter Park Zoo Red Panda

Voters in Ingham County showed their support for the Potter Park Zoo by voting for the Zoo’s millage renewal.

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Schuler Books & Music welcomes New York Times Bestselling Author Victoria Rowell

Rina Risper02 mins

 LANSING, MI — Victoria Rowell is a New York Times Bestselling author, Award-winning actress and lecturer.  Rowell will be at Schuler Books & Music, 2820 Towne Centre Blvd., on Monday, November 1.

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Mother Flippin’:One Funny Mother 9-20

Rina Risper010 mins

Dirty Fingers

 
By Tashmica Torok
 
Have you ever watched yourself?  We all make quick glances in the mirror on our way out the door.  I am wondering if you ever spend time consciously noticing how you move through the world.  Lately, I have.  It has been a time of evaluating my reflection.  Finding new parts of myself and parts that, as it occurs to me now, I just locked away in a trunk for later perusal.

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New York’s Apollo Theater Exhibit Hits Detroit

Rina Risper011 mins

Apollo Theater Exterior, 2008 

Photo courtesy of the Apollo Theater Foundation, Inc. Photo by Shahar Azran 
 
The first exhibition to explore the Apollo Theater’s seminal impact on American entertainment will be on view at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, Michigan from October 1, 2010 – January 2, 2011. 

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Kidnapping in Nigeria and its Root Causes

Rina Risper016 mins

By Ijeoma Daberechi Odoh 

The current situation in Nigeria could be likened to an inferno drawing both the old and the young; the rich and the poor; and the local and the international communities to itself. Hardly a day passes in Nigeria without kidnapping incidents making the headlines. Kidnapping is now a lucrative venture with some jobless youths manning the business. No one is safe anymore.

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On the Road with MoJo Table-for-Two Reviews: Hey Cupcake!

Rina Risper05 mins

The cupcake business is riding high at Hey Cupcake! 

1600 South Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78704

Price Range: From $2.75 each 

Great customer service

Courtesy photo

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Getting and Keeping Your Garden in Shape for Next Spring

Rina Risper06 mins

 Fall is an ideal time to clean up your garden, improve your soil and take other steps to prepare for next spring’s 

planting.
TMS Photo

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Cultural Awareness: Climbing the Academic Ladder

Rina Risper016 mins

First generation born American, Jane Le Skaife and her husband

married in Vietnam years after meeting in college. Courtesy photo.

By Jane Le Skaife

Nguoi Viet 2
 
People are usually perplexed to learn that I spent the first five years of my schooling as an English as a Second Language (ESL) student, especially considering I was born here and I can speak English confidently without an accent. Their bewilderment soon turns into understanding when I explain that my parents were refugees from Vietnam, and Vietnamese was the only language spoken in our household.

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